Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte

Bio

Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte is a contemporary design specialist, gallerist, fair founder, architect and curator based in Italy. Nicolas’ commitment to collectible design drove him to co-found Carwan Gallery in Beirut in 2011 (now based in Athens), the first contemporary design gallery of the Near East exhibiting at an international level, where he serves as Art Director. He also co-founded the traveling showcase for art and design NOMAD in 2016, held so far in Monaco, St. Moritz, Cannes and Venice. The boutique fair has established a strong and international network of collectors, design patrons, strategic partners and galleries. Nicolas has curated more than fifty design exhibitions for private galleries, museums and institutions internationally, and oversees the Art Direction at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, the historic bronze foundry in Milan since 2018. He has been recently appointed Creative Director at the Boghossian Foundation for SILA, a non-profit initiative to support creativity and craftsmanship preservation in Western Asia.