Anthony Asael

Anthony Asael is a well recognized international artist. He was born in 1974 in Belgium from a Turkish mother and from a father of Italian origin. His passion for photography began very early - at 7 years old, he was already developing his black and white work in a lab. Over the next few years, he was given the opportunity to travel on several occasions with Ruggero Gabbai – a professional Italian photographer and film director - as his personal assistant.

Today, Anthony enjoys seeing passerby examine his portraits with delight, such as his famous expositions of “Colors and Scents” , "The 8 Millennium Goals" and the "Children Rights". His artwork is featured in many different continents around the world. He has featured in 2006-2008 an exhibition on the Millennium Goals in Brussels, Milan (Italy), Antwerp (Belgium), Toronto (Canada), New York and Santiago (Chile) for the 60th anniversary of the Unicef. Other recent exhibitions can be seen in Antwerp, Paris, Madrid, Cologne.

He founded Art in All of Us [http://www.artinallofus.org] and is now dedicated to accomplishing the mission of this organization. Having traveled throughout the world and met different cultures, Anthony aims at building more tolerance through ARTistic communication. He wants AiA to be the international platform of art exchanges among children from all the countries of the world. The mission of Art in All of Us is to promote tolerance and creative cultural exchange throughout the 192 UN listed countries, using universal language of Art. Anthony believes that the construction of a better and fair world needs to go through the education of the less advantaged person. Therefore, Art in All of Us decided to focus the project on children, since in most countries they are only considered as half a person, and do not benefit from the right to express themselves. The AiA World Art Book Program of Art in All of Us will present in one book each and every of the 192 UN-listed countries through a single portrait of a resident, a drawing and a poetry done by a local child.

Today, he travelled to more than 180 countries and taught to over 12,000 children in 260 schools thanks to Art in All of Us partnerships like with the UNICEF. or SOS Children Villages.

References

Unicef document relating to the organization Art in All of Us:http://www.artinallofus.org/Documents/UNICEF%20recomendation%20letter%20english.jpgor http://www.unicef.org/about/partnerships/index_links.html

External links

* [http://www.anthonyasael.com/ Official website by Anthony Asael] [http://www.photo-art.be/ or here]
* [http://www.artinallofus.org/ Art in All of Us, organization founded by Anthony Asael]
* [http://www.unicef.org/about/partnerships/index_links.html Art in All of Us, partner of the Unicef]
* Recent articles about visits to schools with the Unicef in Pakistan and in Egypt can be watched on the following links: [http://www.unicef.org/pakistan/media_1555.htm] and [http://www.unicef.org/egypt/media_2457.html]
* Recent articles about exhibitions in Italy [http://www.millenniumcampaign.it/index.php?t=2&mes=12&ano=2006&eventoid=78] and in Chile [http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061031/pags/20061031131831.html] on the Millennium Goals