Nabil Nahas Lebanese, b. 1949
Born in Lebanon, Nahas spent his formative years in Cairo and Beirut. He attended university in the USA, earning a BFA from Louisiana State University in 1971 and an MFA from Yale University in 1973. Encounters with contemporary painters at Yale influenced Nahas to move to New York after graduation. Nabil Nahas currently lives and works in New York but still spends significant amounts of time in his native Lebanon. Nahas has exhibited extensively in the USA and abroad over the last three decades. His first major museum retrospective was held at the Beirut Exhibition Center in 2010. Public collections include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Tate, London; and the British Museum, London, amongst other international institutions. In 2013, Nahas was awarded the National Order of the Cedar for services to Lebanese culture, an honour rarely bestowed to visual artists.
Nabil Nahas
Born |
1949, Beirut, Lebanon |
EDUCATION |
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1971 |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, BFA |
1973 |
Yale University, CT, MFA |
AWARDS |
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1980
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant |
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS (* denotes catalogue)
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1973 |
Yale University, CT Yale University Chemistry Dept; mural |
1977 |
Ohio State University, Ohio |
1978 |
Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
1979 |
Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
1980 |
Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
1987 |
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York |
1988 |
Galerie Montenay, Paris |
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Holly Solomon Gallery, New York |
1994 |
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO |
1997 |
Sperone Westwater, New York* |
1998 |
Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, DC |
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Milleventi, Milan |
1999 |
Sperone Westwater, New York |
2002 |
25th Bienal De Sao Paulo |
2002-2003 |
J.Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL |
2005 |
Galerie Xippas, Paris |
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Sperone Westwater, New York |
2009
2010
2011 |
Nabil Nahas: untitled (trees), Galerie Tanit, Munich
Works: 1970-2010. Curated by Vincent Katz. Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut
Palms & Stars, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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1977 |
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 13th Weatherspoon Annual Exhibition |
1979 |
Paintings on Loan from Private Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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New York Now, Phoenix Museum, Phoenix, AZ |
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1980 |
Subject Space, Pratt Institute Gallery, New York |
1981 |
Studio Museum of Harlem, New York |
1983 |
Twentieth Century Art From the Metropolitan Museum, Queens Museum, Queens, New York |
1987 |
Razzle Dazzle, SSC&B Worldwide Advertising, New York |
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Art against Aids, Benefit Auction organized by Livet-Reichard, New York |
1988 |
American Baroque, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York |
1993 |
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York |
1994 |
Brian Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1996 |
Sperone Westwater, New York |
1997 |
Galerie Tanit, Munich |
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What's Hot, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, DC |
1999 |
Group Exhibition, Sperone Westwater, New York |
1999-2000 |
Souvenirs: Collecting, Memory, and Material Culture, The Museum Guild Hall, NY |
2000 |
Arte Americana; Ultimo Decennio, Museo d'Artedella Cittadi Ravenna, Ravenna* |
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Le Temps Fractal, Galerie Xippas, Paris |
2001 |
Painting Abstraction II, New York Studio School, New York |
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Green on Greene, Sperone Westwater, New York* |
2002 |
American Fractals, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA* |
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Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York |
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Blobs, Wiggles and Dots, Webs and Crustillations, The Work Space, New York, |
2010 |
BARAKAT: The Gift. Contemporary Art from the Middle East and Africa, curated by Gaia Serena Simionati, Stux Gallery, New York |
2011 |
Glasstress 2011: Collateral Event of the 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale diVenezia, Istituto Veneto diScienze, LettreedArti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti; Berengo Centre for Contemporary Art and Glass, Campiello della Pescheria, Murano; Wake Forest University, Casa Artom, Murano, Venice; organized by Adriano Berengo |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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1979 |
Loring, John, "The Volatile Geometry of Nabil Nahas," Arts, February 1979 |
1980 |
Frank, Elizabeth, Subject Space, Pratt Institute: New York, 1981 |
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Raynor, Vivien, "Nabil Nahas," The New York Times, 10 October 1980 |
1981 |
Frank, Elizabeth, "Nabil Nahas at the Robert Miller Gallery," Art in America, January 1981, pp. 126-127 |
1983 |
