| sumayyah samaha | |
artist |
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| SoHo New York |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2008 | Skoto Gallery, "Darkness Ushers Dawn", NYC | |
| 2007 | Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba, "Love, Life and Pain", NYC | |
| 2004 | Blink Gallery, "Personal Landscapes", Andes, NY | |
| 2002 | Denise Bibro Fine Art, "Strange Fruit", recent paintings, NYC | |
| 2000 | Denise Bibro Fine Art, Recent Paintings, NYC | |
| 1999 | Denise Bibro Fine Art, "Beyond the Brush", NYC | |
| 1998 | Farleigh Dickinson University, Paintings, Hackensack, NJ | |
| 1997 | Denise Bibro Fine Art, Recent Paintings & Pastels, NYC | |
| 1995 | Denise Bibro Fine Art, Recent Works, SoHo, NYC | |
| 1994 | Denise Bibro Fine Art, "Landscapes: Where My Soul Roams", SoHo, NYC | |
| 1993 | Kenkelaba Gallery, Four Artists-solo shows, NYC | |
| 1982 | 22 Wooster Gallery, "NYC 1981" , 22 Wooster Gallery, NYC | |
| 1981 | 22 Wooster Gallery, NYC | |
| MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2005 | "In / Visible - Contemporary Art by Arab American Artists" Opening of The Arab American National Museum and Cultural Center Dearborn, Michigan (featured work: "Palestine Fence" see Works on Paper) |
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| 1994 | Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, "American Abstraction: A new Decade", Loretto, PA | |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2007 | Blink Gallery, Andes, NY, 3 person show | |
| 2006 | "3 Arab Painters in New York: Samia Halaby, Sumayyah Samaha, Athir Shayota" Curated by Maymanah Farhat, The Bridge Gallery, NY, NY |
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| Blink Gallery, Andes, NY, 3 person show | ||
| 2005 | "Real Compared to What; Artistic Expression as a wrench in the system -- not a cog in the wheel." Gallery 128, 128 Rivington Street, NY, NY | |
| "Pieces
6", Gallery 128 128 Rivington Street, NY, NY |
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| 2004 | "Y W" [Why War, Why Dubya?] Viridian Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, NY |
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| 2003 | "New York Collection 2002", Albert Knox Museum Gallery, Buffalo, NY | |
| WAR ART, Judson Memorial Church, NYC, NY | ||
| DEFIANCE, Udi Aloni Project Room 529 West 20th NYC, NY | ||
| 2002 | Albert Knox Museum Gallery, "New York Collection 2002", Buffalo, NY | |
| 2001 | Gallery Onetwentyeight, (128 Rivington Street), Ceramic and Oils, 3 person show | |
| 2000 | Williamsburgh Art and Historical Center, Local papers, Brooklyn, NY | |
| A.I.R. Gallery, Generations II: survey of women artists at the Millenium, NYC | ||
| 128 Rivington Street Gallery, invitational exhibition, NYC | ||
| 1999 | International Exhibitions, Art In Embassies, American Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon | |
| Albright Knox Museum Gallery, New York Abstractions, Buffalo, NY | ||
| Denise Bibro Fine Art, Group Invitational, NYC | ||
| 1995 | 128 Rivington Street Gallery, Group Exhibition, NYC | |
| 1992 | Denise Bibro Fine Art, Abstraction I, SoHo, NYC | |
| SoHo Art Space, Juxtapositions, Four Artists, Curated by Virginia Cuppaidge, NYC | ||
| Marine Midland Bank, Spare Parts, Collages from the 19 Painters and Printmakers, Curated by Peggy Hadden, NYC | ||
| 1991 | Platform Gallery, "Three Painters", Beirut, Lebanon | |
| 1990 | Triplex Gallery, Shapeshifters, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC | |
| International Monetary Fund, Two Person Exhibition, Washington, D.C. | ||
| 1989 | The Studio American Collection, Travelling Exhibition, Poland | |
| Cityscapes, Window Installation, 480 Broome Street, NYC, Funded by Con Edison and New York Community for Artists | ||
| 1988 | Kufa Gallery, Contemporary Lebanese Artists, London, England. Catalogue. | |
| 1986 | Contemporary Arab Art in the US, sponsored by the US-Arab Chamber of Commerce, NYC. Catalogue | |
| Galerie Pablo Picasso, Chenal Group, Denain, France. Catalogue. | ||
| 1985 | 22 Wooster Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, NYC | |
| Northside Arts Industries, Artists at Northside, Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Espace Vendome, Chenal Group, Paris, France. Catalogue. | ||
| Peri-Renneth Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Westhampton Beach, NY | ||
| 1983 | First Woman's Bank, "Diversity", NYC | |
| Peri-Renneth Gallery, Three Person Show, Westhampton Beach, NY | ||
| Bacchanal Gallery, "Images of Self", Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 1982 | Federal Courthouse, "Contemporary Expression", sponsored by the Organization of Independent Artists, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Cork Gallery, "Drawing on Dance", sponsored by the Organization of Independent Artists, NYC | ||
| 22 Wooster Gallery, "Strictly Abstract"; Invitational Exhibition, NYC | ||
| Association of Arab University Graduates, Arab Artists, NYC | ||
| 1979 | Holman Art Gallery, "National Drawing 79", juried by Berneice Rose, Curator of Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ | |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | ||
| New
York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, NYC Chemical Bank, NYC American Collection, Centrum Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland Prudential Insurance Pfizer Pharamceutical, NY City Bank Audi, Beirut, Lebanon Kenkelaba House, New York City |
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| PUBLICATIONS | ||
| Khal,
Helen; The Women Artists in Lebanon; Prepared for the Institute of
Women's Studies in the Arab World "A Gathering of the Tribes" Volume 4, No. 1, 1995 Black & White Photo, page 21 "IBM Nachrichten 45" , HEFT 323, 1995, color photos of ceramic/mixed media work, page 54-55, 57-58, 61 |
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| REVIEWS | ||
"In/Visible" Bidoun; Art and Culture from the Middle East, Kate McClellan, Fall 2005 |
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| EDUCATION | ||
| B.A. American University of Beirut | ||
| M.A. University of Pittsburgh, 1965 | ||
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND EXPERIENCE | ||
| Fourth Annual NAAP National Conference Panel Discussion:
“With Each Stroke: The Role of Art in Activism and Social Change” The Network of Arab American Professionals (NAAP) November 17, 2007, New York Co-founded and was an active member of 22 Wooster Gallery, 1978-1988 Panelist: Painting, New York Foundation for the Arts, 1998 |
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