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- Country of residence: United Kingdom
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Maliha Afnan (March 24, 1935 - January 6, 2016) was a Palestinian artist.
Maliha was born in Haifa to parents of Iranian origin who belong to the Baha'i sect. Her great-grandfather, Husayn Ali Nuri, was the prophet of the Baha'i faith, though she was not a member of the Baha'i community.
Maliha Afnan moved to Beirut with her family in 1949. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the American University of Beirut and a Master of Arts in Fine Arts from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC. Afnan lived in Kuwait from 1963 to 1966, then moved to Beirut from 1966 to 1974 and in Paris from 1974 to 1997, when she moved to London.
Afnan's artwork has appeared primarily in France and in London. As for her first solo exhibition, it was in the Basel Gallery in 1971, and it was organized by the American artist Mark Toby. Some of her works are also in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the British Museum in London and in the collection of Written Art in Germany and the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the collection of the BAII Bank in Paris.
Maliha Afnan passed away in London at the age of 80.
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Maliha Afnan has participated in many exhibitions, most notably:
Tonight the Door Towards Words Will Be Opened, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany, 2014
Asemic, Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Bruges, Belgium, 2014
The Blue Route: Journeys and Beauty from the Mediterranean to China, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, 2013
Hope Map, Cuulturcentrum, Bruges, Belgium, 2013
Persian for Beginners, Rose Issa Projects, London, 2012
The Art of Writing, Kurhaus Kolonnade, Wiesbaden, 2011
Zendegi: Twelve Contemporary Iranian Artists (curated by Rose Issa Projects), Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, Lebanon, 2011
Miragens, touring exhibition at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil, 2011
Modern Times - Responding to Chaos, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea, United Kingdom, 2010
Taswir: Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity, Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, Berlin, 2009
Re-Orientations: Contemporary Arab Representations, European Parliament, Brussels-Capital Region, 2008
Routes, Waterhouse & Dodd, London, 2008
Word into Art, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2008
The Dance of Pen and Ink, The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow and The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, 2007
Routes, the British Museum, London, 2006
Iranian Contemporary Art, Curve Gallery, Barbican Centre, London, 2001
Salon de Realites Nouvelles, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris, 1997
Traditions of Respect: Britain and Islamic Cultures, The British Council, London, 1997
Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture a l’Eau, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris, 1995
Salon d'Automne, Thorigny-sur-Marne, France, 1994
Exposition Inaugurale, Galerie du Chêne - Donald Vallotton, Lausanne, France, 1992
Collecting 20th-Century Art, The British Museum, London, 1991
Painting and Sculpture at the End of the 20th Century, European Cultural Center of Delphi, Greece, 1988
Selected Artists, Kufa Gallery, London 1985
Paysages, Galerie Faris, Paris, 1985
Salon de Realites Nouvelles, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris, France, 1984
Publications
Familiar Faces (2013, Rose Issa Projects)
Maliheh Afnan: Traces, Faces, Places (2010, Al Saqi Books & Beyond Art Productions)
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