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Maysaloun Faraj

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Maysaloun Faraj is an Iraqi-American visual artist. Born in the US 1955, moved to Iraq 1968 and attained BSc Architecture, Baghdad University 1978. Faraj relocated to London 1982 furthering her art education, working in a variety of mediums; ceramics, painting and sculpture. Held numerous solo exhibitions including Boats and Burdens: Kites and Shattered Dreams 2009 which was inaugurated by Dr Venetia Porter and participated in noteworthy group shows e.g. Word Into Art (2006/8). Since 2010 she has been casting in bronze with Philip Freiensener Artbron
ze Foundry.
Her work is in important collections including the British Museum, Rotterdam Wereld Museum, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Jordan National Museum , Barjeel Art Foundation, Aga Khan Foundation and significant others.
In 1995 Faraj founded Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art / iNCiA; is the editor of the accompanying publication. In 2002 she founded Aya Gallery curating significant exhibitions until 2010. In 2008 she was invited as a judge for the first Arab Art and Culture Award UK. In 2015 she was a resident at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, resulting in Bird Symphony now in the collections of Al-Mansouria Foundation. Maysaloun Faraj has lived and worked in London since 1982.

Athier Moussawi

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Born London, 1982. MA Communications Design & Illustration, Central St. Martins School of Art & Design, 2007. BA Visual Communications & Marketing, 2005. Illustration work: 2009 September: London Fashion Week, British Fashion Council, London UK 2009 August: Victoria & Albert Museum in association with off screen education 2006-9 British Museum in association with the Karim Rida Saif Foundation 2009 June-October: Fat Kyds Clothing Company 2008
March: Time Magazine, Client: Abbot Mead Vickers Ad Agency
Architecture Client: The Hub, Kings Cross, London UK
2007 July: SOCIAL UK, Integrated Design and Advertising Agency Client: The Trafalgar Hilton 2007-9 Notes from the Underground, Creative Writing Newspaper.

Adam Henein

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A monograph that embraces Adam Henein’s sculpture and paintings, which retrace more than 50 years of creativity. Co-edited by Al Mansouria & Skira for the English and French versions and co-edited by Al-Mansouria & Dar El Shorouk for the Arabic version. This 350 page book is composed of 263 colour and 174 black and white illustrations, with texts by Edouard Al-Kharrat, Michael Gibson and Fatima Ismail, and photographs by Hugues Dubois, Philippe Maillard and Hisham Labib.