User:Melanie Ghannoudi-Courbet

Melanie Ghannoudi-Courbet was born and raised in Paris. Her artistic education and her passionate personality have been transmitted to Melanie by her mother; a dynamic woman, based in France, devoted to education and art. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2005 Melanie has curated and coordinated numerous shows and exhibitions. She has represented a group of highly talented photographers and artists, including: Alex Bensimon, Sylvie Barco, Alecia de Menezes Seidler, Jean-Michel Correia, Kiera Chaplin, Mattia Biagi and Peter Youngblood Hills. Exhibitions include: ‘Silence’ by Peter Youngblood Hills hosted by Jean de Merry Gallery in Los Angeles, spring 2007, The “Playboy Legacy Collection” Photographic Exhibition 2007 Tour in the US and in France, “Love and Art for Children’s Foundation” Exhibition at Les Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, in Paris and two-day auction event at Christie’s Paris directed by Mister Francois Curiel (President of Christie’s Europe). The latter was a successful non-profit auction to benefit the French organization called “Les P’tits Cracks”. She also has managed a two-month art show in partnership with the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles and held at the Municipal Junior Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood. Melanie was educated at the University of Paris-Vincennes, gaining a double major in ‘Ethnology/Sociology’ and ‘Information and Communication’. She also completed the extension program of ‘L’École des Beaux Arts’ in Art and Photography.