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Aya Khair

Painter

Origin | Syria
Currently located | Kuwait
Languages | Arabic, English
Key themes | Gender, femininity, motherhood

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Damascus in 1979, Aya Khair graduated from the American Damascus Community School in 1998 and received the school’s Outstanding Achievement Award in Art. She developed her talent and unique style under the mentorship of the artist Zouheir Hassib and from the influences of her culture and identity.

Later, she took art courses at Boushihri Institute in Kuwait and took an intensive course in drawing and painting at the Institute des Beaux Arts in Paris in the summers of 2005 and 2006. She graduated from the American University of Kuwait in 2011. 

​She has been featured in numerous international exhibitions in Kuwait, Canada, England, France, Lebanon, Spain, Syria and the USA. 

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RECOGNITIONS

• Award of Recognition at the 2002 Arabs & The World Fair in Damascus 

PAST EXHIBITIONS

• Exhibited at 2002 Arabs & The World Fair in Damascus and was awarded the Fair’s Award of Recognition.
• First Solo Exhibition in 2003 (Blossom From Damascus ) at the American University of Beirut
• 2003 Ehden Symposium on Painting and Sculpture
• Collective Arab Painting Exhibition “La Culture Arabe Devoilee” in 2003 Festival Du Monde Arabe De Montreal
• Collective painting exhibition (Women’s Vision ) at the 2004 Women’s Contributions month organized by The American Cultural Centre in Damascus – Khan Assad Pasha
• 2005 Collective Exhibition of Syrian Women Painters at The Syrian Cultural Center in Paris
• Solo Exhibition in Kuwait in 2006
• Solo Exhibition at Tilal Gallery – Kuwait in 2011
• 2012 Collective Exhibition “Emotion with Motion” in Kuwait
• Solo Exhibition (Hope Expression) at SV Gallery in Beirut 2014
• Abolish Article 153 at FA Gallery Kuwait 2016 
• Women in War Exhibition organized by ICRC, Kuwait 2017 
• Solo Exhibition (“Gaia” Mother Earth) at The Hub Gallery in Kuwait 2018 
• Curated and participated in The Syrian Journey Exhibition in Kuwait 2019 
• Curated Feelings Exhibition at The Hub Gallery in Kuwait 2019                                                                         

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