Christine Sefolosha (born 1955) is a

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painter, born in

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Work and exhibitions

Her works have been shown at numerous one person and group exhibitions, including at the Cavin Morris Gallery in

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and the Galerie Polad-Hardouin in Paris. and the Halle Saint-Pierre She regularly shows her work at the Judy Saslow Gallery in Chicago. In 2009 she was introduced to Bruxelles's J. Bastien Art Gallery. She founded the studio ''Quai 1-L'Atelier'' in 2000 within Montreux' train-station waiting room.

Personal life

Sefolosha is the mother of

Thabo Sefolosha Thabo Patrick Sefolosha (; born 2 May 1984) is a Swiss former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA, the Turkish Basketball League, LNB Pro A, and Lega Basket Serie A. In 2006, he became the first player from Switzerland to play i ...

, former

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player who played for the

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, and

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. Sefolosha lived in

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for nine years.

References

External links

Cavin Morris Gallery

(short bio and picture, French-language source) * http://www.rawvision.com/articles/66/sefolosha/sefolosha.html 1955 births Living people 20th-century Swiss painters 21st-century Swiss painters Swiss contemporary artists People from Montreux 20th-century Swiss women painters 21st-century Swiss women painters {{Switzerland-painter-stub