Exhibition of Maltese Landscapes by artist Richard Saliba An exhibition of selected works by Richard Saliba will be inaugurated on Friday, 24th June at the Heritage Head Office, the old University Buildings in Merchants Street, Valletta. The exhibition will comprise a collection of landscapes, a genre in which Richard Saliba has long distinguished himself. Richard Saliba was born in 1943. Between 1960 and 1965 he frequented the Government School of Art, then under the direction of Chev. Vincent Apap. Between the years 1975 and 1980 he followed courses in drawing and painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Perugia where he studied under Bruno Orfei and Romeo Mancini and etching and engraving under Diego Donati. These studies were later to be followed in 1982 by a specialized course in etching and aquatint at the Istituto Statale d’Arte in Urbino. Since 1975 he has exhibited regularly in collective exhibitions held in Malta and abroad and also held one-man shows in Malta, Russia, Switzerland and France. Although Richard Saliba is perhaps best known for his landscape paintings, this is not, however, to be understood that his work has been limited solely to this genre. Over the years his pursuit for pure aesthetic values has led him to express himself through various figurative as well as non-representational subjects. His works are to be found in public and private collections. These include the National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, the Cathedral Museum, Mdina, the Malta International Airport, the HSBC Bank, the Bank of Valletta, the APS Bank, the Istituto Culturale Italiano as well as in numerous other public and private collections both in Malta and abroad. The exhibition is being sponsored by Messrs Marsovin Ltd, Middlesea Valletta Life and the Bank of Valletta. The exhibition will be open to the public every day between 8.00am and 4.30pm from Monday to Friday and remains open until 31st July, 2005.