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Helen Zughaib

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Helen Zughaib

……“As an Arab American, Helen feels that her background in the Middle East allows her to approach the experiences she has in America, in a unique way, remaining an observer of both the Arab and American cultures. She believes that the arts are one of the most important tools we have to help shape and foster dialogue and positive ideas between the Middle East and the United States.”…..

Personal Data

Helen Zughaib was born in Beirut, Lebanon, living mostly in the Middle East and Europe before coming to the United States to study art.

Education

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
College of Visual and performing Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1981
Northeast London Polytechnic School of Art, London, England

Publications

2012 Al-Raida, The Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University, cover painting
2012 A Kid's Guide to Arab American History, Yvonne Wakim Dennis and MahaAddasi
2012 Hill Rag, cover, January, Washington, DC
2011 Al-Raida, The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University, cover painting
2010 The Time Between Places, Pauline Kaldas, University of Arkansas Press, cover painting
2010 Al-Raida, The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University, cover painting
2009 Richness and Diversity Calendar, When Art Intertwines East and West, US State Department
2009 Al- Raida, The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University, cover painting
2009 Muslims in America: A Short History, Edward Curtis, Oxford University Press, cover painting
2009 Dinarzad’s Children: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Fiction, University of Arkansas Press, cover painting
2007 Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists; Artists of the American Mosaic, Fayeq S. Oweis, Greenwood Publishers
2007 Etching Our Own Image, Voices from within the Arab American Art Movement, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2004 World Bank Annual Report
2003 World Bank Christmas card
2003 Washington Woman, cover, June, Washington, DC
2003 Washington Woman, July, Washington, DC
2003 World Bank Art Calendar, World Bank Art Program
2002 Arab Artist Resource Guide, cover
2000 Hill Rag, cover, September, Washington, DC
1999 5th Annual Arab Cultural Festival, cover
1998 Honoring Our Ancestors, Pictures by Fourteen Artists, by Harriet Rohmer
1998 The Space Between Our Footsteps, by Naomi Shihab Nye
1996 Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education, New Museum of Contemporary Art
1996, 1995 Arab American Directory, cover
1994 Laila’s Wedding, by KaleelSakakeeny
1989 Art Calendar, cover
1982 Surface Pattern Design, by Ann Waterman

Awards

2013 President's Award, first place, University of Maryland 2nd Biennial Juried Exhibition
2013 Jurors' Award of Recognition, University of Maryland 2nd Biennial Juried Exhibition
2013 Juror's Award of Merit, Maryland Federation of the Arts
2012 ADC Honoree, Washington, DC
2009 U.S. Speaker and Specialist Grant, to Bern, Switzerland
2008 U.S. Cultural Envoy to West Bank, Palestine
2005 First place, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
2001 Neiman Marcus Top Ten, Fairfax, VA
2000 Artist in Residence, Glasgow Middle School, Falls Church, VA
1993 Bookbuilders of Boston Award for Laila’s Wedding

 Public Collections and Exhibitions

Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq, given to him by President Obama 2009
King Mohammad of Morocco, given to him by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 2009
Anthony Shadid Family
U.S. Embassy, Mauritius, Art in Embassies program
University of Berne, Switzerland
U.S. NATO Mission in Brussels, Belgium, Art in Embassies Program
U.S. Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, Art in Embassies Program
H.E. Ambassador Jean- Marc de la Sabliere, French Mission to the United Nations
H.E. Ambassador Terje Larson, United Nation’s Special Envoy to the Middle East
Collection of the White House, Washington, DC
U.S. Embassy in Brunei, Darussalam, Art in Embassies Program
Embassy of United States of America, Baghdad, Iraq
Arab American National Museum, Detroit, MI
United States Consulate General, Vancouver, Canada
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
World Bank, Washington, DC
Offices of Dina Powell and Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Diplomacy and Public Affairs, United States Department of State, Washington, DC, Art in Embassies Program
Office of US-Arab Leadership Program, Washington, DC
Fahmy Hudome International, LLC, Washington, DC
Law Offices of O’Connell &Glock, Washington, DC
Law Offices of KattenMuchin&Zavis, Washington, DC
Law Offices of Covington & Burling, Washington, DC
Law Offices of Verner, Lipfert Bernhard McPherson & Hand, Washington, DC
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Washington, DC
St. Paul’s Parish, Washington, DC
Jerusalem Fund, Washington, DC
National Immigration Forum, Washington, DC
Friends School, Ramallah, West Bank
Greenberg House, Syracuse University, Washington, DC
Filtertech, Syracuse, New York
Arab Family Support Center, New York, NY
McCain Institute, Washington, DC

Juror

2006 Jerusalem Fund Gallery
2005 Jerusalem Fund Gallery
2004 World Bank Art Society
2003 World Bank Art Society

Set Design

2006 Magic Flute Opera, Gala Theater-Tivoli, Washington, DC
2005 Magic Flute Opera, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Exhibitions and Participations

