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An Exhibition at the Atelier Gallery by Emerging Artist Sophia Ahmed Sattar

SAN FRANCISCO / An exhibition of paintings by emerging artist Sophia Ahmed Sattar opened at the Atelier Gallery as part of the fourth installment of its Emerging Artist Series. In her own words, Sophia Sattar "explores the long history of using calligraphy as ornamentation, in Islamic art and takes this concept further by merging her western education with her religious and cultural sensibility." The exhibition will run until June 30, 2013.

Summer Exhibition

LUCERNE / AB Gallery devotes this year's summer exhibition to seven artists from six different nations. In addition to the AB Gallery artists Fereydoun Ave (Iran), Jos van der Beek (Netherlands), Monika Jurkiewicz (Poland), and Hassan Meer (Oman), three new artists, Safaa Alset (Syria), Sahand Hesamiyan (Iran) and Ahmed Zaibi (Tunisia) will be represented.

1001 Faces of Orientalism

ISTANBUL / S.U. Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) explores the 1001 faces of Orientalism with its new exhibition. “1001 Faces of Orientalism” will be open to visitors at SSM until 11 August 2013.

‘The Letter That Never Arrived’ by Iranian Artist Bita Ghezelayagh

LONDON / Bita Ghezelayagh’s is having a second solo show at Rose Issa Projects (25 April – 24 May 2013), featuring a new body of work that explore the aesthetic and poetic qualities of traditional Middle Eastern and Persian carpets. Bita Ghezelayagh started her career as an architect with a specialism in the restoration of historic buildings, and has always been motivated to preserve traditions threatened by mass production and contemporary taste.

‘Time of Transformation’ by Youssef Nabil

DUBAI / The Third Line is pleased to present internationally acclaimed artist Youssef Nabil’s fourth solo show in Dubai, which premieres the New York based Egyptian artist’s latest body of work. Working with his characteristic technique of hand painted silver gelatin photographs, Nabil introduces us to three new series that reflect upon the clash of archetypes that define the state of his present day home country. The exhibition will open on April 24 and will run until June 12, 2013.

‘New Positions’ at AB Gallery Lucerne

LUCERNE / Following the guiding idea of "Across Borders" AB Gallery unites artistic positions with different cultural backgrounds in one exhibition. In this context, the works of Aamir Habib (Pakistan), Sara Al Haddad (UAE) and Cristiana de Marchi (Italy/Lebanon) enter a multi-­layered dialogue.

Shafaq Ahmad: Vibrations

The Brookhaven College Art Department is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Shafaq Ahmad in the Studio Gallery, March 11 - April 3, 2013.