THE SEYCHELLES NATIONAL GALLERY EXHIBITION 2024

The new Seychelles National Gallery will be located inside the National Library building, which closed in 2018 and reopened in 2024.
Leon Radegonde's artworks will be on exhibit at the National Gallery of Seychelles until May 2024.

Rene Rietmeyer, the President of the European Cultural Centre, had this to say recently about Leon Radegonde:
“Today Contemporary Art is most often an intellectual challenge for the artist, trying to stimulate the further intellectual development of mankind. But most and for all, Contemporary Art must have integrity. Quality art must be a 100% reflection of the artist. Not made to please the public but made to express the artist’s personality and character as honest and sincere as possible. Sometimes quality Art is not mainly intellectual, but more a direct emotional reflection of the artist; an expression of the dialogue between the artist and the culture he grew up in, and this concept is attributable to Leon. Like very few world class artists before and around him, Leon is real, there is nothing fake about him and his art works. For me, Leon is the first quality Contemporary Artist in the history of the country of Seychelles, hopefully inspiring many others to follow.”

Leon Radegonde
Born in 1950 on the island of La Digue, Seychelles, Léon found his passion for art over the past years. He has been engaged in exploring and experimenting with various techniques, ideas and materials to create art works that go beyond conventional methods. 
The work of Leon was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2015 and 2017.