Official Artist of the Winter Olympic Games, 2010
Kal Gajoum was born in Tripoli, Libya in 1968. His interest in art was sparked at a very early age when he was introduced to oil painting and palette techniques by friends of the family who were artists in attendance at the Leonardo D'Vinci school of art in Rome. He held his first exhibition in Tripoli in 1983.
Between 1986 and 1988 he moved to Paris to learn watercolour techniques and the Parisian style of painting from a private artist.
In 1993 Kal moved to Malta as a professional artist where he spent seven years working for the Royal Fine Art Gallery. During this period Kal was also responsible for restoring local antique paintings. It was during his time in Malta that Kal developed what is now his unmistakable style of working with the palette knife.
Kal moved to the UK in 1999, first to the Lake District and then basing himself in Carlisle. Capturing the daily movement and dining experiences of locals, his work leveraged the moody skies and light that prevailed, and he enjoyed sell out shows across the UK.
In 2003 Kal immigrated to Canada, where he now resides. Armed with a desire to explore the feeling of City lifestyles, his work is highly sought and collected across Canada and the USA.
