ABOUT THE ARTIST

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

— Nietzsche

 

Bio

LEILA KUBBA KAWASH WAS BORN OF A SWISS AMERICAN MOTHER AND IRAQI FATHER, SHE WAS EDUCATED IN BAGHDAD; SHE WENT ON TO GRADUATE WITH A NATIONAL DIPLOMA OF ART AND DESIGN FROM THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE U.K. AND ALSO STUDIED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AT THE CORCORAN COLLEGE OF ART IN WASHINGTON DC. AS WELLAS COURSES IN PRINTMAKING AND PAINTING AT ST. MARTINS COLLEGE IN LONDON.

SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING 29 SOLO EXHIBITIONS; HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN SIX STATES IN THE U.S., AT THEATRIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, AND ALIF GALLERY IN WASHINGTON D.C.SHE HAS ALSO HELD EXHIBITS IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AT LEIGHTON HOUSE IN LONDON, MAGNA GALLERY IN ATHENS; ATTHE CULTURAL CENTERS OF THE UAE IN ABUDHABI AND AMMAN, AT ORFALI GALLERY, AMMAN AND ARTSPACE HAMRA, BEIRUT. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN ART FAIRS IN BEIRUT AND BAHRAIN.

HER WORKS ARE IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING THE BRITISH MUSEUM,INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, JORDAN NATIONAL GALLERY, ABU DHABI CULTURAL CENTER, AND AUDI BANK, BEIRUT. 

Current Work

SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF ARTSPACE HAMRA AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN HER STUDIO INBEIRUT WHERE SHE HOLDS WORKSHOPS AND ARTCLASSES.

Ongoing Projects

These days I am working on an exhibition related to my visit to the Marshes of Iraq.


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