About the Artist:
Zeina Barakeh was born and raised in
Beirut. She is currently pursuing an MFA at the San Francisco Art
Institute. Expected degree: May 2008.
Solo Exhibition:
■ Facets, Espace SD Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, 2005. Exhibit exploring the theme of self-portraiture and womahood. www.espacesd.com
Group
Exhibitions:
■ Internal Exile: from Palestine to the U.S.A. to Mexico, Somarts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, 2007. Exhibit connecting survival and resistance experiences of indigenous people in colonized nations. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8437087@N07/sets/72157603769639938/show/
■ The Token Woman Show, Diego Rivera
Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, 2007.
■ TheTile Project: Destination, the World, 2006. www.transculturalexchange.org
. Artists from different corners of the globe are invited to "unite the world through innovative art". www.transculturalexchange.org/tileproject/artists.htm
■ Middle East University, Sabtieh, Lebanon, 2006.
■ Journée Des Peintres IV and V, Estivales De Deir El-Qamar, Chouf, Lebanon, 2004 and 2005.
■ Illusion
Gallery, Kuwait, 2004. www.illusion.com.kw
■ Printemps De La Peinture' 95, Martyr' s Square, Beirut, Lebanon, 1995.
■ Student's Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 1994.
Sheikh Zayed Fine Arts Award.
Art Residencies:
■ The Vermont Studio Center,
Johnson, Vermont, U.S.A. Residency in August 2001 and August 2004. Artist Grant Award both times. www.vermontstudiocenter.org
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