Artist Biography

Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1955, Ghada Jamal started painting in the early 80s and continued her studies at Beirut University College, Lebanese American University (LAU) later, she immigrated to United States of America to pursue graduate studies. In 1990, she earned Master degree in Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from California State University Long Beach (CSULB) and lived in California till her return to Lebanon in 2002, to reconnect with the subject of many of her art.

Over the years, Ghada has exhibited in United States, Europe and the Middle East. She performed fourteen solo shows in Beirut, Lebanon and internationally. She also participated in several group shows like "Contemporary Art" at City Center Dome, and "The Road To Peace" at Beirut Art Center. Her work is in many permanent collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, DC, Museum of Modern Art, in Qatar, National Gallery of Fine Arts, in Jordan.

For over 17 years, Ghada Jamal taught drawing and painting at American University of Beirut (AUB) and Notre Dame University (NDU), Louize. She is currently living and working in the United States of America, when she is not in her Studio, she works on public murals, mentors artists, and helps local art shows as a resident judge, to several art shows.

“As an artist, I’m humbled by profound constraints, that coexist with boundless limits. I’m grateful that early in my life I was captivated and captured by the beauty of my homeland, and was not detached from the tragedies and joys of those who share the same space. In this show, I remained faithful to the power of color as the enchanter and collaborator with imagination. The show represents the sum of three journeys that intermingles with our lives and emotions, before Color leaves us.”

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In the news:

Art on 56th Gallery, 13/2/2024
Ghada Jamal: From Heartland to Homeland consists of three series of paintings created between 2023 and 2024.

Art on 56th Gallery, 13/2/2024


The new Global Order, 19/3/2022
Ghada Jamal: The Painter of the Lebanese’s Suffering and Hope

Youtube, 9/3/2022
Art on 56th Gallery presents "Belonging for. 1990 - 2022" by artist Ghada Jamal"

Al Akhbar newspaper, 9/3/2022
معرض يستمدّ مادّته من المتخيّل الفرديّ والجماعيّ | «كان يا مكان»:   فنّانون معاصرون يرجّعون أساطير الماضي

L’ORIENT-LE JOUR, 1/3/2022
Du « Massacre des innocents » au cataclysme du port de Beyrouth : Les peintures sur le fil... de Salloum, Jamal et Nadra

Annahar Newspaper, 21/2/2022
معرض غادة جمال في "غاليري آرت أون 56"... "الانتماء" إلى المكان ولوحاته بطولةٌ:   فنّانون معاصرون يرجّعون أساطير الماضي


GHADA JAMAL CV
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