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Salwa Zeidan
The grand opening of salwa zeidan gallery january 11 2009
Salwa Zeidan is a Lebanese artist, sculptor, and curator.
Born in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Leaving Lebanon in the 1980s Zeidan moved to the United Arab Emirates where she continued working as a painter. and curating exhibitions in different vanues, 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 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 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 selection of Emirati, International and Middle Eastern artists.
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Salwa Zeidan "In Light", Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2007 Fairmont Gallery, Dallas, USA
2006 Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2006 Keramich Atelier, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2005 Loft 44, Private Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2004 Ajial Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2003 Art METZ, Metz, France
2003 Art Istanbul, Mac 2000, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 Mac 2000, Paris, France
2002 Gallery Pierre-Michel, Paris, France
2002 Art Istanbul, Mac 2000, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 “Art for Peace” at Fairmont Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E.
2001 Mac 2000, Paris, France
2000 Mac 2000, Paris, France
2000 Gallery Zabbeni, Vevey, Switzerland
2000 “Culture for Peace” Alchemy Gallery, London, U.K.
1999 Fransabank, Private Space, Beirut, Lebanon
1999 Gallery Zabbeni, Vevey, Switzerland
1997 Gallery, Epreuve d’Artiste, Beirut, Lebanon
1995 Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
1995 Gallery Zabbeni, Vevey, Switzerland
1994 Cassia & Salwa Zeidan Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Art Dhubai 2017,Dubai, UAE
2017 Timeless, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Saadiyat Island Resort, UAE
2016 Art Abu Dhabi 2016, Manarat Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2016 Diversity, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Saadiyat Island Resort, UAE
2015 Art Abu Dhabi 2015, Manarat Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2015 Shaping Scenes, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Saadiyat Island Resort, UAE