Selected Solo Exhibtions

2013 Syra Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 Protea Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012 Covington and Burling, Washington, DC
2012 Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
2012 Stimson Center, Washington, DC
2012 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
2010 Agial Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2008 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
2007 ART Station Gallery, Stone Mountain, GA
2006 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2006 Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2005 Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC
2005 Hugo House Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
2004 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC
2003 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2002 EuropArt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Covington and Burling, Washington, DC
2001 Atrium Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Greenberg House, Washington, DC
2001 Embassy of Lebanon, Washington, DC
2000 National Republican Convention, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
1998 Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC
1997 Russell Rotunda, United States Capitol, Washington, DC
1997 Artifice Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1995 Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
1993 Artifice Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1990 Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
1988 National Institute of Health, Washington, DC
1987 Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC
1987 Levine school of Music, Washington, DC
1987 Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC

National and International Juried Exhibitions

2013 University of Maryland College, College Park, MD
2013 Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2013 Shiva Gallery, CUNY, New York, NY
2013 Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 Protea Gallery, San Diego, CA
2013 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 Parallax Art Fair, Prince George Ballroom, New York, NY
2013 Maryland Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD
2013 International Museum of Women, San Francisco, CA
2013 University Art Galleries, Texas A&M University, TX
2013 Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI
2013 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2012 Gardner Gallery, Oklahoma State University, OK
2012 Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2012 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2012 Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2012 World Bank, Washington, DC
2012 Liminal Artspace Gallery, Roanoke, VA
2012 St. Mary’s Art Museum, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
2011 George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2011 Penelac-Bowman Megahan Art Galleries, Allegheny College, PA
2011 2 Ten Haus Studio Gallery, Ivanhoe, NC
2011 Art Museum of Kentucky University, Kentucky
2011 University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
2011 Cyrus Running Gallery, Concordia College, MN
2011 Takoma Park Civic Center, Takoma, MD
2011 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2011 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
2011 University of Arkansas Art Galleries, Little Rock, AR
2011 de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, CA
2010 Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs, Bonita, FL
2010 Richard Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2010 Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, NJ
2010 Kean University, Union, NJ
2010 University of Maryland University College, MD
2010 University Art Gallery, California State University, CA
2009 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2009 Drury University Pool Art Center Galleries, Springfield, MO
2009 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
2009 Joan Hisaoka Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2009 Indiana East Art Galleries, Indiana
2009 Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, CT
2009 Joan Hisaoka Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2008 University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2008 Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
2008 Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2008 Al-Hakawati, Palestinian National Theater, East Jerusalem
2008 Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, Ramallah, West Bank
2007 Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Capitol One Gallery, McLean, VA
2006 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
2005 Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
2005 World Bank, Washington, DC
2005 Arab American National museum, Detroit, MI
2005 Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi
2005 Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, TX
2004 Danubiana Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2004 National Gallery of Albania, Tirana, Albania
2004 Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Ireland
2003 Allied Museum, Berlin, Germany
2003 Armory Arts Center, Palm beach, FL
2003 Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
2003 Embassy of United States, Sultanate of Brunei, Art in Embassies Program
2003 Gallery West, Alexandria, VA
2002 National Arts Club, New York, NY
2002 Library of Congress, Washington, DC
2002 Topkapi Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2002 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
2002 SunTrust Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2002 Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
2002 Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
2002 United Nations, New York, NY
2002 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Gallery West,, Alexandria, VA
2000 Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1998 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
1997 Washington Design Center, Washington, DC
1996 World Bank, Washington, DC
1994 Dadian Gallery, Washington, DC
1994 Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1991 Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
1991 Helio Gallery, New York, NY
1989 32nd National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY


Juried Group Exhibitions

2012 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2012 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2010 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2009 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2009 Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 Gallery 42, University of District of Columbia, Washington, DC
2007 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
2006 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2005 Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Edison Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
2003 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 MOCA Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2002 Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, MD
2002 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Verizon Gallery, Fairfax, VA
2001 Neiman Marcus Top Ten, Fairfax, VA
2001 MOCA Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 A Salon Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 A Salon Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 A Salon Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 Gallery 505, Washington, DC
1999 Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 Gallery West, Alexandria, VA
1998 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
1998 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1997 Omni Shoreham Washington, DC
1997 Seventh Street International, Washington, DC
1997 Projectspace Gallery, Washington, DC
1997 Citibank, Washington, DC
1997 Washington Design Center, Washington, DC
1996 World Bank, Washington, DC
1996 MOCA Gallery, Washington, DC
1995 Urban Arts Center, Washington, DC
1994 S.U.N.Y. Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1994 Perry House Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1993 United Nations Plaza Hotel, New York, NY
1993 Montserrat Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Skaneateles Gallery, Skaneateles, NY
1993 Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
1993 Arts 901, Washington, DC
1992 Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 Art Barn Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1991 Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
1991 Mayor’s Office, Washington, DC
1991 Dupont Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC
1991 Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Art Barn Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Wetherholt Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Arts 901, Washington, DC
1990 Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Stables Art Center, Washington, DC
1990 Embassy Row Hotel, Washington, DC
1989 Sumner School and Museum, Washington, DC
1989 Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, MD
1989 Broadway Gallery, Fairfax, VA
1989 Chautauqua Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
1989 Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 Innervisions Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 Mayor’s Mini Art Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 Funding Center, Alexandria, VA
1987 New Arts Center, Washington, DC
1987 Gallery 10, Washington, DC
1986 St. David’s Church, Syracuse, NY
1981 Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1980 Northeast London Polytechnic School of Art, London, England

Collection