Najla El Zein | |
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Born | 1983 Beirut |
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Occupation | Artist, designer, visual artist |
Website | https://najlaelzein.com/ |
Najla El Zein (born 1983) is a Lebanese artist and designer.
Najla El Zein was born in Beirut in 1983. [1] [2] She was raised in Paris, where she moved at the age of two. [3] She studied interior architecture and product design at the École Camondo school of art in Paris. [4]
In 2019 El Zein was commissioned by the Qatar Museums Authority to design Us, Her, Him, a limestone sculpture located in Flag Plaza [5] [6] [7] which was completed in 2022. [8] Also in 2019, El Zein staged her first solo show, Transitions, at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York. [9] [10] The title of the exhibition and the pieces she created were inspired by her experience of the "emotional and physical transformation" of pregnancy. [11] [12] [13]
Following the 2020 Beirut explosion, El Zein produced a series of sculptural pieces titled 6.07, the name being a reference to the time of the blast. The proceeds from the sale of the pieces were donated to a local NGO called Beb w’ Shebbek. [14] [15]
Her work has been exhibited at and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, [3] London, and the Dallas Museum of Art, TX. Her work was also included in the exhibition Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth at Chatsworth House, and The New Transcendence at Friedman Benda Gallery, NY (both curated by Glenn Adamson). [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
She has studios in Amsterdam and Beirut. [3] [16] [22] [23]
Najla El Zein | |
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Born | 1983 Beirut |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Artist, designer, visual artist |
Website | https://najlaelzein.com/ |
Najla El Zein (born 1983) is a Lebanese artist and designer.
Najla El Zein was born in Beirut in 1983. [1] [2] She was raised in Paris, where she moved at the age of two. [3] She studied interior architecture and product design at the École Camondo school of art in Paris. [4]
In 2019 El Zein was commissioned by the Qatar Museums Authority to design Us, Her, Him, a limestone sculpture located in Flag Plaza [5] [6] [7] which was completed in 2022. [8] Also in 2019, El Zein staged her first solo show, Transitions, at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York. [9] [10] The title of the exhibition and the pieces she created were inspired by her experience of the "emotional and physical transformation" of pregnancy. [11] [12] [13]
Following the 2020 Beirut explosion, El Zein produced a series of sculptural pieces titled 6.07, the name being a reference to the time of the blast. The proceeds from the sale of the pieces were donated to a local NGO called Beb w’ Shebbek. [14] [15]
Her work has been exhibited at and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, [3] London, and the Dallas Museum of Art, TX. Her work was also included in the exhibition Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth at Chatsworth House, and The New Transcendence at Friedman Benda Gallery, NY (both curated by Glenn Adamson). [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
She has studios in Amsterdam and Beirut. [3] [16] [22] [23]