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Zena
el Khalil
EDUCATION:
2002 MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts. New York, NY, USA
1999 BGD Graphic Design, The American University of Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon
SOLO EXHIBITION:
2010
Ou Ali Mama3ou Khabar, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Ou Ali Mama3ou Khabar, Espace Kettaneh-Kunigk, Beirut, Lebanon
2009
A’salam Aleykum!, Paratissima 5.2 2009, The Waldensian Church of Turin, Turin, Italy
A’salam Aleykum!, Meteorite in Giardino, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy
2008
Maybe, One Day Beirut Will Love Me Back, The Flawless Gallery, Berardi-Sagharchi Projects, London, England
But, I Can’t Let Go, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
2006
I Love You, Espace SD, Beirut, Lebanon
2004
Wahad Areese, Please, Le Laboratoire, Espace SD, Beirut, Lebanon
2003
Of Love and War, Signature Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
1999
Three Druze Women, Beirut, Lebanon
SOLO PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
2004
Wahad Areese, Please: Still Looking, Site-specific public performance, Beirut
International Marathon, Beirut, Lebanon
Wahad Areese, Please: Still Looking, Site-specific public performance, Hamra Festival, Beirut, Lebanon
2003
Wahad Areese, Please, Site-specific public performance, Beirut International Marathon, Beirut, Lebanon
1997
Leolo, installation, Beirut Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010
All About Beirut, White Box, Munich, Germany. Curated by Joy Mardini
About The City, Castello di San Michele, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Curated by Daniele Ratti
2009
Golden Gates, 46 Rue de Sévigné, Paris, France
Beirut Live, Vibe Live, London, UK
Hopes And Doubts, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy
2008
Hopes And Doubts, The Dome, Beirut, Lebanon
Together, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
2007
The Resilient Landscape, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, Australia
More Light Than Death Could Bear, Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
Red Cross Royal Gala Ball, The Old Billingsgate, London
Ana ‘Njassa Al Fan (I Pear Art), Dialogpunkt Deutsch Tripoli, Lebanon
2006
Pure Pop, Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
Re*Birth Lebanon, Dazed and Confused Gallery, London
I Love Beirut, Adam Street Private Members Club, London
Nafas Beirut, Espace SD, Beirut, Lebanon
Shu Tabkha, Ya Mara? (What’s Cookin’, Woman?), Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
Imagining Ourselves, International Museum of Women, San Francisco, USA
2005
He Rests, He Has Traveled, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
2004
First Annual Comic and Animation Forum, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Introducing Palestine, AFSC Friends House, Pasadena, California, USA
The Wedding Project, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
See Williamsburg, 1st Annual Central Williamsburg Arts Festival, 722 Metropolitan
Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Eat Me, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
24e Salon d'Automne, Musee Sursock, Beirut, Lebanon
The Vending Project, ArtLink-Yanaka, Tokyo, Japan
The Rally for Triple Candie, Triple Candie, Harlem, NY
Bayshore Festival of the Arts, The Firehouse Gallery, Bayshore, NY
Open Studio NY 11211, Brooklyn, NY
Falastine: Artists Against Occupation, Ofuroya: Contemporary Art Gallery, Philadelphia
2002
ArtToy, Gallery Mouri, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Open Studio Exhibitions, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
The Armory Show, New York, NY
Extra Virgin, SVA MFA Thesis Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Open Studio Exhibitions, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SP-Xiles, Small Press Expo, Brooklyn, NY
Integrated Aesthetics, Integrated Aesthetics, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
2004
Garbagilla, Sculpture collaboration with Greenpeace, Martyr’s Square, Beirut, Lebanon
2003
Vending Project, artLink Yanaka, Tokyo, Japan
LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, JURIES and WORKSHOPS:
2010
*Torino Film Lab : Interchange; awarded workshop participant. Turin, Italy
* Inaugural AUB Alumni Literary Festival; Invited Speaker, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
*Patchanka; Invited Speaker, Chieri, Italy
*Salone Del Libro, “In Conversation with Francesca Paci and Marco Philopat”, Italy
*Beirut 39, Moderator for Panel Discussion, “Rock The Casbah: Responsibility, Commitment and Art. Zena el Khalil in Conversation with Randa Jarrar, Abdelkader Benali, Hussein Jelaad and Youssef Rakha.” Beirut, Lebanon
2009
*The Guardian Hay Festival: Segovia, Segovia, Spain; Invited Speaker, “A Conversation with Guillermo Altares.”
*Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh UK; Invited Speaker, Panel Discussion with Samson Kambalu. Moderated by Peter Guttridge.
*Hay-On-Wye Festival of Literature, Wales, UK; Invited Speaker, “Risk”, Panel Discussion with Hala Jaber and Conor Foley. Moderated by Liz Thompson.
*University of Westminster, London UK; Invited Speaker, Panel Discussion with Carol Lee. Moderated by Nick Johnstone.
2008
*Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway; Invited Speaker, “Freedom of Expression- How Free Is the Internet”, Panel Discussion with Jimmy Wales, Jonathan Zittrain, Parvin Ardalan, Oystein Alme, Knut Aasrud, Hilde Tonne, Jon Bing, Moderated by Tore Tennoe.
*20/20 Lecture Series, Department of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Invited Speaker.
*Resistance Media & Society, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon; Invited Speaker.
2005
*Final Project Presentations of Candidates for Bachelor of Graphic Design Class of 2005, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Guest Juror.
*Final Project Presentations of First Year Landscape Design students, Class of 2008, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Guest Juror.
*“Biatouna Baytouna”, Biodiversity & Environmental Art workshop with Lebanese high school students. Final presentations were exhibited and juried at the UNESCO in Beirut. Project co-sponsored by: UNDP, Ministry of Environment of Lebanon, IBSAR, American University of Beirut, and A Step Away; Lecture and Workshop.
*“Eco Art: Taking Art Out of the Museum & the Rise of The Feminist Movement,” First Year Landscape Design students, Class of 2008, American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Lecture.
2004
*Final Project Presentations of Candidates for Bachelor of Graphic Design Class of 2004, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon; Member of Jury.
2002
*The New Generation of Art From Palestine, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Member of Panel.
2001
*”Art and Society; An Intervention into Beirut." Lebanese American University, Lebanon; Lecture and workshop.
*Final Project Presentations of Candidates for Bachelor of Graphic Design Class of 2001, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon; Member of Jury.
1998-2000
Rudolph Steiner School for Special Students, Jal el Dib, Lebanon; Art and photography Coordinator and Instructor
SELECTED PRESS:
2009
* La Curia chiude le porte Allah va al tempio valdese, La Stampa
*Alla ricerca della quotidianità nella Beirut assediata dalla Guerra, La Stampa
*Beirut I Love You: A Memoir by Zena el Khalil, The Times
*Lebanon’s Movement To Remember, The National
*Sex and War and Art and Writing, Now Lebanon
*Italia e Libano sguardi d' autore su Beirut ferita, La Repubblica
2008
*Zena el Khalil, Time Out Magazine Beirut, Feature, December 2008.
*Pop Art Meets Guerrilla War, Los Angeles Times
*Alles Gute aus dem Untergrund, Frankfurter Allgemeine
*But, I Can’t Let Go’ Turns Pieces of Beirut Into Art, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, The Daily Star, 12 February 2008.
*One To Watch, Canvas Magazine, Canvas Guide, Volume 4, Issue 2.
*Lebanon, Maymanah Farhat, Art AsiaPacific Almanac 2006-7.
2007
*Beirut Art Space Espace SD Closes, Maymanah Farhat, Art AsiaPacific, Issue 55.
*How Can The Dead Cedar Die? One Year After The July Attack, Pierre Abi Saab, Al-Akhbar Newspaper, July 16, 2007.
2006
*After War, Lebanon Turns to Art, Asking: Who Are We?, The New York Times
*Lebanese Speak Out On The Web, The Washington Times
*Voice From Lebanon, Ghazi Usman, The Nation, August 11, 2006.
*Hisbollah spaltet Friedensbewegung, Spiegel Online
*Beirut Blogs, Information, 24 July, 2006 (Denmark)
*My City, On Fire Again, The Guardian
*Diaries: Live From Lebanon July-August 2006, The Electronic Intifada
*Time Out Picks, Short, Ramsay, Time Out Beirut, May 2006
2004
*Garbagilla Invades Martyr’s Square: As Greenpeace Calls for Zero Waste Policy, Rym Ghazal, The Daily Star, 26 November 2004. Page 4.
