Sara Shamma
| Sara Shamma سارة شما | |
|---|---|
 2005 Self Portrait, oil on canvas, 120x120 | |
| Born |
November 26, 1975 Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Education | Faculty of fine arts Damascus University Damascus, Syria. |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Surrealism, Hyperrealism, Figurative |
Sara Shamma (Arabic: سارة شما) (born November 26, 1975) is a Syrian artist and painter.
Biography
Sara Shamma was born in 1975, and is a Syrian painter. In 2010 she was selected as the 'Celebrity Partner' artist to the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP).[1]
Career and works
Shamma was selected as one of the prize winners for the 2004 BP Portrait Award.[2] She was subsequently invited to participate in a number of solo and group exhibitions around the world, including Q at The Royal College of Art, 2013, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters' Annual Exhibition at The Mall Galleries in 2013,[3] and Nord Art[4] in Büdelsdorf, Germany in 2012.
Shamma's subject matter of choice is the human form. Although she lived and worked through the Syrian Civil War, (which was reflected in her art) she chooses to focus less on the political aspects of war and suffering, and more on the notion of humanity in a wider sense.[5]
Awards
- 2010: Short listed for the Nord Art Prize, the Annual International Exhibition, organized by KiC – Kunst in der Carlshütte,[6] Büdelsdorf, Germany.
- 2009: Second Prize in Painting of the Art/Literary Competition, Sculptural Pursuit Magazine,[7] United States.
- 2008: First prize in Painting in Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize,[8] at the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- 2005: Short listed for the International Painting Prize of the Castellon County Council,[9] Castellon, Spain.
- 2004: Fourth Prize at the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery,[10] London, UK.
References
- ↑ http://www.wfp.org/content/sara-shamma
- ↑ http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/20041/bp-portrait-award-2004.php
- ↑ http://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/index.php?pid=2&subid=154
- ↑ http://www.kunstwerk-carlshuette.de/en/index.html
- ↑ http://creativesyria.com/sara.htm
- ↑ http://www.kunstwerk-carlshuette.de/en/index.html
- ↑ http://www.sculpturalpursuit.com/
- ↑ http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/media/images/2008-waterhouse/rhinoceros.aspx
- ↑ http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/melvin-martinez/
- ↑ http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/20041/bp-portrait-award-2004.php
External links
- Sara Shamma official website
- Sara Shamma's interview with Forward Magazine
- Sara Shamma WFP Celebrity Partner
- Painting What’s Inside (profile of Syrian painter Sara Shamma)