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Helen Zughaib Artist Talk & Studio Visit
November 1, 2023 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Don’t miss your chance for a studio tour with celebrated artist Helen Zughaib! Zughaib is a Washington, DC-based painter and mixed-media artist known for her vibrant and thought-provoking work. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, her pop-art influenced art explores themes related to issues of cultural identity, migration, and social justice and is characterized by its use of bold colors, intricate patterns, and symbolism.
Zughaib’s work has been gifted to international heads of state by President Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton and appears in galleries and museums around the world. She is a multi-year recipient of DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship award. In 2023, she was featured at the Hall of Nations at the Kennedy Center, and was commissioned by Disney/PIXAR. Zughaib has exhibitions running concurrently at The Kay Chernush Virtual Gallery, ArtRage, and ArtHub609 Gallery this fall.
“My work is ultimately about creating empathy. Creating a shared space for introspection and
dialogue. I ask the viewer to see through someone else’s eyes, to walk in another’s shoes. To
accept the “other.” To reject divisiveness. To promote acceptance and understanding and to
reject violence and subjugation of anyone anywhere. To give voice to the voiceless, to heal, and
to reflect in our shared humanity.”
Thank you to Sarah Gordon for her assistance with this event!
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- ArtTable Members $10
- Guests $20
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Image: Helen Zughaib | Generations Lost 1, 2014. Gouache on board. 30” x 40”
About the Artist
Helen Zughaib was born in Beirut, Lebanon, living mostly in the Middle East and Europe before coming to the United States to study art at Syracuse University, earning her BFA from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Her work has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe and Lebanon. Her paintings are included in many private and public collections, including the White House, World Bank, Library of Congress, US Consulate, Vancouver, Canada, American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, the Arab American National Museum in Detroit, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Barjeel Art Foundation Collection. Her paintings are also included in the DC Art Bank Collection and she has received the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship award each year since 2015. Her work has been included in Art in Embassy State Department exhibitions abroad, including Brunei, Nicaragua, Mauritius, Iraq, Belgium, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Sweden. Helen has served as Cultural Envoy to Palestine, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. The John F. Kennedy Center/REACH, in Washington, DC, has selected Helen for the 2021-2024 Inaugural Social Impact Practice residency. Her paintings have been gifted to heads of state by President Obama and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
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