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Thuraya Al-Baqsami

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Graphics, Mixed Media, Painting, Writer
Born 1951
Kuwait
www.ghadirgallerykuwait.com
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Member since 2003

STATEMENT

The Woman, in all of her guises, is the heroine of my work. My philosophy is that art is a pleasure that deserves to be lived, and is also an endless pyramid of experimentation. I love the feeling of excitement when I reveal a new print from its printing block, my soul becomes colored when my symbols swim in the rivers of paint on a canvas. My best works were produced during my time at the European Artists Symposium in Essen, because of the beautiful artistic atmosphere that it provides, and because of the good friendships I have made with other artists there whom I have learned so much from.

SHORT CV

Thuraya Al-Baqsami is a prominent Kuwaiti artist and writer who has been active since the 1960s. She studied fine arts in Cairo and Moscow until 1981, where she received her Master’s degree from the Surikov Institute. She has held 60 solo exhibitions and participated in over 250 collective exhibitions world-wide. Her works are in the collections of the British Museum, UNESCO, Museum of Human Rights Geneva, among others. Thuraya is also an established writer of short stories and poetry, and has received several awards for her books and literary activities.

Most important awards/ symposiums

2013   Grain Festival, Kuwait

2012   Grain Festival, Kuwait

2010   Novo Prize, Hungary

2007   Trebbia European Award, Prague

2003   World Prize of Salvador Dali, Bratislava

2001   European Medal of Franz Kafka, Berlin

1992   Kuwait National Museum Prize

1991   GCC countries Golden Palm Award,

1989   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Doha, Qatar

1978   Kuwait National Museum Prize

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