Wintour, Anna, "Painting the Town," New York Magazine, 29 August 1983 |
1987 |
Russell, John, "Nabil Nahas and Alain Kirili," The New York Times, 30 January 1987, p. C22 |
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Westfall, Stephen, "Nabil Nahas and Alain Kirili at the Holly Solomon Gallery," Art in America, June 1987, pp. 152-153 |
1988 |
Dunning, Jennifer, "Premieres Offered by Muller," The New York Times, 14 April 1988 |
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Supree, Burt, "WoWoWo Feelings," The Village Voice, 26 April 1988 |
1989 |
Schwendenwien, Jude, Artforum, February 1989, p. 134 |
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Coleman, Andrew, "Holly Solomon Art Designs Its Own Room," Metropolitan Home, February 1989, pp. 160-164 |
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Groult, Catherine, "Nabil Nahas," Art Press, no. 133, February 1989, p. 80 |
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Boodro, Michael, "A Man of Many Faces," Vogue Decorations, no. 22, October-November 1989 |
1990 |
Bethany, Marilyn, "Interiors," New York Magazine, 9 April 1990 |
1991 |
Michetti, Chantal, "Audace Suisse," Connaissance des Arts, no. 473-474, July-August 1991, pp. 82-89 |
1992 |
Loring, John, "Realms of Gold," Worth, October-November 1992, p. 147 |
1993 |
Alhadeff, Gini, "The Well Composed Cottage," House and Garden, July 1993, pp. 67-73 |
1994 |
Adams, Brooks, Elle Decor, February 1994 |
1995 |
Dabadie, Marie, Maison & Jardin, March 1995, pp. 124-129 |
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Boodro, Michael, "Simplicité, compexité, humour et couleurcommevecteurs du courage de transgresser," Angeline's mag, no. 5, Spring 1995, pp. 12-14, 95 |
1997 |
Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: Nabil Nahas," The New York Times, 17 January 1997, p. C27 |
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Ebony, David, "Nabil Nahas at SperoneWestwater," ArtNet Worldwide, January 1997 |
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Hogrefe, Jeffrey, "Nahas at SperoneWestwater," The New York Observer, 17 February 1997, p. 31 |
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Colman, David, "Nabil Nahas: Contrast and Texture That Originate From the Sea," Elle Decor, no. 52, April-May 1997, pp. 54-60 |
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Katz, Vincent, "Nabil Nahas at SperoneWestwater," Art in America, no. 5, May 1997, pp. 125-126 |
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Ratcliff, Cartier, Nabil Nahas, SperoneWestwater, New York, 1997 |
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Scruby, Jennifer, "All Revved Up!" Elle Decor, vol. 9 no. 5, August-September 1998, pp. 152-159 |
1999 |
Phillips, Owen, "Going About Town," The New Yorker, 19 April 1999, p 14 |
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Kuspit, Donald, "Nabil Nahas," Artforum, XXXVII, No. 10, Summer 1999, p.154 |
2000 |
Arte Americana; Ultimo Decennio, exhibition catalogue with essays by Claudio Spadoni, Alan Jones, Roberto Daolio, FernandaPivano, Mazzotta, Gabriele, Ed., Museo d'Arte della Citta di Ravenna: Ravenna, 2000 |
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Nuridsany, Michel, "Carte blanche pour le "fractal", Le Figaro, 11 July 2000 |
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Gian Enzo Sperone; Torino Roma, New York; 35 Anni di Mostratra Europa e America, 2000, Hopeful Monster, pp. 464-465 |
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Buci-Glucksmann, Christine, Le Temps Fractal, Galerie Xippas, Paris, 2000 |
2001 |
Boodro, Michael, "Fleeting Pleasures," Garden Design, April 2001, pp. 46-55 |
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Condé, Susan, La Fractalité dans l'artcontemporain, La Différence: Paris, 2001, pp. 108-112 |
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Green on Greene, Sperone Westwater, New York, 2001 |
2002 |
"25ª Bienal De São Paulo," O Estado de Sao Paulo," 15 April 2002, Brazil. |
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"Nabil Nahas é o únicorepresentante do Libanona 25ª Bienal," 25ª Bienal De São Paulo, 6 April 2002, Brazil. |
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"25ª Bienal De São Paulo," Jornalda Tarde, 10 April 2002, Brazil. |
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Países: 25ª Bienal de São Paulo, exhibition catalogue, 25ª Bienal de São Paulo Nurisdany, Michel, "Sao Paulo, biennale des megapoles," le Figaro, April 5. |
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Katz, Vincent, Nabil Nahas: Paintings 1990 - 2002, J. Johnson Gallery: Jacksonville, FL, 2002 |
2003 |
"Nabil Nahas," American Art at the Flint Institute of Arts, Hudson Hills Press: New York and Manchester, 2003, pp. 258-259. |
2005 |
McKee, Lauren, "Art before the hiatus," am New York, 23 June 2005, p. 19 |
2008 |
De Dampierre, Florence. "Lots of Wonder," The New York Observer Home Magazine, Fall 2008, pp. 44-47 |
2009 |
Nabil Nahas: untitled (trees), Galerie Tanit: Munich, 2009. |
THEATRE WORK |
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1988 |
Designed sets for "Occasional Encounter," Jennifer Muller Dance Co. |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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Vorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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FAE, Musée d'art moderne, Pully-Lausanne, Switzerland Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , USA Mathaf. Arab Museum of Modern Art. Doha Qatar
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