Armando Alemdar Ara is an artist, art theoretician and co-founder of Neomodernism, an art movement that espouses spiritual and aesthetic values in art. His work offers a clear vision that mirrors universal aspects of life. The world that Armando presents is as convincing as it is mysterious. Drawing on his Sufi background, Armando has embodied in his art the ancient mystical beliefs in inner spirituality.

Armando‘s artistic career is spanning for over 30 years now and his art is in national and international collections across the world. His latest solo exhibition was at Frascione Gallery in Palazzo Ricasoli Firidolfi, Florence and is now in the permanent collection of that gallery, amongst Renaissance / European master paintings by Rubens, Verrocchio, Van Dyck, and Modernist artists such as Picasso and De Chirico. As such, Armando‘s art has earned a certain status of exclusivity, with his works in high demand and thus commanding a steady and continuous growth in value. Armando‘s art speaks directly to our souls, surpassing ‘earthly’ concerns. Although it is abstract, it is spiritual and essentially timeless. This quality has been recognised by art critics and curators who have lauded Armando‘s artistic oeuvre as a bridge between the Renaissance and Modernism.