Helen Zughaib

Helen Zughaib
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Beirut, Lebanon
EducationSyracuse University
ParentElia Kamal Zughaib
Websitehttps://www.hzughaib.com

Helen Zughaib (/zəˈɡeɪb/ zə-GAYB;[1] born 1959) is an American painter and multimedia artist living in working in Washington, D.C. She was the daughter of a State Department civil servant. Her family left Lebanon in 1975 due to the outbreak Lebanese Civil War, and moved to Europe as a teenager, attending high school in Paris. She studied at Northeast London Polytechnic School of Art.[2] She moved to the United States to study visual and performing arts at Syracuse University graduating in 1981 with her BFA.[2] She first learned about gouache paints at SU and continues to use gouache as her primary medium, but also creates mixed media installations.[3] Her themes are centered around hopefulness, healing, and spirituality, using visual arts to shape and foster positive ideas about the Middle East.[2] She has served as cultural envoy to Palestine, Switzerland, and Saudi Arabia.[4] She has also been selected for the 2021-2023 inaugural social practice residency by the John Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.[4]

  1. ^ "Art in Action: A Conversation with Helen Zughaib". YouTube. January 22, 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Fayeq., Oweis (2011). Encyclopedia of Arab American artists. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-1-84972-847-8. OCLC 755870006.
  3. ^ "Helen Zughaib - EMERGEAST". emergeast.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
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