Ghada Amer

Artist Bio

• Born 1963
• Cairo, Egypt
• Lives|Works in NY, NY
• Represented by Cheim & Read
• Painting and Sculpture

Education

• Paris and Nice
• Graduated with a MFA from the Villa Arson EPIAR

Feminist

• Began work because of lack of female artist in the forefront
• Uses pornographic drawings of women
• Work deals with issues of gender and sexuality
• Languages of abstraction and expressionism

Work

• Self-described "painter"
• Multi-media
• Sculpture
• Intricately threaded canvases
• Decided to combine embroidery and painting out of necessity

Materials

• Acrylics
• Water color
• Ink
• Various yarns and threads
• Strictly homemade canvas

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Awards

• Pollock-Krasner FoundationGrant (1997)
• USESCO Award In Venice, Italy

website

www.ghadaamer.com