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"I paint because I am in love with the medium; the way it captures emotion,
the way it becomes an extension to the body in how it mirrors its movements
and gestures, and the way it records history in its texture and its layers."

Samer Kurdi


Born in Amman in 1971.
Education

1994

BA in Philosophy & Psychology, Boston University, USA
1997 MBA, Boston University, Boston, USA
Exhibitions
2004 Samer Kurdi Recent Works, Zara Gallery, Amman, Jordan

2004

The Third Mediterranean Biennale of the City of Tunis, Tunis
2003 Artists in Town: 12 European & Arab Artists, Darat Al-Funun, Amman
2003 Hues: An Exhibition of Young Jordanian Artists, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
2002 Encounter: Three Generations of Jordanian Art, 4Walls Gallery, Amman 2002 Positivo y Negativo, Instituto Cervantes
2001 Show with Ammar Khammash, 4Walls Gallery, Amman
2001 Twenty-One Artists from Jordan, 4 Walls Gallery, Amman
2001 The Sharjah Biennale, Sharjah, UAE
2000 Darat Al-Funun Summer Academy Show
2000 Gallery Zara, Amman, Jordan / Group show
1996 The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA, USA
1996 Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, USA
 
Achievements
  • Instituto Cervantes, Amman: Pensar con los Manos competition, 3rd prize, 2002
  • Participated in Darat Al-Funun Summer Academy under the supervision of artist Marwan Kassab Bachi, 2000-2001
  • Drawing & Painting workshops: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1993-1995
  • Drawing & Painting workshops: Art Institute of Boston, 1993

 
 
  Samer Kurdi, Jordan
© ZARA GALLERY, 2004