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Where Souls Dwell V
Plastique, strass, crystals de Swarowski, plumes de paon et fil de fer, 35 x 90 x 15 cm / Plastic, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, peacock feathers and wire, 14 x 22 x 6 ''
Born in 1940, Palestine.
EN Born in Gaza in 1940, Laila Shawa graduated summa cum laude in Fine Arts from the Italian Accademia delle Belle Arti in 1964, and received a diploma in plastic arts from the Accademia San Giacomo in Rome. Between 1965 and 1967, she returned to Gaza to teach arts and crafts to underprivileged children. She now lives and works in London. As a Palestinian artist, Shawa’s concern is to reflect the political reality of her country, thus in the process, she becomes a reporter of events. Her work is based on a heightened sense of realism, targeting injustice and persecution.
FR Née en 1940 à Gaza, Laila Shawa est diplômée de l'Académie Italienne des Beaux-Arts en 1964 avec les distinctions et reçoit en 1964 son diplôme d'art plastique de l'Académie San Giacomo à Rome.
De 1965 à 1967, elle retourne à Gaza pour enseigner l'art et l'artisanat aux enfants défavorisés. Elle vit et travaille désormais à Londres.
En tant qu'artiste Palestinienne, Laila Shawa souhaite refléter la réalité politique de son pays, devenant ainsi une chroniqueuse des événements. Son travail, très réaliste, dénonce l'injustice et les persécutions.
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ExhibitionsSOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 The Other Side of Paradise, October Gallery, London, UK
2011 Trapped: A Female Suicide Bomber, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, FRANCE
2010 - 2011 Sarab (Mirage), The Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
2010 Arabopop, Articulate Baboon Gallery, Cairo, EGYPT
2008 Sarab (Mirage), Atrium Gallery, DIFC, Dubai, UAE
2000 In the Name of God: Crucifixion 2000, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
1994 The Walls of Gaza Series II, The Library, SOAS, University of London, London, UK
1992 Women and Magic, London, UK
1990 Women and the Veil, Jordan National Gallery, Amman, JORDAN 1975 Of Horses and Cities, Beirut, LEBANON
1971 Cities of Gold, Dar Tunis, The Tunisian Cultural Centre, Beirut, LEBANON
1970 Laila Shawa at the Vendome, Hotel Vendome, Beirut, LEBANON
1968 Exhibition of drawings by Laila Shawa, The Book Centre Gallery, Beirut, LEBANON
1965 Contrast and Difference, Marna House, Gaza, PALESTINE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Galerie Mark Hachem, Beirut, LEBANON Bridge to Palestine, Galerie Mark Hachem, Beirut, LEBANON
2014 Bridge to Palestine, Galerie Mark Hachem, Beirut, LEBANON
2011 Passport to Palestine, London, UK Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian, Sotheby’s, London, UK
2010 - 2011 Miragens: Contemporary Art in the Islamic World, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, BRAZIL
2010 Crunchtime: Artist’s Responses to the Global Crisis, International Visual Arts Event, York, UK
2009 - 2010 Contemporary Calligraphic Art from the Arab World, Jabal Amman, JORDAN
2009 Middle Eastern and European Art, the Recessionists, Somerset, UK Arabesque: Arts from the Arab World, the Kennedy Centre, Washington, DC, USA
2008 Word into Art, a British Museum touring exhibition, The Atrium, DIFC, Dubai, UAE
2006 Word into Art, British Museum, London, UK
2005 Walled In: Walled Out, Laila Shawa and Noa Lidor, Green Cardamom, London, UK
2003 Religion, Art and War, Maison Des Arts, London, UK Transvangarde: Contemporary Art from Around the World, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, GERMANY
2002 - 2011 Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the Islamic World, Royal Society of Fine Arts, Jordan, and Pan-Mediterranean Women Artists Network F.A.M. (Femme-Artist-Méditerranée), JORDAN
2002 A Thousand Ways of Being. Memory and Presence in the Arts of Diasporas, London, UK Between Legend and Reality, Modern Art from the Arab World, Reykjavik Art Museum and Akureyri Art Museum, ICELAND
1998 – 2000 Art Beyond Borders, UNESCO and TIMOTCA, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, FRANCE Mitra Municipal Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal; Las Vegas Art Museum, USA
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International art fairs2011 Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2008 - 2011 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA The National Art Gallery, Amman, JORDAN The British Museum, London, UK The Museum of Modern Art, Glasgow, SCOTLAND The Arab Bank Limited, Amman, JORDAN The Palestinian Union of Artists, Beirut, LEBANON The Kuwait Fund, Kuwait City, KUWAIT The Rashad Shawa Cultural Centre, Gaza, PALESTINE The Khaled Shoman Foundation, Amman, JORDAN The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington DC, USA The Qatar Museum for Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, Mathaf, QATAR The Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS The TIMOTCA, Las Vegas, USA The World of Islam Festival Trust, London, UK The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK The Burrell Collection, Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, SCOTLAND DIFC, Dubai, UAE Spazio Brazzà, Moruzzo, ITALY The Benevolent Society, Gaza, PALESTINE
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