Reem Miriam Bassous is a Lebanese artist. She was born on July 19, 1978; she was raised in
Athens, Greece until she was four years old due to conflict in
Lebanon. She moved back to Lebanon later that year. At the age of seventeen, Reem attended the
Lebanese American University in
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of ...
, and at the age of 21 she attended
George Washington University in
Washington, D.C. There she earned her master's degree in painting and drawing. She moved to
Hawaii in 2006, and became a
lecturer
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at the
University of Hawaii.
Much of the artist's work deals with her memories of the
Lebanese Civil War and its aftereffects. ''Memory for Forgetfulness'', in the collection of the
Honolulu Museum of Art, shows the destruction caused by this conflict.
Solo exhibitions
* 2019. "Endless Red", Aupuni Space, Honolulu, HI
* 2016 "Prey/Pray", SBCAST Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
* 2015 ''Beyond the Archive'',
Honolulu Museum of Art; Honolulu, HI
* 2013 ''Green Line'', The Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington DC
* 2010 ''Plexus'',
Hawaii Pacific University
Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) is a private university in downtown Honolulu, Makapuʻu and Kāneʻohe, Hawaii. HPU is the largest private university in the central Pacific, most noted for its diverse student body of nearly 5,000 students, re ...
,
Honolulu, HI
* 2010 '' My Revolution Begins'', The
Contemporary Museum Café, Honolulu, HI
* 2005 '' Creative Destruction'', RamsayOng Gallery,
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Collaborative projects/ exhibitions
* 2019 ''Artifacts of Place'', Stand4 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
*2016 ''FOUR'': Reem Bassous, Pratisha Budhiraja, Deborah Nehmad, Yida Wang. Koa Gallery, Honolulu, HI
* 2012 ''Negotiating Dystopia'', Reem Bassous and Maya Portner, Honolulu Museum School of Art, Honolulu, HI
* 2012 ''Hybrid Herd'', Reem Bassous and Maya Portner, Thirtyninehotel, Honolulu, HI
* 2007 Portraits by Reem Bassous and Meg Harders, Focus Gallery at Meadows Museum, Shreveport, LA
* 2002 ''Calm and Chaos'', Work by Reem Bassous and Jodie Biggers, Dimock Gallery,
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Grants/awards
* 2013 The Kafiye Project Competition Winner, Kaflab Foundation, New York, NY
* 2011 The John Young Award, Artists of Hawaii Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
* 2002 The Langenkamp Award for Abstract Painting, Annual Awards Show, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
* 2001 The Glassman Award, Annual Awards Show, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
References
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1978 births
Living people
Lebanese artists
Lebanese women artists
George Washington University alumni
Painters from Hawaii