LELA International Art Gallery
Susan Karhroody has extensive work experience in various art-related roles. Susan is currently serving as the President at LELA International Art Gallery since November 2021. In the past, they have held the position of Director of the Artists of the Valley group at SCWCA from 2008 onwards. Prior to that, they were the owner of Shasuart CO from 2002. Susan has also worked as an Art therapist/Art teacher at Valley Village since September 2023 and as an Activities Director at the same organization from January 2013 to December 2019. Additionally, they served as the Treasurer & Secretary at SOLC from 2005 to 2008.
Susan Karhroody obtained their B.A in Painting from Tehran University between 1986 and 1991. Susan later pursued a Masters in Fine Art at California State University, Northridge, from 2001 to 2006.
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LELA International Art Gallery
LELA started as Lantern of the East, an art movement initiated by four Asian artists, Lee Kye Song, Hideo Sakata, P. Khemraj, and Yoko Kamijyo, who became concerned about trends in the contemporary art world in the late 20th century. These artists viewed the art scene as becoming increasingly dominated by commercial forces and tending towards a mono-cultural, Western-oriented bias. This perception was reinforced when he NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1996 at their special exhibition of '20th century Great Artists' featured scant representation from Asia. The Lantern group believed that Eastern art, with a different sensibility derived from the intrinsic religious and culturl traditions of the Asian region, needed to become a more active force in the contemporary visual art scene and that in doing so, would be a driving force in shaping the world of contemporary visual art in the 21st century. The movement these Asian artists started became rooted in many locations on a global level, from the Korean city of Pyong Taek and their hosting LELA International Art Festival to APEX in L.A., which marked the 10th anniversary of the LELA by hosting an International Art Festival being it's largest and most ambitious project in its history. It presented not only the spirit of Eastern art to Westerners but also introduced the sensibility of Central and Latin American art. The founders of LELA hope that more cities in the world like Pyong Taek and Los Angeles join this movement and provide spaces to enjoy and appreciate all that represents the diversity and intrinsic beauty of our global artist community.