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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