Jumana Emil Abboud

 

1971                       Born in Shefa-amer, Galilee.

1979-1991              Lived with family in Ontario, Canada.

1989-1991              Studies art in the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada.

1991                       Returns to live in Galilee.

1992-1996              Studies art at The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.

Attained BFA Degree.

1997-1999                Post-Graduate Studies in the Young Artists’ program at the Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem.

 

                             Solo Exhibitions

1998                       “Rapunzelina”, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Tel Aviv.

1999                       “Seven Days”, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya.

 

                              Selected Group Exhibitions

1993                       “Two Woman Show”, Cultural center, Shefa-amer.

1996                       “Two Sided Mirror”, Artist’s House, Tel Aviv.

1996                       “The Holiday of Holidays”, Wad al Nisnas and Beit Hagefen, Haifa.

1996                       “Accumulated Colors Layers”, Artist’s House, Haifa.

1998                                               “Al Nakbe- fifty years of Arab Persecution”, Cultural Center of Art, Nazareth.

1998                       “Story Time”, Candid Arts, London.

1998                       “Lifta”, a sight specific artwork in the abandoned 1948 Palestinian village of Lifta, Jerusalem vicinity.

1998                       “El Summoud”, a sight specific artwork at the refugee camp of El Summoud, Jerusalem.

1998-1999              “Palestin(a) - Eight Woman Artists”, Al Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem+Ami Steinitz Contemporary Art gallery.

1999                         Mediterranean Biennial for Young Artists, Rome, Italy.

1999                       “Gateway”, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.

1999                       “Palestinian Artists Today”, Drammens Museum, Drammen, Norway.

1999                        “Murals in the City”, Jericho Winter Festival, Jericho.

1999                       “Look Mama Look”, Art Focus,  Jerusalem.

2000                       “ The Last Drawing of the Century”, Zerynthia Center for Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy.

2000                      “Empathy”, Galerie im Kornerpark, Berlin.

 

                              Group exhibitions cont’d

2000                       “ZimZum”,Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg,  Germany.

2000                       La Havana International Biennial,  Cuba.

2001                       “Children”, Beit Hagefen, Haifa.

 

                              Art Seminars

1997                       “Mobile Seminar”, a two day seminar that included artists, curators and professors of art, visiting various Palestinian and Israeli cultural and art sites.

1999                       “Window onto Venus”, hosted by Zerynthia, participation of Italian and international artists. Tuscany, Italy.