[6] With her parents dividing their time between France and California, Lélia found herself moving between Tours, Paris and San Francisco.
Whilst in Paris, Lélia taught art at the Moria School and studied oil painting restoration under Madame de Pangalleria at the laboratory of the Louvre.
After moving to London in 1988 Lélia participated in a series of exhibitions entitled Pissarro: The Four Generations.
Situation in the heartland of the London art scene, the gallery occupies the Modernist Target House building designed by Rodney Gordon on St James Street in Mayfair.
In 1999, Lélia became one of the founders of the Sorteval Press, a group of artists dedicated to developing their skills and techniques in etching and printmaking.