Born, Bahrain, 1976

BA Education, University of Bahrain

Awards:

2008 First Prize, Qatari Diar Art Symposium

2003

• Third Prize for Fifteenth Youth Salon, Cairo
• Silver Palm Prize from the Seven GCC, Kuwait

Membership: Bahrain Arts Society

SGE & SSE:

2010

• Mumbai, International Forum for Plastic Arts, India
• “Whispers from the East”  Bahrain Museum

2009

• Art Street – Al-Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain
• Beautiful Mess – Al-Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain
• Sana’a International Forum for Plastic Arts, Yemen
• Bilateral Relations, Bahrain Museum
• “The Ultimate Experience” – Al-Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain
• 50* 50 Exhibition – Al-Barih Art Gallery, Bahrain

2008

• Assilah Culture Forum, Morocco
• Qatari Diar Art Symposium, Qatar
• China Art Olympiad Biennale, China
• Solo Exhibition – Bahrain Arts Society
• Roushan Festival of the Minor Works of Art – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2007

• Bahrain Fine Art Exhibition – Sharga, UAE
• Joint Exhibition / Jaffar Al-Oraibi /  Khaled Farhan – Al-Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain
• Emmar International Symposium – DUBAI 2006, July 2006 Exhibition – Uoropia Gallery, France

2006

• Residency and Exhibited at the Cite International des Arts, Paris
• La Gravure Original – Triennale de Chamalieres, France
• 5th International Print Triennial, Egypt

2005 2nd Joint exhibition for Etching & Printing with: Ali Khamees, Ali Mubarak, Bahrain

2004

• Ten Bahraini Contemporary Artists – Al-Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain
• Assilah & Culture Forum, Morocco
• Assilah & Culture Forum, Bahrain

2003

• Joint Exhibition for Etching & Printing with: Ali Khamees, Ali Mubarak, Bahrain
• Fifteenth Youth Salon, Cairo
• 4th International Print Triennial, Egypt

Fellowships:
2006 Accommodation Residency “Cités Internationale des Arts,” sponsored by The Al-Mansouria Foundation in Paris, France

2004 Participated in the program for international visitors for Art, USA

Prizes:

2003 First Prize of Sculptor, Fifteenth Salon of Youth, Egypt

2002 Grand Prize, Fourteenth Salon of Youth, Egypt

2001 Jury Prize, Thirteenth Salon of Youth, Egypt

Public Art:

Rose Granite Monumental Statue before Kaitbay Citadel, Alexandria

Rose Granite Monumental Statue, Open Museum, Aswan

Monumental Statue, Rosia Montana, Romania

Monumental Statue, Int. Cairo Airport

SSE & SGE:

2008

• 4th Beijing Biennale
• 3rd Beijing Biennale
• Egyptian Sculpture exhibition, Serbia – Egyptian Contemporary Exhibition, Italy

2006 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

2005 Exhibition of the Grand-Prize winning artists in Rome

2004 Egyptian-Italian Exhibition “The Celebration of the Egyptian-Italian Year,” Rome

2003 Sixth Small Art Works Exhibition – Fifteenth Salon of Youth

2002

• Fifth Small Art Works Exhibition
• Fourteenth Salon of Youth
• The Twenty Eighth National Exhibition

2001

• Fourth Small Art Works Exhibition
• The Twenty Seventh National Exhibition
• Thirteenth Salon of Youth

Sculpture Symposiums:

2010 ADISS International Sculpture Symposium in Abu Dhabi

2008 First International Sculpture Symposium Rosia Montana, Romania

2006

• First International Sculpture Symposium in Romania
• First International Sculpture Symposium Kuwait

2004 Ninth International Aswan Symposium of Sculpture

2003 Eighth International Aswan Symposium of Sculpture

Born in Damascus, she graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts before continuing her studies in Paris. Alongside her photographic and sculpture practice, Muraywid is also a renowned fashion and jewelry designer where she successfully links the parallel worlds of haute couture and art. She has previously exhibited at the Galliera Museum (Musee de la Mode in Paris) and most recently at the Waterhouse and Dadd’s “Routes” group exhibition in London.

SSE & SGE (1994-2009)
2009

• Musée Courdresien des Dentelles et Broderies, France
• Breaking the Veil, Kennedy Center, Washington DC

2008

• Routes, Waterhouse & Dodd, London, UK.
• Traversee, Art Paris, France.

