Biography:

Stélio Scamanga lived and worked in Prévessin-Moëns, France.

1934 - 29 December, born in Damascus, from immigrant Greek parents.
1940/1946 - Primary Greek school.
1946/1952 - Lazaristes Fathers secondary school.
Starts painting by copying the masters under the guidance of an English lazarist father, an amateur painter.

1952 - His family is established in Beirut, Lebanon. The first personal paintings of Lebanese landscapes.
1952/1956 - International school of the American University of Beirut. Obtains the French and Lebanese Baccalaureate.
1956/1960 - Faculty of Architecture, American University of Beirut. Studies drawing, painting and sculpture.
1959 - Summer: Architectural training period in Paris. Meets Le Corbusier. Travels to Aix-en-Provence and Italy. The paintings done in Europe constitute his first Personal exhibition, held in March 1960, at the Unesco Palace, Beirut, Lebanon.

1960 - June, Bachelor in architectural engineering.
1960/1965 - Employed in two architectural offices.
1965/1973 - Establishes with colleagues the Group 5 Architectural & Engineering Office.
1972 - April: marries Hilde Kildal, ceramist of Norwegian nationality.
1973 - October, the birth of his daughter Kristine.
1973/1976 - Establishes an architectural office with his brother.
1976 - Leaves Beirut with his family for Geneva, and later to Nice, France.
1976/1980 - Establishes an architectural office with his brother in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
1978 - Resides in Ferney-Voltaire, France.
1979 - October, the birth of his son Yann.
1980/1995 - Establishes "Art And Design Consultants", office in Geneva, Switzerland.
1980 - Resides in Prévessin-Moëns, France.

Update: The artist passed away in December 2021

Personal Exhibitions:

1960 - Unesco Palace, Beirut, Lebanon.
1961 - Gallery One, Beirut, Lebanon.
1966 - Gallery l'Amateur, Beirut, Lebanon.
1970 - Gallery One, Beirut, Lebanon.
1971 - Gallery Argos, Nicosia, Cyprus.
1972 - Modulart Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
1974 - Delta International Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
1975 - Pro Arte Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
1985 - Kröner Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
1986 - Kröner Gallery Munich, Germany.
1987 - "Athénée" Museum, Geneva Switzerland.
1988 - Reece gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1989 - Centre Culturel Jean Monnet, St-Genis, France.
1990 - Kröner Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany.
1996 - Azur Gallery, Nice, France.
1997 - Centre Culturel Jean Monnet, St-Genis, France.
1998 - Hall Expo , Ferney-Voltaire Town Hall, France.
1999 - Centre Culturel Jean Monnet, St-Genis, France.
2000 - Janine Rebeiz Gallery, Beirut Lebanon.
2002 - Centre Culturel Jean Monnet, St-Genis, France.
2006 - Aida Cherfane Gallery, Beirut Lebanon.
2007 - Mimesis Gallery, Geneva Switzerland.

Collective Exhibitions:

1956 - School of Architecture, A.U.B., Beirut, Lebanon.
1957 - 1972 Spring Shows, Unesco Palace, Beirut, Lebanon.
1961/1968 - Fall Shows, Sursock, Museum, Beirut, Lebanon.
1963 - Gallery One, Beirut, Lebanon.
1965 - "Journal l'Orient", Beirut, Lebanon.
1970 - Palais des Expos, Brussels, Belgium.
1971 - Abendakademie. Mannheim, Germany.
1972 - Tokyo Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
1973 - Gallery One, Beirut, Lebanon.
1979 - Art International Contemporain, Palais des Expos, Monaco.
1982 - "ART FAIR" Kröner Gallery. Basel, Switzerland.
1987/1988 - Artists of the Gallery, Reece Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1995 - "EUROP ART" Papexpo, Genève, Suisse.
1999 - "Grands et Jeunes d'aujourd'hui" Salon. Paris, France.
2000 - Salon d'Automne, Paris, France.
2001 - "Salon d'Automne", Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon.

Exhibition catalogues:

1963: VII Spring Shows, Sursock Museum.
1969: Personal manifestation: "Vers un espace nouveau, la perspective de l'abstrait".
1974: 20 years of painting : "La Galaxie Scamanga" Text of Joseph Tarrab.
Catalogue with reproductions edited by" The Art Shop " Beirut, Lebanon.
1975: Catalogue" Art Libanais" International Festival of Baalbek, Lebanon.
1979: "Art International Contemporain " Monaco.
1982: "Art Fair Bâle " Exhibition catalogue.
1985: Book with 80 colored reproductions, text of Joseph Tarrab & Nja Mehdaoui.
Edited by "Art & Design Consultants" Geneva, Switzerland.
1990: "Les Icônes " Text of Joseph Tarrab, catalogue edited by the Kröner gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany.
1995: "Europ Art " Exhibition catalogue. Palexpo, Geneva, Suisse.
1999: "Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui". Exhibition catalogue, Paris, France.
2000: Fall Shows. Exhibition catalogue, Paris, France.
2000: Fall Shows. Exhibition catalogue. Sursock museum, Beirut, Lebanon.