Zeina Barakeh was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. In 1994, she graduated with a BA in Interior Design from the Lebanese American University, Beirut. After many years of teaching art at the American Community School at Beirut, she moved to San Francisco in August 2006 to pursue an MFA degree at the San Francisco Art Institute. She graduated from SFAI in May 2008, and currently works there as Graduate Programs Manager. exhibitions: The Third-Half, Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason, San Francisco, 2008; Facets, Espace SD, Beirut, 2005. Internal Exile: From Palestine to the USA to Mexico, SomArts Bay Gallery, San Francisco, 2007; The Token Woman Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2007; Journée Des Peintres, Estivales de Deir el-Qamar, Chouf, Lebanon, 2005 and 2004; Illusion Gallery, Kuwait, 2004. grants and awards: San Francisco Art Institute International Student Grant, 2007. Vermont Studio Center Residency, 2001 and 2004; Sheikh Zayed Fine Arts Awards, Lebanese American University, Beirut, 1994. |