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By Amina Nazarli

The paintings of the talented Azerbaijani artist-surrealist, Mehriban Efendi, will be featured at the Particula Space gallery of Coimbra in Portugal.

The opening of the Surrealism Now exhibition sponsored and organized by the largest fund in Portugal Bissaya Barretto is scheduled for February 11. Artists from 33 countries will put on display 70 works during the event.

The curator of the exhibition is the famous surrealist painter of Portugal, Santiago Ribeiro.

Surrealism Now Group was created in 2010 and gained popularity not only in Europe but throughout the world for its exhibitions and projects. Mehriban Efendi joined the ranks of professional surrealists in the same year, and since that time, the talented artist achieved great successes, as she conquered international art arenas.

The first exhibition of this Group was held in 2010 in the house-museum Bissaya Barretto, Sant Ana Convent, with the participation of 56 artists from 31 countries. Azerbaijan became the 31st country on the list, as being home to the best surrealists.

Surrealism Now currently holds exhibition at the University of Mississippi, United States. The next exhibition will be held in Portugal, in Poros Condeixa -a-Novada museum of surrealism.

Efendi took part in an international exhibition organized by Australian artist Paris Saint-Martin, becoming one of the top ten computer artists of 2003.

Her first solo exhibition was held in the United States in 2005. Then she participated in an exhibition titled "Art and Awareness" in Montana; a few of her works were further displayed on large electronic billboards in the "Art Takes Times Square" exhibition in Time Square, New York.

Mehriban is the winner of the prestigious Sandro Botticelli (named after the Italian painter of the Early Renaissance) award “For art and talent” in 2014.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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