Zeidan, Salwa

Self-taught artist, born in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
Member of the Association of Artists Beirut, Lebanon
Member of the Association Art Confrontation, France
Member of the Association Exit Art, New York

Artist statement:

My paintings are formed out of my impretions, observations and my emotional experiences . I see reality as an endless process of conflicts and decisions , therefor the tonality of experience can never be resolved in a definitife way .

The texture of life is like the surface of a block of clay ; it is shaped and molded by the circumstances of daily conflicts , personel and collective catastrophes and indivisiual questioning.

My work lives on this quest until it becomes a rite of realisation , a struggle for the possibility to order the sensation of consciousness.

 Individual Exhibitions
2000 – MAC 2000 Paris – France
2000 – Zabbeni Gallery Vevey – Switzerland
2000 – Alchemy Gallery London – U.K.
1999 – Fransabank Beirut – Lebanon
1999 – Zabbeni Gallery Vevey – Switzerland
1997 – Epreuve d Artiste Gallery Beirut – Lebanon
1995 – Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi – U.A.E.
1995 – Zabbeni Gallery Vevey – Switzerland
1994 – Cassia & Zeidan Gallery Abu Dhabi – U.A.E.
1990 – Artchoice Gallery Abu Dhabi – U.A.E

Group Exhibitions
2001 – Espace Chatelet Victoria Paris – France
2000 – L’Institut du monde arabe (Hommage ΰ Adonis) Paris – France
2000 – Atelier Z Paris – France
2000 – Artuel ‘International Art Fair’ Beirut – Lebanon
2000 – MAC 2000 Paris – France
1999 – Byblos Cultural Festival Byblos – Lebanon
1999 – Kisrwan Cultural Centre Jounieh – Lebanon
1999 – Artuel ( International Art Fair ) Beirut – Lebanon
1998 – Exhibition of Young Lebanese Artist Beirut – Lebanon
1996 – Lebanese Contemporary Art Jeddah – Saudi Arabia
1996 – World of Art Gallery Beirut – Lebanon
1996 – Sursok Museum Beirut – Lebanon
1995 – Catholic Cultural Centre Beirut – Lebanon
1995 – Ministry of Culture Beirut – Lebanon
1994 – Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi – U.A.E
1993 – Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi – U.A.E
1992 – Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi – U.A.E
1989 – Exhibition of Arabic Artists Sharjah – U.A.E.
1988 – Byblos Culture Festival Byblos – Lebanon

Awards
1998 – 1st Prize – Exhibition of the Young Lebanese Artist Beirut – Lebanon
1992 – 2nd Prize – 7th Spring Exhibition at the Cultural Foundation
 Abu Dhabi – U.A.E.

Some of the Works