Zahra BuAli is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and ceramist. From the figurative to the abstract, to the mixed media, she works with a multi-layered approach. Combines mediums and techniques, challenges boundaries, superimposes layers of form, color, and space. Her work is strongly linked to her constant search into identity, cultural history, and influences.
A professional artist with artwork exhibited locally and internationally, partial list: Solo exhibition, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2022. the 8th International Contemporary Miniprint Kazanlak, Bulgaria, 2022. International printmaking exchange exhibition, Dunhuang, China, 2018. The XI Florence biennale, FORTEZZA DA basso, Florence, Italy, 2017. Exhibition “Art En Capital”, as part of “Artistes Independants, Paris, France 2013 & 2014. The 6th International Artist’s Book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2012, then Italy and Germany. Second International Artist’s Book Biennial, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt 2006.
Public and Private collections in Bahrain, Canada, China, Egypt, Iran, France, the K.S.A., Spain, U.A.E. the U.S.A., and the United Kingdom. Partial list: ShenZhen Print Museum, Shen Zhen, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt), Al Mansouria Foundation, Jeddah /9K.S.A.) Hozeh Honari, Tehran (Iran).
Zahra holds a B.F.A. from Concordia University 1996, Montreal, Canada, and a B.Sc. from the University of Arizona, 1983, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. Participated in various international artist’s residencies, and workshops in Canada, the U.S.A., Spain, China, Jordan, Iran, Bahrain and K.S.A.
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada. founder of Atelier Inana, where she continues to create and teach art.
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