About Khan Studio
Khan Studio, operated by Painter/Photographer, Ellen "E.J." Lefavour, aka Ejay Khan, is a unique visual art gallery and fine art print production studio. All the art images you see in the Khan Studio Galleries are available as 5x7 note cards or custom greeting cards, matted giclee' art prints from sizes 8x10 to 18x24, and Cape Ann Treasure Boxes. Many images are also now available on T-shirts and other cool artful products at http://www.zazzle.com/khanstudio*. Some originals are still available for purchase and we have a great collection of affordable original paintings and photography. Khan Studio also provides services for other artists and the general public which range from photographing artwork to fine art giclee printing, graphic and web design, matting and packaging. Just as the physical location of Khan Studio is ever evolving and changing, so will this website be.
Ellen E.J. Lefavour aka Ejay Khan, was born a long time ago near Boston, MA. The oldest of six children and daughter of an entrepreneurial father and artistic, spiritual mother, she spent her early adulthood climbing the corporate ladder. After leaving the corporate world in the early 90's and moving to the North Shore, she discovered her spirituality and with it, her gift and passion for photography and creating with a paintbrush.
From there she spent four years living in a country ghetto in Westmoreland, Jamaica, during which time she painted her Rastafarian series under the name Ellen Slowly while married to Jamaican Rastafarian, Westley Slowly, aka Prophet. This period opened her eyes to intense color and her consciousness to a new level of awareness, which she exhibits boldly in her work.
She spent the next four years living in Key Largo, FL where she met and married spoken word poet, Joda Khan, and opened Jah Works Gallery and Cultural Exchange Center, a center for visual and performing arts. During this time she began painting under the pseudonym, Ejay Khan, and created the collaboration series social/political paintings of Joda's poetry.
Her path then brought her back to Massachusetts where she moved to East Boston and spent the next seven years actively involved in the East Boston community and art scene, operating Khan Studio at the Atlantic Works Art Studio building and founding 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center, a non-profit visual and performing arts center.
Ellen has recently relocated to Cape Ann where she is surrounded and inspired by the unique beauty of the area. Having previously lived in Newbury and Newburyport on Plum Island, where she began painting, she feels very blessed to be back on the North Shore of MA, where her creative path began. In May 2011, EJ will be opening Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck G3, on historic Rocky Neck in Gloucester, where she will exhibit her work, as well as 3d photography of Chris Murray, photography by Joey Ciaramitaro, Sharon Lowe and paintings by Paul Frontiero, as well as host 2-week rotating exhibits by guest artists. The studio will also provide economical printing, matting, packaging and framing services for artists.
EJ's works have won numerous awards and found homes in private collections around the world.