Category: Painting
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(1936 – 1978) The lesser known of the Efflatoun sisters, Zohra like her half-sister Inji, was raised in an artistic and aristocratic family. Zohra lived in Alexandria, and studied under the patronage of their esteemed pioneer painters Adham (1908-1959) and Seif Wanly (1906-1979). She was an active participant in the local art scene, exhibiting several…
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Rima Rezaiguia simultaneously pursues her career as an architect, managing an engineering firm, and her work as a visual artist. Born in Annaba in 1985, Rima Rezaiguia joined the Higher School of Plastic Arts in Nord-Pas de Calais and graduated with a DNAP in 2016. She participated in several exhibitions in Annaba and Algiers. “This…
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Maral Der Boghossian is Lebanese artist, born in 1976 in Paris from Armenian origin. She lives and works in Beirut and comes from a family of artists: her late mother Gulen (1951-2022) is sculptor, her late maternal uncle Haroutioun Torossian (1933-2022) is a painter and her father, a landscape painter. Their support had shaped her…
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Shayma Aziz is a New York-based multi-disciplinary artist whose work centralises and rethinks the feminine diasporic body, its representation in mythology and its multifaceted existence in the modern world. Born in Asyut, Egypt, Aziz’s artistic approach is informed by her study of ancient Egyptian art, film and international contemporary practices. She obtained her BFA in…
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The famous Palestinian artist was born on March 16th 1935in the town of Jaffa in Palestine. At the age of 13, in 1948, shewas among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that witnessed the tragedy of being forced out of their homes andtowns by Jewish forces in order to create Israel. In 1959 Tamam Al-Akhal married…
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Born and based in Tunis (1986), Yasmine Ben Khelil studied at the university Pantheon-Sorbonne in Paris, France. Yesmine’s approach consists mainly of re-appropriating or reinterpreting all kinds of images, objects or texts through various means (drawings, collages, installations, paintings, videos) to portray a world saturated with representations, transformed into a flow of information where past…
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(1941 – 2023) Growing up in rural villages, in order to get to school, Leila Nseir would walk through impoverished communities with children, in the snow and cold. Reflecting on these memories in her work, she has been searching “for the essence behind those faces.” Born in Al-Haffah, north of Lattakia, Leila Nseir (1941) began…
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Syrian artist Shalabiya Ibrahim gained her reputation as a naïve and spontaneous painter. As soon as the viewer contemplates her paintings, a feeling of freedom and joy immediately spreads on his or her wings and fly without any restrictions or boundaries. Although her themes are earthbound and are not totally imaginative. Born in 1944 in…
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Influenced by the socio-political events of her surroundings, current events and society, artist Asma Fayoumi describes her work as having “often depicted life, events and protests around me. I often painted my obsessions, emotions, and the spirit of things. I painted Damascus, children and mothers in states of happiness and overwhelmed with emotions.” Born in…
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The arbitrary nature of the capital’s constantly changing facades serves as inspiration for Dalila Hassanein’s work. These layers, which include graffiti, local advertising, commercial calligraphy, dates and names, serve as reminders of the city’s past and urban development. Hassanein paints portrayals of the city in her first solo show “On The Road”, where her large…
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(1954 – 2015) Born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1954, the esteemed artist Wasma Al-Agha graced the world with her creative spirit. As the wife of fellow artist Mahoud Ahmed, she embarked on a lifelong journey that left an indelible mark on the realm of Iraqi art. Her early years were devoted to education; in Baghdad,…
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(1935 – 2016) She was born in Haifa, to Persian parents. She was the great-granddaughter of Baháʼu’lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, although she was not a member of the Baháʼí Community. Maliheh Afnan moved to Beirut with her family in 1949. She received a BA from the American University of Beirut and an…
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(1934 – 2023) Souhila Bel Bahar, born in Blida, Algeria, in 1934, was a pioneering painter who played a key role in advancing women’s presence in Algerian art. Alongside peers such as Aïcha Haddad, Fatiha Bisker, Djamila Bent Mohamed, and Kheira Flidjani, she navigated societal constraints, balancing artistic pursuits with family life in a culture…
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(1908 – 2005) Madiha Umar was a pioneer and the first artist to incorporate Arab calligraphy with modern abstract art. Her work is considered to be the precursor to the Hurufiyya movement. She was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1908 from Circassian father and Syrian mother but she moved to Iraq being a young girl.…
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(1944 – 1993) Layla Al-Attar was an Iraqi artist and painter who became the Director of the Iraqi National Art Museum. Through her art, al-Attar expressed ideals that attempted to recognize the importance of women in all spheres of society. Al-Attar graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1965, and was among…