Najla El Zein Explained

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Najla El Zein (born 1983) is a Lebanese artist and designer.

Biography

Najla El Zein was born in Beirut in 1983.[1] [2] She was raised in Paris, where she moved at the age of two.[3] She studied interior architecture and product design at the École Camondo school of art in Paris.[4]

In 2019 El Zein was commissioned by the Qatar Museums Authority to design Us, Her, Him, a limestone sculpture located in Flag Plaza[5] [6] [7] which was completed in 2022.[8] Also in 2019, El Zein staged her first solo show, Transitions, at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York.[9] [10] The title of the exhibition and the pieces she created were inspired by her experience of the "emotional and physical transformation" of pregnancy.[11] [12] [13]

Following the 2020 Beirut explosion, El Zein produced a series of sculptural pieces titled 6.07, the name being a reference to the time of the blast. The proceeds from the sale of the pieces were donated to a local NGO called Beb w’ Shebbek.[14] [15]

Her work has been exhibited at and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Dallas Museum of Art, TX. Her work was also included in the exhibition Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth at Chatsworth House, and The New Transcendence at Friedman Benda Gallery, NY (both curated by Glenn Adamson).[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

She has studios in Amsterdam and Beirut.[22] [23]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Najla El Zein . www.friedmanbenda.com . 9 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Najla El Zein – Biography . www.mutualart.com . 9 July 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: Martin . Hannah . 2019-02-17 . Lebanese Designer Najla El Zein Tells Her Story With a Sculptural Line of Furnishings . 2023-06-24 . Architectural Digest . en-US.
  4. Web site: Najla El Zein – Friedman Benda . www.friedmanbenda.com . 1 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Us, Her, Him by Najla El Zein . 2023-06-24 . Qatar Museums . en.
  6. Web site: Designer Najla El Zein curates the best of art from MENASA . 2023-06-24 . yearsofculture.qa . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2022-10-05 . Qatar-MENASA 2022 Year of Culture celebrates Flag Plaza with Najla El-Zein's new public art . 2023-06-25 . Qatar Tribune . en.
  8. Web site: Public Art in Qatar: Us, Her, Him (2022) by Najla El Zein . www.youtube.com . 1 July 2023 . en.
  9. Web site: 2019-03-04 . Najla El Zein's "sensual" furniture goes on show in New York . 2023-06-26 . Dezeen . en.
  10. Web site: Najla El Zein Personal Journey Finds its Form . 2023-06-25 . Whitewall . en.
  11. Web site: Chemaly . Tracy Lynn . Post-pregnancy contemplation in Najla El Zein's furniture series . 2023-06-24 . www.domusweb.it . en-gb.
  12. Web site: 2019-03-13 . Sensualità, seduzione, desiderio e gravidanza nelle sculture di Najla El Zei . 2023-06-24 . ELLE Decor . it-IT.
  13. Web site: 2019-03-20 . Najla El Zein: Transition . 2023-06-25 . TLmagazine . en-US.
  14. Web site: Shehmir . Ayesha . June 5, 2021 . Product Designer Najla El Zein Pays Tribute To Beirut . Harper's Bazaar Arabia.
  15. Web site: Sawaya . Gioia . 2020-09-24 . bebeirut architects partners with beb w shebbek to rebuild homes after the beirut blast . 2023-06-28 . designboom architecture & design magazine . en.
  16. Web site: Mirror Mirror: Najla El Zein . 2023-06-24 . www.chatsworth.org . en-GB.
  17. Web site: 2023-06-15 . Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth . 2023-06-24 . www.chatsworth.org . en-GB.
  18. Web site: Bertoli . Rosa . 2023-03-17 . Chatsworth House design exhibition explores contemporary design themes in an eclectic setting . 2023-03-17 . wallpaper.com . en.
  19. Web site: Madlener . Adrian . 2023-03-17 . How Can You Make an English Manor Filled With Old Masters Feel Contemporary? At Chatsworth House, the Answer Is Cutting-Edge Design . 2023-03-19 . Artnet News . en-US.
  20. Web site: Barandy . Kat . 13 January 2024 . the new transcendence: friedman benda highlights artists from andrea branzi to samuel ross . 4 March 2024 . designboom architecture & design magazine . en.
  21. Web site: Friedman Benda NY considers design as motifs of ‘The New Transcendence’ . 2024-03-04 . www.stirpad.com . en.
  22. Web site: Rote . Laura . 2021-11-11 . Lebanese Designer Najla El Zein Lets Stone Tell the Story . 2023-06-24 . Sixtysix Magazine . en-US.
  23. Web site: Donoghue . Katy . Najla El Zein Personal Journey Finds its Form . 2023-06-28 . Whitewall . en.

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