Salwa Zeidan
Salwa Zeidan is a Lebanese artist, sculptor, and curator.
Salwa Zeidan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bekaa Valley, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Occupation | Artist, sculptor, and curator |
Biography
Born in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Zeidan left Lebanon in the 1980s. Zeidan moved to the United Arab Emirates where she continued working as a painter. She curated exhibitions in different venues before she opened her first Art Gallery in 1994, the first Art Gallery in the Capital of UAE, Abu Dhabi. Zeidan works in a variety of mediums ranging from painting, mixed media, and sculptures and conceptual art. Themes that are central to her work include issues of freedom and longing for higher truth and knowledge. Her work oscillates in the field of abstract minimalist art and sometimes it contains notions of calligraphy. Her paintings and sculptures can be found in galleries around the world including the USA, Switzerland, Italy, France, London, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Egypt and Lebanon. Zeidan currently lives and works in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where she runs her contemporary art gallery and showcases selections of Emirati, International and Middle Eastern artists.
Publications
- 2009 Salwa Zeidan "In Light"
- 2008 11th Cairo Biennale Catalogue
- 2008 4 Walls Gallery, Dubai, Catalogue
- 2006 100 Famous Contemporary Artists
- 2006 Juillet 2006, Paris, France
- 2006 10th Cairo International Biennale Catalogue
- 2006 United States and the world face to face
- 2004 Syria and Lebanon
- 2004 Salwa Zeidan
- 2004 Art Metz, International Art Fair Catalogue
- 2003 XXIIème Biennale D’Alexandrie Des Pays de la Méditerranée
- 2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea Quarta Edizione (2003, 2002, 2001 & 2000)
- 2003 MAC 2000-Art Istanbul Manifestation d’Art Contemporain (2003 & 2002)
- 2002 Salwa Zeidan, For Peace
- 2001 Cedar Wings, Creators from Lebanon
- 2001 Al Dalil 2001 Lebanese Artists Guide
- 2000 Artuel Salon International d’Art Contemporain
- 1999 "1995-1999, Salwa Zeidan recent paintings"
- 1998 Jabal Jeune Artists des Beaux Arts du Liban2011
Awards
- 2011 Best Arab Woman Artist of the year Award 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- 2003 International Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy - Fourth Place in works on paper, Lorenzo al Magnifico Award
- 1998 Young Lebanese Artist, Lebanon - First Prize
- 1992 Spring Exhibition of Arab Art, UAE - Second Prize