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reem hussein
1975 Born in Bayonne, NJ
1998 AAS in Interior Design, FIT, New York, NY
2000 BFA in Restoration, FIT, New York, NY
2001 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011 MFA in Studio Art, C.W. Post, Brookville, NY
  Lives and works in New York
solo exhibitions
2003 Proverbs, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
  In the Light of Islam, Carney Gallery, Weston, MA
            (Two-person show)
group exhibitions
2008-10 Art in Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2006-08 Art in Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy, Cairo, Egypt
2007 Muslim-Jewish Art Collaborative Project, The Bronfman Center Gallery, NY, NY
2003 Arabs Anonymous/No Hay Moros, La Voz Alta, San Diego, CA
  The Art of Love, The Altman Building, New York, NY
  Maghrib, Closing Horizons, Kimball Hall, NYU, New York, NY
2002 Williamsburg Bridges Palestine, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
  Reflections at a Time of Transformation, ASMA Society, New York, NY
  Rising Above the Shadow, Custer Institute, Southold, New York
bibliography
2008 Art in Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia Catalogue, May
2006 Art in Embassies Exhibition, United States Embassy, Cairo, Egypt, Catalogue
2004 New, Mike, Event Showcases Islam Artists, Poets, Musicians, The Daily Targum, December 13
  Barksh, Sheriza, University Celebrates Islamic Art, Culture, The Daily Pennsylvanian, November 11
2003 Merrit, Jim. Illuminate Islam, Newsday, September 20, p. B24
  Falsani, Cathleen. Annual Convention to Focus on Muslim Artwork, Chicago Sun-Times, August 29, p. 8
  Morgan, Allison. Joining the Cultural Divide, The Weston Town Crier, March 27 Azizah Magazine, Winter, p.114
2002 Organization Tries to Improve US-Arab Relations Through Art, www.voanews.com, November 12
  Williamsburg Bridges Palestine, Catalogue, November
  Hutchinson, Sydney. Reem Hussein Long Island Traditions, Vol. 9 No.2
lectures
2009 Artist Talk, LI Traditions, Westbury, NY, May 20
2007 Islamic Calligraphy: Music for the Eyes and Soul, Suffolk County Community College, March 26
  Artist Talk, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, March 22
2004 Islam and the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, December 9
  Artist Talk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, November 5
  Artist Talk, Columbia University, New York, NY, September
2003 The Beauty of Faith: Islamic Arts, Jericho, NY, September 21
  The Art of Islam: Past and Present, Edison, NJ April 19
  Islamic Geometric Patterns, University of Houston, Houston, TX, April 12
  Artist Talk, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IW, March 8
2002 Artist Talk, Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH, November 23
  Panel Discussion, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY, November
  Arabic Calligraphy, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, November
  Artist Demonstration, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  Islamic Art and Spirituality, Islamic Center of Long Island, Westbury, NY, March
media
2003 CLTV, Chicago Illinois, August 31
  Documentary Film, The Ties That Bind, Produced by Artistic Circles, Chicago, IL
  Documentary film, Layers of Identity, Created by Manon Wolfkamp, New York, NY
2002 Telecare TV, Hempsead, NY, February
0001 IBN Radio - On the Scene, The Art of Reem Hussein, Joshua Salaam, September 13
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