Personal Info
- Country of residence: Palestine
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Born in Tamra, 1965, lives and works in Tamra
1984–1985 Studied painting with the artist Khalil Rayan, Tamra
1985–1989 BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1999–2006 Taught sculpture at the Arab Institute for Continuing Studies, Sakhnin
2003–2007 Diploma in Museum Studies, Tel Aviv University
2004–2010 Founder, director and curator of the municipal gallery, Tamra
2009 Art instructor, Nazareth College
2010–2011 Curator, Jaffa Salon of Palestinian Art
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Achievements and Awards
Ahmad Solo Exhibitions
1989 Ploughs, Al Hakawati Palestinian National Theater, Jerusalem (curator: Suleiman
Mansour)
1992 Wooden Platforms The Municipal Gallery, Nazareth (curator: Marie Abu Jaber)
1995 Wooden Platforms The Gallery at Tarshiha (curator: Rana Bishara)
1996 New Paintings, The Center Gallery, Nazareth (curator: Marie Abu Jaber)
Wooden Platforms, Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra (curator: Rivka Sinai)
1998 Wooden Platforms, The Educational Gallery, University of Haifa (curators: Avner
Katzs students)
2001 Anat, Uri and Rami Nehushtan Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov (curator: Ruth
Shidmon)
2002 The Land, Center for Science, Arts and Technology, Tamra (curator: Ahmad Canaan)
Here I Am, The Peace Gallery, Jewish-Arab Center for Peace, Givat Haviva (curators:
Osnat Ben Shalom and Etti Amiram)
2003 Self-Portrait, The Gallery at Ort Braude College, Carmiel (curator: Shlomi
Schwarzberg) catalogue
2004 Anat, The Center Gallery, Nazareth (curator: Marie Abu Jaber)
2006 The Knight, Al Hallaj Gallery, Ramallah (curator: Nabil Anani) catalogue
2007 Knight of Dreams, permanent exhibition in the Canaan artists private gallery, Tamra
2008 Quest, M. Beck Gallery, Homburg, Germany (curator: Mathias Peck)
2009 Knight of Dreams, Al Hakawati Palestinian National Theater, Jerusalem (curator: Ahmad Canaan)
2009 On a Thin Wire, Tal Greenfield Gallery, Kfar Vradim (curator: Adi Greenfield)
Paintings, Sadnaot Haomanim, Tel Aviv, in conjunction with the Seeing Art festival (curator: Orna Lutsky)
2010 New Paintings, White House Gallery, Kibbutz Nir Oz (curator Haim Perry)
Sculpture exhibition, The Scots Hotel, Tiberius (curator: Sharona Cohen)
Awards and grants
1988 ,1989 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize
2001, 2002 Teacher-Artist Grant, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
2003 Artist in the Community Grant, Omanut Laam
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Four annual grants, for the municipal gallery in Tamra, Omanut Laam
2009 Prize given by the Heskia-Hacmun Law Firm for best participating artist in a group exhibition at Gebo Art Space, Tel Aviv
2010 Artist in the Community Grant, Israeli Ministry of Culture
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