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Sherin Guirguis

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Sherin Guirguis
Born1974

Sherin Guirguis (born 1974 in Luxor, Egypt) is a visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. Guirguis has had solo exhibitions of her work at 18th Street Art Center (Santa Monica, California), The Third Line Gallery (Dubai),[1] Shulamit Nazarian Gallery (Venice, California),[2] and LAXART (Los Angeles).[3] In 2012, Guirguis received the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists[4] and the 2014–15 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship.[5]

Her work is acquired or held in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[6] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[7] Orange County Museum of Art,[8] Las Vegas Art Museum,[9] U.S. Department of State,[10] and Metropolitan Authority Los Angeles.[8] Guirguis is an associate professor in the Practice of Fine Art at the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California.[11]

Guirguis draws from Western and Middle Eastern influences as is seen in her Mashrabiya patterns punctuated by a bold neon palette.[12]

Her work was showcased at the Desert X exhibit in the Coachella Valley from February 25 – April 30, 2017. The Aviation/Century station for the Los Angeles Metro Rail system incorporates her artwork.[13]

Exhibitions

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  • Desert X (group), AlUla, (2019-2020)[14]
  • Of Thorns and Love (solo), Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2018)[15]
  • My Place is the Placeless (solo), 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA (2017)[16]
  • El Beit El Kabir (solo), Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Sherin Guirguis". The Third Line. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Sherin Guirguis: El Biet El Kabeer". Shulamit Nazarian Gallery. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Sherin Guirguis, Qasr El-Shoaq, Apr 3 - May 8, 2010". LAXART. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "About the Fellowships for Visual Artists". California Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ "City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowships". LA Weekly. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Sherin Guirguis | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  7. ^ "Mashrabeya | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". www.mfah.org. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  8. ^ a b "Sherin Guirguis | Artists | The Third Line | Art Gallery Dubai". www.thethirdline.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  9. ^ "Las Vegas Art Museum Presents Las Vegas Diaspora". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  10. ^ "Sherin Guirguis – U.S. Department of State". art.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  11. ^ "Sherin Guirguis". University of Southern California. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  12. ^ Mohseni, Yasmine (9 March 2012). "Beyond the White Cube: Sherin Guirguis' Explosive New Series". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  13. ^ Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  14. ^ https://www.desertx.org/sherin-guirguis-alula [dead link]
  15. ^ "Craft Contemporary". www.cafam.org. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  16. ^ "Sherin Guirguis: My Place is the Placeless". 18th Street Arts Center. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  17. ^ "Gallery 2: El Beit El Kabir | Exhibitions | The Third Line | Art Gallery Dubai". www.thethirdline.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.