Sherin Guirguis

Sherin Guirguis (born 1974 in Luxor, Egypt) is a visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. Guirguis has had solo exhibitions of her work at 18th Street Art Center (Santa Monica, California), The Third Line Gallery (Dubai),[1] Shulamit Nazarian Gallery (Venice, California),[2] and LAXART (Los Angeles).[3] In 2012, Guirguis received the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists[4] and the 2014–15 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship.[5]

Her work is acquired or held in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[6] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[7] Orange County Museum of Art,[8] Las Vegas Art Museum,[9] U.S. Department of State,[10] and Metropolitan Authority Los Angeles.[8] Guirguis is an associate professor in the Practice of Fine Art at the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California.[11]

Guirguis draws from Western and Middle Eastern influences as is seen in her Mashrabiya patterns punctuated by a bold neon palette.[12]

Her work was showcased at the Desert X exhibit in the Coachella Valley from February 25 – April 30, 2017. The Aviation/Century station for the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system incorporates her artwork.[13]

Exhibitions
  • Desert X (group), AlUla, (2019-2020)[14]
  • Of Thorns and Love (solo), Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2018)[15]
  • My Place is the Placeless (solo), 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA (2017)[16]
  • El Beit El Kabir (solo), Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE[17]

References
  1. "Sherin Guirguis". The Third Line. The Third Line. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. "Sherin Guirguis: El Biet El Kabeer". Shulamit Nazarian Gallery. Shulamit Nazarian Gallery. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "Sherin Guirguis, Qasr El-Shoaq, Apr 3 - May 8, 2010". LAXART. LAXART. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. "About the Fellowships for Visual Artists". California Community Foundation. California Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. "City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowships". LA Weekly. LA Weekly. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. "Sherin Guirguis | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  7. "Mashrabeya | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". www.mfah.org. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  8. "Sherin Guirguis | Artists | The Third Line | Art Gallery Dubai". www.thethirdline.com. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  9. "Las Vegas Art Museum Presents Las Vegas Diaspora". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  10. "Sherin Guirguis – U.S. Department of State". art.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  11. "Sherin Guirguis". University of Southern California. University of Southern California. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  12. Mohseni, Yasmine. "Beyond the White Cube: Sherin Guirguis' Explosive New Series". The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  13. Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  14. https://www.desertx.org/sherin-guirguis-alula
  15. "Craft Contemporary". www.cafam.org. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  16. "Sherin Guirguis: My Place is the Placeless". 18th Street Arts Center. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  17. "Gallery 2: El Beit El Kabir | Exhibitions | The Third Line | Art Gallery Dubai". www.thethirdline.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
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