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Heba Al Akkad
Tvärhandsgatan 2L, 421 74, Gothenburg, Sweden
Email: alakkadheba@gmail.com
Phone: +46 70-41 93 16
Education
2005–2009: BFA in Fine Arts, Damascus University for Arts, Syria.
2001–2005: Art Studies, Adham Ismael Center for Arts, Damascus, Syria 2000–2002: Textile Arts, Mahmoud Jalal Art. High. School, Damascus, Syria.
Solo Exhibitions
2022: Lighthouse Gallery, VELVET SOCIETY: Power and Glamour in 90s Damascus, London, UK.
2021: Auropia Gallery, Memory in Blue, Paris, France.
2017: Gislaved Art Hall, Allt möjligt (Everything Possible), Gislaved, Sweden.
2016: Tranemo Gallery, Eye and Silence, Jönköping, Sweden
2016: Skövde Museum, The Other Side of the War, Skövde, Sweden.
2015: Hova Gallery, Migration on Raven’s Wings, Hova, Sweden.
2013: Tanet Gallery, Nothing Has Changed, Beirut, Lebanon.
2012: Al-Anda Art Gallery, Aram, Amman, Jordan.
2011: Kazah Gallery, Love and War, Damascus, Syria.
Duo Exhibitions
2022: Konsthall Blå Stället, Mirrors/Speglar with Bereeen Darwish, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2022: Västerås Art Hall, Within Four Walls of Home with Eva Olsson, Västerås, Sweden.
2020: Moment Gallery, Life-force-anger with Eva Olsson, Ängelholm, Sweden.
2020: Eksjö Museum, Dreams, Intervals and Fragments with Eva Olsson, Eksjö, Sweden.
2019: Ljungby Art Hall, Synonymi with Eva Olsson, Ljungby, Sweden.
2019: Sjöängens Art Hall, Two Cultures - One Meeting with Eva Olsson, Askersund, Sweden.
Group Exhibitions
2024: Gothenburg Book Fair, Blå Stället Art Hall
2024: Atassi Foundation, Artscoop, Dubai, UAE
2023: Blå Stället Art Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden
2023: HDK Valand Academy of Art, Open Up Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
2023: Al Markhiya Gallery, Elsewhere, Doha, Qatar
2022: Taalim Artworks, The Lost Generation, Dubai, UAE
2022: Atassi Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2018: Art Factory Gislaved, Konstrundan, Gislaved & Gnosjö, Sweden
2018: ASL Exhibition, London, UK
2017: Anderstorp Church, Biennial, Gislaved, Sweden
2017: EBRD, Art and Refugees, London, UK
2017: The Arab British Center, Reflection, London, UK
2017: Gut Altenkamp Museum, Syrian Mosaic, Papenburg, Germany
2017: Lighthouse Gallery, Paris, France
2015: Imago Mundi Collection, Syria Off Frame, Venice, Italy
2014: Artists from Syria, Washington, USA
2012: Artists from Syria Today, Beirut, Lebanon & Cairo, Egypt
2011: Exhibition for International Women’s Day, French Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria
2010: Exhibition for Young Artists Competition, Dar Al-Asad for Culture and Arts 2009: Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2009: Karim Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Residencies
2018: Open Workshops, Gislaved, Sweden
2013: Alieh, Lebanon
2012: Fawanis Festival, Amman, Jordan
Art Fairs
2018: Yerevan, Armenia
2017: Nara, Japan
2016: Istanbul, Turkey
2015: Venice, Italy
2013: Paris, France
2013: Contemporary Syria Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
Representations
Skövde Museum, Sweden
Hova Art Association, Sweden
Eksjö Museum, Sweden
Ängelholm Art Hall, Sweden
Moment Gallery, Ängelholm, Sweden
Gislaved Municipality, Sweden
Gislaved Art Hall, Sweden
Tanet Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Al-Anda Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Kazah Gallery, Damascus, Syria Atassi Foundation, Dubai, UAE Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha, Qatar Lighthouse Gallery, London, UK Imago Mundi Collection, Venice, Italy Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Modern Art Museum, Damascus, Syria Rafia Gallery, Damascus & Dubai George Kamel Gallery, Damascus, Syria Art On 56th Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Private Collections