*Les Detritus Eriges En Oeuvre d'Art: S'en Souvenir Pour Moins En Produire, Suzanne Baaklini, L’Orient Le Jour, 25 November 2004. Page 4
*Everything But the Kitchen Sink, Plus a Pink Wedding Dress, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, The Daily Star, 18 October 2004. p.12 Number: 11,521
*Xanadu, The Idea Started On a Subway Train, Hanadi el-Diri, An-Nahar Newspaper, 26 August 2004. p.24 Number: 22,059
2003
*El Khalil Opens Solo Exhibit, Business Day, May 2, 2003.
*Zena's Strokes Of Love and War, Bayagbon, Erhumu, The Guardian, April 30, 2003.
*El Khalil, Lebanese National, Opens Solo Exhibition, ThisDay, April 27, 2003.
*Curating on the Margin, The Brooklyn Rail
2002
*Organization Tries to Improve US-Arab Relations Through Arab Art, Open Here
*50 Palestinian Artists Showcase Their Work in New York City, The Palestine Chronicle
*Williamsburg Bridges Palestine – The Face of Palestinian Humanity Though Art and Culture, Aramica Newspaper. November 10 – November 25th 2002.
2001
*SP-Xiles in NYC: Sliver Lining to a Very Dark Cloud, Harrington, Paul, The Comic Store.com September 2001. www.thecomicstore.com
SELECTED TELEVISION and RADIO INTERVIEWS:
2009
Artsworld, TV Feature, Al Jazeera English, July 2009
The Strand, BBC World Service, Interviewed by, March 24, 2009
Women’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, Interviewed by Jane Garvey, March 24, 2009
BBC Arabic, Interviewed by Liliane Daoud, March 12, 2009
Electric Kahraba: Interview with Omar Offendum and Zena El-Khalil, Interviewed by Joe Namy, New York University Radio, February 13, 2009
2006
CNN Sunday Morning, TV interview via telephone by Tony Harris, CNN, July 30, 2006
Outlook, BBC World Service, Radio Interview, July 25, 2006
The World Today, BBC World Service, Radio Interview, July 21, 2006
Radio Five Live, BBC Radio, Radio Interview, July 2006
The Wide Angle with Karen Coleman, NewsTalk Radio, July 22, 2006
Sunday Salon, KPFA Radio, Interviews by Larry Bensky, July-August 2006
2004
Imagination: The Creative Mind Of Women. Song, poetry and Conversation; Queen Latifah on a woman's right to male roles in movies; The Wedding Project, with Zena el-Khalil; Collective screening room: sneak peak at Mike Leigh's abortion drama, Vera Drake. Womens Collective: WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City – Pacifica Radio. October 4, 2004. 10 – 11 am
2003
The News at Nine, Nigerian Television Authority Channel 2. Review of art exhibition “Of Love and War”. May 3, 2003, Lagos, Nigeria.
Inside Nigeria, Nigerian Television Authority Channel 2. Interview and review of art exhibition “Of Love and War,” May 2, 2003, Lagos, Nigeria.
