Christiane Sasportas was born in Lebanon, third child of a French/Jewish father and an Italian/Armenian/Syrian-born/French-speaking/ Catholic mother. When she was one year old her parents moved to the United States, where Christiane's grandfather had a studio on Central Park. Charles Levy Sasportas was a portrait painter who earned his living between France, and US, painting society figures mostly in New England. Christiane's early schooling was in New York. At 13 she went to Music and Art high School as a music student. Since age 15 Christiane has lived in England. She went to Chelsea School of Art and following that the Royal College of Art where she did an MA in Animation and Fine Art (Painting). By a co-incidence Christiane's stepfather also had a portrait-painting father. He famously painted Chruchill. Churchill fans can click here.

artist's statement:

Marketing has neither been my strong point nor my ambition. I have exhibited in many places, and countries which I will not list here. Works are held in numerous collections; I have not kept a record, however I do remember that Samuel Beckett owned one of my etchings. This website is not devoted to my 'oeuvre' as a whole, but solely to Doombad who has taken over my endeavour in recent years, and become the sole vehicle of my 'art'.

contact details:
email: csasportas@freezone.co.uk