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LORNA SELIM, Iraq (1928 - 2021)

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Born in 1928 in Sheffield, England, Lorna Selim was granted a scholarship to study at the Slade School of Art in London and graduated from painting and design in 1948 and obtained an art teacher's...

Born in 1928 in Sheffield, England, Lorna Selim was granted a scholarship to study at the Slade School of Art in London and graduated from painting and design in 1948 and obtained an art teacher's diploma from the Institute of Education, London University, and a year later. Between 1949 to 1950, she was a teacher of art at the Tapton House Grammar school before relocating to Baghdad with the Iraqi artist Jewad Selim, whom she met in London and married in 1950. In the 1950s, Iraq was a very active cultural and artistic place in the Middle-East and Lorna Selim took part of this development, notably exhibiting alongside the members of the Baghdad Group for Modern Art. She also taught painting and drawing at the Girls' College and the department of sculpture of Baghdad University in 1961 when her husband passed away. Through her works, the painter shows her passion for Iraqi architecture from the 1950s and Iraqi people. She represents them with abstract forms of simple lines giving hieratic postures to the figures in their daily lives. And with an earthy color palette, she celebrates the ancient culture from Mesopotamia using symbols from the Iraqi environment such as palm trees or crescent. Lorna Selim still lives and works in Abergavenny, Wales.

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CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021

Identity and Beyond, Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2020

The Eye of the Beholder, Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Exploring Memory, Tashkeel Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2019

I Am the Eye, The Collective, London, UK
In Search of Belonging, The Collective, London, UK

2017

Fragmented Realities, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Resurgent Nahda. The Arab Exhibitions In Mandate Jerusalem, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
Modern Contemporary Middle East, Sotheby's London, London, UK

2022

Contemporary Art in the Arab World, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE

2021

The Future of Identity, The British Museum, London, UK

2020

The Urban Lens, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, UAE

2019

Voices from the Future, La Galerie, Beirut, Lebanon

2018

Baghdad Mon Amour, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris, France
The Incomplete, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Crossing Borders: Contemporary Art from the Arab World, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI, USA
The Land and its Transformation, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar

2017

Edge of the World, Marefa Contemporary Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2015

Arab Contemporary Art, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE

2014

Monochrome, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2013

Urban Icons, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2000

The Magic of Moments in Nature and Place, Gallery Art in Baghdad, Iraq

1971

Pioneers Group Exhibition, Baghdad, Iraq

1958

Baghdad Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Mansour Club, Baghdad, Iraq

1965

Baghdad Group for Modern Art, Hall of Modern Art Museum

1964

Baghdad Group for Modern Art, Damascus, Syria

1957

Iraqi Art Exhibition, UNESCO HALL, Beirut, Lebanon

1956

Baghdad Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Mansour Club, Baghdad, Iraq

1954

Baghdad Group for Modern Art, Damascus, Syria

1952

Ibn Sina Festival, Baghdad, Iraq

1950

Pioneers Group Exhibition, Khalid AL-QASSAB's House, Iraq


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Press
IraqiArt.com - هكذا التقت لورنا بجواد سليم.pdf
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A piece of art that symbolises hope for the people of troubled Iraq and the woman who helped to create it  News  Abergavenny Chronicle.pdf
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فاضل سوداني - لورنا سليم زهرة الأسرار تتألق في الشمس العراقية.pdf
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BlouinArtAuction.pdf
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Jewad & Lorna Selim)Tom Streithorts.pdf
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LornaSelim_AJourneyThroughJewishBaghdad_Lost Treasures of the Riverbank_Press_2012.pdf
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Videos
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In Conversation With : Ahmed Naji Part 2
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Exhibitions
CHEFS-D’ŒUVRE DE L’ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN ARABE

LORNA SELIM Artwork

Untitled

LORNA SELIM, Iraq, 2000
49.5 x 92.5 x 4 cm

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