2002
Williamsburg Bridges Palestine, Manhattan Neighborhood Network. TV interview by Joan Allen, November 2002, New York, USA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2009
“My City: Beirut, I Love You,” by Zena el Khalil, Canvas Magazine, April 2009
"A Complete Insider’s Guide to Lebanon, Hamra,” Zena el Khalil, Souk el Tayeb Press, December 2008
2008
“Beirut, I Love You: A Memoir,” by Zena el Khalil, Saqi Books
“Hopes And Doubts,” Exhibition catalog, December 2008
“Maybe One Day Beirut Will Love Me Back,” Exhibition catalog, October 2008
2007
“Project Talib - Intercultural Type Research,” EPS51, 2007
“Zoom In / Zoom Out,” Edited by Partizan Publik, Amsterdam, 2007
2006
“Lebanon, Lebanon; From Beirut, With Love,” Edited by Anna Wilson, Saqi Books
"Shu Tabkha Ya Mara? (What's Cooking, Woman?)," Exhibit catalog, 2006
"Letters From Beirut," The Purple Journal, No.9, Fall-Winter 06/07
“Imagining Ourselves,” Anthology produced by the International Museum of Women
2005
The Alphabet Girls, Dar Onboz, 2005
2003
XXIV Salon D’Automne 2003, Exhibit Catalog, Sursock Museum, December 2003
“Zena El-Khalil,” Featured Artist, Mizna. Volume 5, Issue 1 2003
"Of Love and War," Exhibit catalog, April 2003
2002
“Is There Life After Pink? A Proposal by Zena el-Khalil,” Masters of Fine Arts Thesis, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, May 2002
“A Word From the Curators,” Williamsburg Bridges Palestine exhibition catalog, November 2002
2001
“A Beirut Tale,” Small Press Expo, Brooklyn, New York, September 2001
1999
“Everything You Know is Wrong, Beirut Is Really Pink,” Bachelor of Graphic Design Thesis. April 1999
CURATING EXPERIENCE:
2009
Co-Curator: “Ricordando Cesare Roccati”, Fabbrica delle E del Gruppo, Turin, Italy
Co-Curator: “Beirut Live”, Vibe Live, London, UK
2008
Co-Curator: “8.8.8.” Experimental Music and Visual Art, Beirut, Lebanon
2007
Co-Curator: “Khatt Fonts: Matching Amsterdam - Beirut”, Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
Curator: “More Light Than Death Could Bear”, Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
Co-Curator: “Ana ‘Njassa Al Fan (I Pear Art)”, Dialogpunkt Deutsch Tripoli, Lebanon
2006
Co-Curator: "Nafas Beirut", Espace SD, Beirut, Lebanon
Curator: "Shu Tabkha Ya Mara? (What's Cooking, Woman?)", Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
2004-9
Director and Chief Curator, xanadu*, Beirut, Lebanon
2003-5
Director and Chief Curator, xanadu*, New York, NY
2003
Co-Curator: “Palestine: Art of Resistance”, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Co-Curator: “Williamsburg Bridges Palestine”, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center,
Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS:
* xanadu* CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR AND CHIEF CURATOR 2003-Present
Mission: xanadu* specializes in supporting young/emerging/underrepresented artists. an un-gallery and an artist run space, is an attempt to establish a collective dedicated to support artists who wish to work beyond the current “art market” and mainstream trends. Its mission is manifested through art exhibitions, lecture series, poetry readings, performances, publications and chess, art and music education. It is a work in progress that seeks nourishment from the river of life, channeling beauty, fantasy, virtue and compassion into a gushing fountain of inspiration. xanadu*, the space, aspires to blossom into xanadu* the idea, or to at least be once removed. www.xanaduart.com xanadu* is currently based in Beirut, Lebanon, with a small extension in New York City.
*a beautiful place
* The Maya Ghannoum Project, FOUNDER & DIRECTOR 2007-Present
The goal of the Maya Ghannoum Project, started in 2007, is to support young writers, poets, illustrators and comic book artists by helping to produce and publish their work.
http://xanaduart.com/mgp/publishing-mgp.html
* Imagining Ourselves: A Global Generation of Women. International Museum of Women, USA GLOBAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER 2005-2006
Imagining Ourselves launched on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2006. It reaches out to a new generation of women—the one billion women between the ages of 20 and 40—answering the question, “What defines your generation?” Through an online exhibit, a series of global gatherings, and a new book, Imagining Ourselves provides resources and opportunities for women to create change in their lives, in their communities, and in their world. www.imow.org
I was responsible for trend assessment and advice on creation of content, as well as editorial feedback for the Virtual Exhibit, solicitation of partners and organizations in assigned regions, active international marketing and outreach programs, organization of global gatherings and other events related to the Imagining Ourselves project. I was also responsible to communicate the needs of the Lebanese community in relation to the IO project.
*Al Jisser: CO-FOUNDER, CO-CURATOR 2001-2003
The mission of Al Jisser is to bring Arab artists to international attention. It was founded in New York City in April of 2001 by a group of individual artists. Our first project was “Williamsburg Bridges Palestine” in 2002 held at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center. www.aljisser.org
AWARDS/HONORS:
2002 Masters of Fine Arts Tuition Grant, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 Masters of Fine Arts Tuition Grant, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1994 Gold Medal, "The Duke of Edinburgh Award", London, England
"Service Above Self", The Rotary Club, Surrey, England
1993 National Honors Society, London, England
International Honor Thespian Award, London, England