Marwa Adel
Eden, 2017
Digital Photomontage
Edition 2/3
100 x 75 cm
Rawan Al Adwan
A Legacy of Harmony, 2016
Acrylic, pastel and sand on canvas
60 x 90 cm
Afsoon
Ghamar, 2016
Watercolour and paper-collage on Arches paper with audio accompaniment
42 x 34 cm
Boushra Almutawakel
Untitled, 2016
Photographic print
Edition 1/5
54 x 100 cm
Shereen Audi
Dreams Give Hope, 2017
Collage and mixed media on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Manal Deeb
Golden, 2015
Mixed media and acrylic on wood
99x 99cm
Maitha Demithan
Mother, 2017
Scanography
Edition 1/ 3
100 x 80 cm
Lalla Essaydi Bullets Revisited, 2012
Chromogenic print on aluminum DiBond,
Edition 3/15
101.6 x 76.2 cm
Taiba Faraj
Bird of Paradise, 2016
Acrylic, texture gel and calligraphy markers on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Faten Gaddes
Reemy, Estafanoo, Cayenne 2017
Pigment prints,
Edition 1/3
50 x 34.7 cm
Rania Matar
Jacqueline and Juliette
Beirut, Lebanon, 2016
Archival pigment prints mounted on DiBond.
Edition 1/10
61 x 50 cm
Hanaa Malallah
I've Learnt Something You Did Not Know, 2016
Black and red ink on paper
60 x100 cm
Alia Ali
[Laysa] Ana - I Am [NOT], 2017
Pigment print on Aluminum Dibond
Ed 1/5 + 2 AP
100 cm x 72 cm
Mariam Ali Fakhro Memories of Dwellings, 2015
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Azadeh Ghotbi
I AM . . Inspired, 2017
Photographs, paper, cardboard and mirrors inside an acrylic box,
40 x 40 x 10 cm
Nabeela Al Khayer
Shather Alfairooz
(Gold Specks of Turquoise), 2016
Mixed media on wood
80 x 80 cm
Rania Matar
Wafa'a and Samira, Bourj El Barajneh Palestinian Refugee Camp, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016 Archival pigment prints mounted on Dibond, 2018
Edition 1/10
61 x 50 cm
Ahaad Alamoudi
Land of Dreams, 2017
Photograph of an installation
67 x 100cm
Zena Assi
Al Kouwa Fi Yad El Mar2a
(The Force is in the Hands of the Woman), 2017
Mixed media on canvas
100 x 100 cm
I AM
Premiered in Amman, Jordan
Under the Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah
I AM was a peacebuilding exhibition that premiered in Amman, Jordan under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah involving 31 of the Middle East's premier contemporary women artists from 12 countries that promoted and celebrated the many accomplishments of Middle Eastern women in shaping our world into a peaceful and harmonious one.
I AM celebrated the rich, diverse and crucial contributions that women from the Middle East make to the enduring global quest for harmony and peace. I AM showcased the insights and experiences of Middle Eastern women as they confront issues of culture, religion and social reality in a rapidly changing world both in the Middle East and West. In this way, the exhibition aimed to challenge existing stereotypes and misconceptions about Middle Eastern women by showing how they dynamically and very significantly contribute to the fabric of local and global culture. The participating artists came from both Muslim and Christian faith backgrounds.
I AM premiered at the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, Jordan in May/June 2017, and was then showcased at London's St. Martin-in-the-Fields on Trafalgar Square for July/August 2017, and then premiered its US tour last September 2017 at the American University Museum in Washington, DC. It then toured for 16 months around the United States – Jackson, WY, Cincinnati, OH, Seattle, WA, Nashville, TN and ended in Burlington, VT.
For more information and to see the tour schedule, visit I AM.
ARTISTS (click on artists names below to learn more about them and their work)
MARWA ADEL - RAWAN AL ADWAN - AFSOON - AHAAD ALAMOUDI - ALIA ALI - BOUSHRA ALMUTAWAKEL - ZENA ASSI - SHEREEN AUDI - MANAL DEEB - MAITHA DEMITHAN - LALLA ESSAYDI - MARIAM ALI FAKHRO - TAIBA FARAJ - FATEN GADDES - AZADEH GHOTBI - NERMINE HAMMAM - HILDA HIARY - CARELLE HOMSY - LULWA AL KHALIFA - MARWA AL KHALIFA - NABEELA AL KHAYER - GHADA KHUNJI - ANNIE KURKDJIAN - HANAA MALALLAH - RANIA MATAR - RAEDA SAADEH - NAGLA SAMIR - SOHEILA SOKHANVARI - MAYASA AL SOWAIDI - WIJDAN - HELEN ZUGHAIB
