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Biografie Laila Shawa
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1957 - 1958 |
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School of Art Leonardo Da’Vinci, Cairo, Egypt.
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1958 - 1960 |
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Academia de Belle Arte Rome, Italy. BA (Hons) Fine Arts. Student of Renato Guttuso
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1960 - 1963 |
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Studied under Austrian Expressionist Oscar Kokotchka School of Seeing, Salzburg, Austria (summer Courses)
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1960 - 1964 |
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Academia St. Giaccomo, Rome, Italy. Diploma in Plastic & Decorative Arts
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1965 - 1967 |
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Worked with UNRWA in the Gaza Strip as supervisor for Arts& Crafts education in UNRWA
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1966 - 1967 |
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Lectured with UNESCO Institute of Education, Art education for children “Teacher Training Courses” for UNRWA Gaza
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1967 - 1975 |
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Moved to Beirut and lived between London and Gaza until 1988
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1987 |
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Moved back to London and resumed work as full time artist, lecturing and exploring various techniques and mediums
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1977 - 1988 |
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Worked with the Saad Mohaffel Chartered Architects practice on the building of The Rashad Shawa Cultural Centre, in Gaza, from 1978 to 1988 and executed the stained glass windows for the project.
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| Ausgewählte Ausstellungen |
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2012
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The Other Side of Paradise, October Gallery, London, UK
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2011
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Trapped: A Female Suicide Bomber, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France
Passport to Palestine, La Scatola Gallery, London, UK
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2010
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Sarab (Mirage), The Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
Sajjil, A Century of Modern Art, Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
Co-incidence, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France
Crunchtime: Artist’s Responses to the Global Crisis, International Visual Arts Event, York, UK
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2009
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Spring Show, October Gallery London
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2008
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The Word into Art, British Museum and DIFC, Dubai
Mediterraneo, Italian cultural Institute, London
Roads were open, Roads were closed, Third Line, Dubai
Routes , Waterhouse and Dodd, Cork street, London
SARAB, DIFC, DUBAI (solo)
The Arab Print Edition I, Meem Gallery, Dubai
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2006
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Walled in Walled out, Hosein Gallery, London
The Word into Art, British Museum.London
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2004
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Exihibition, Floral Artist’s Studio, London
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2003
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Religion, Art and War, Maison Des Artes, London
Transvangarde, October Gallery, London
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2002
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Between Legend And Reality, Modern Art from the Arab World, Akureyri Art Museum, Reykyavik Art Museum, Iceland
Breaking the Veils, Grand Masters Palace, Rhode, Greece. (Travelling exhibition to Europe and USA)
From The Ocean To The Gulf And Beyond: Arab Modern Art, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Amman, Jordan
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2001
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Twelve Arab Artists, The Werled Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Diaspora , October Gallery, London, UK
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2000
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Timotca – UNESCO, Museum of Modern Art, Las Vegas, USA
First International Forum For A Culture Of Peace / Mediterranean Women Creators, Rhodes, Greece
In The Name of God, Crucifixion 2000, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (solo)
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1999
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Dialouge Of The Present, Bath Gallery, University of Bath, Brunei Gallery, London
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1998
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Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Mediterranea, Grand Palais, Brussels
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1997
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Artistes Palestiniains Contemporains, Institutes Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
The Right Of Hope Exhibition, One World Art, World touring exhibition - South Africa – Canada
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1996
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Winter Show, October Gallery, London
The World Bank Gallery, World Bank Building, Washington DC
The Right To Write, From the Collection of the National Gallery, Jordan, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta and Georgia
Transvangarde, October Gallery, London
Eruptions Explosions & Excision, Mermaid Theatre Gallery, London (solo)
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1995
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Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, recent acquisition, John Addis Gallery, British Museum
Artist’s View, The Arab World, Willamette Arts Gallery, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, USA
Contemporary Arab Artists, Riwaq Al Balq’a Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Contemporary Arab Artists, Darat Al- Funnun, Amman, Jordan
Forces Of Change - Women Artists of the Arab World
The National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington D.C.
The Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago Illinois
Miami Dade Community College/Wolfson Campus, Centre Gallery, Miami Florida
Nexus Contemporary Art Centre, Atlanta, Georgia
Bedford Gallery, Wallnut Creek, California
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1994
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Shawa & Wijdan, October Gallery, London, UK
The Library- SOAS, University of London (solo)
From Exile To Jerusalem, inaugural exhibition Al- Wasiti Art Centre, Jerusalem
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1993
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SAGA- Salon de L’estampe et de L’édition d’art a Tirage limite’, Grand Palais, Paris
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1992
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Three Artists from Gaza, The Shoman Foundation, Jordan
The October Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1990
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The National Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan (solo)
The National Art Gallery Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (solo)
Malaysian Experience Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as one of eight participating international artists
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1989
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Contemporary Art from the Islamic World Exhibition, Barbican Centre London
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1988
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The Baghdad Biennale, the Saddam Centre, Baghdad
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1987
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Arab Woman Artists in the United Kingdom, Kufa Gallery London
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1968 - 1978
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With the Palestinian Union of Artists in most Arab countries, North Africa, Baghdad, Biennale, Russia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Europe, UK and USA
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1976
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Sulton Gallery, Kuwait City. Kuwait (solo)
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1975
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L' Antiquaire Gallery, Beirut Lebanon (solo)
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1972
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Sulton Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait (solo)
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1971
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Dar Tunis, Beirut Lebanon (solo)
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1970
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Hotel Vendome, Beirut Lebanon (solo)
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1968
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The Book Centre Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (solo)
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1965
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Morna House, Gaza, Palestine (solo)
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1958 - 1964
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Several exhibitions in Italy, Germany and Austria
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The World of Islam Festival Trust, London, UK
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The National Museum of Women in the Arts (Permanent Collection), Washington DC/USA
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The Burrell Collection, Art Gallery and Museum (permanent Collection), Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland
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Museum of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
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The Rashad Shawa Cultural Centre, Gaza
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The Arab Bank Limited, Ammon, Jordon
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The British Museum, 20th Century Collection
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The National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The National Art Gallery, Amman, Jordon
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The Palestinian Union of Artists
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The Shoman Foundation, Jordon
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The Benevolent Society, Gaza
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The Werled Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Timotca, Museum for World Peace, Las Vegas, USA
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| Literatur |
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2009
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Impossible Dreams, the work and Art of Laila Shawa, SkIRA Books, Milano, 2009 (pending)
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2009
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Contemporary Art in The Middle East, ArtWorld, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK
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2008
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Meditarraneo, A Sea that Unites ,The Italian Cultural Institute, London
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2006 - 2008
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The Word into Art The British Museum
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2002
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Between Legend and Reality, Aurora Art Museum, Reykjavik Art Museum Iceland
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2002
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From the Ocean to the Gulf and Beyond: Arab Modern Art”, The Royal Society of Fine Arts, 2002, Amman, Jordan
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2002
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Breaking the Veil, The Jordan National Gallery and FAM, 2002 Rhodes, Greece
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2001
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Twelve Arab Artists”, The Werled Museum, 2001, Netherlands
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1999
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Dialogue of the Present, Woman’s Art Library
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1998
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Mediterranea, Art Life 1998, Brussels, Belgium
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1998
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The Space Between Our Footsteps, Simon & Schuster
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1997
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Artistes Palestiniens Contemporains, Institute Du Monde Arabe, 1997, Paris, France
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1996
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The Dictionary of Art”, Macmillan Press, 1996, London
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1996
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The Right to Hope, Earthscan Publications Ltd., 1996, London
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1996
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Impressions”, H. Aschehoug & Co., 1996, Norway
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1994
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Laila Shawa, Works 1965- 1994 AI-Hani Books
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1994
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Forces of Change, Artists of the Arab World, Washington D.C., USA
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1994
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Shawa and Wijdan, October Gallery,1994, Amica Press
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1989
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Shammout, Ismail. Art in Palestine, AI Qabbas Press, Kuwait
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1988
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Ali, Wijdan. Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Scorpion Books, London, UK
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1987
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Khal, Helen. The Woman Artist in Lebanon, Catholic Press, Lebanon
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