2007

• Fredric Maison Gallery
• Mediterranean Dialogues, St Tropez
• Mediterraneo: A Sea That Unites, Italian Cultural Institute, London, UK
• Carte Blanche to Joel Peter Witikin, Cite international des Arts, Paris

2004 Performance and Exhibition at the Musee Galliera, Paris

2003 Breaking the Veil, Art Reach Foundation

2002 Performance and Exhibition at the Musee Galliera, Paris

1999 The Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris

1997 Defile and Exhibition of Jewelry, Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris

1994 Forces of Change, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington

Born Baghdad, Iraq, 1964

BA Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, 1997

Lives and works in Baghdad, Iraq

Awards:

1996 Third Prize, Festival of Contemporary Iraqi Art, Baghdad

1993 National Committee for Contemporary Iraqi Art

1987 Sixth Al-Wasiti Festival

Memberships:

Society of Iraqi Plastic Arts

Union of Iraqi Artists

SGE:

2000-2

“Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art,” tour UK: Brunei Gallery, London, Exeter University
Hotbath Galleries, Bath and USA: Grinnell College, Iowa, 1997
Environment in Iraqi Art, Amman
1997-85 Young Artists, Baghdad

1996 One Dimension Group, Amman

1996, 1995

Hewar Gallery, Baghdad
Contemporary Iraqi Art, Athar Gallery, Baghdad
1992

Mahras International Festival, Tunisia
Three Iraqi Artists, Saddam Arts Center, Baghdad
1991, 1989, 1987, 1985 Al-Wasiti Festival, Baghdad

1986,1985,1984 Baghdad International Biennale

Born Baghdad, Iraq, 1964

BA Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, 1997

Lives and works in Baghdad, Iraq

Awards:

1996 Third Prize, Festival of Contemporary Iraqi Art, Baghdad

1993 National Committee for Contemporary Iraqi Art

1987 Sixth Al-Wasiti Festival

Memberships:

Society of Iraqi Plastic Arts

Union of Iraqi Artists

SGE:

2000-2

“Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art,” tour UK: Brunei Gallery, London, Exeter University
Hotbath Galleries, Bath and USA: Grinnell College, Iowa, 1997
Environment in Iraqi Art, Amman
1997-85 Young Artists, Baghdad

1996 One Dimension Group, Amman

1996, 1995

Hewar Gallery, Baghdad
Contemporary Iraqi Art, Athar Gallery, Baghdad
1992

Mahras International Festival, Tunisia
Three Iraqi Artists, Saddam Arts Center, Baghdad
1991, 1989, 1987, 1985 Al-Wasiti Festival, Baghdad

1986,1985,1984 Baghdad International Biennale

Born in Cairo, 1946.

BA Economics and Political Science, American University of Cairo, Cairo, 1969

BFA Visual Art and Music, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Studied art under the patronage of the great artist Fouad Kamel.

She held exhibitions in Egypt, Yemen, Greece, Canada and France. Illustrated many books including editions of Ungaretti, Cavafy and for the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz.

SSE:

2010 “A Voyage through Cavafy’s Alexandria – Watercolors by Anna Boghiguian,” Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in collaboration with Kalfayan Galleries, Athens

2007 Safar Khan Gallery, Cairo

SGE:

2009 11th Istanbul Biennale (catalogue)

2008 “In the Middle of the Middle” (curated by Catherine David). Artworks by Jawad Al Malhi, Yasser Alwan, Ayman Baalbaki, Anna Boghiguian, Rami Farah, Joude Gorani, Wafa Hourani, Simon Kabboush, Wael Noureddine, Hani Rashed, Walid Sadek and Akram Zaatari. Galerir Sgier-Semier, Beirut.

2007 1st Thessalonki Biennale of Contemporay Art. Exhibition: ‘Divisions,” (curated by Catherine David), Thessaloniki

2004 “Contemporary Arab Representations, Cairo,” Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden

2003

• “Contemporary Arab Representations: Cairo,” Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
• “Artists’ Book,” Rare Books Library of American University in Cairo

2002 “Straight from the Artists’ Studios,” Falaki Gallery, Cairo

2000 “Artists’ Books,” Rare Books Library of the American University in Cairo

Born in Cairo, 1946.

BA Economics and Political Science, American University of Cairo, Cairo, 1969

BFA Visual Art and Music, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Studied art under the patronage of the great artist Fouad Kamel.

She held exhibitions in Egypt, Yemen, Greece, Canada and France. Illustrated many books including editions of Ungaretti, Cavafy and for the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz.

SSE:

2010 “A Voyage through Cavafy’s Alexandria – Watercolors by Anna Boghiguian,” Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in collaboration with Kalfayan Galleries, Athens

2007 Safar Khan Gallery, Cairo

SGE:

2009 11th Istanbul Biennale (catalogue)

2008 “In the Middle of the Middle” (curated by Catherine David). Artworks by Jawad Al Malhi, Yasser Alwan, Ayman Baalbaki, Anna Boghiguian, Rami Farah, Joude Gorani, Wafa Hourani, Simon Kabboush, Wael Noureddine, Hani Rashed, Walid Sadek and Akram Zaatari. Galerir Sgier-Semier, Beirut.

2007 1st Thessalonki Biennale of Contemporay Art. Exhibition: ‘Divisions,” (curated by Catherine David), Thessaloniki

2004 “Contemporary Arab Representations, Cairo,” Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden

2003

• “Contemporary Arab Representations: Cairo,” Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
• “Artists’ Book,” Rare Books Library of American University in Cairo

2002 “Straight from the Artists’ Studios,” Falaki Gallery, Cairo

2000 “Artists’ Books,” Rare Books Library of the American University in Cairo