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, Las Vegas Art Museum, U.S. Department of State,[8] and Metropolitan Authority Los Angeles. 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.[9]

Guirguis draws from Western and Middle Eastern influences as is seen in her Mashrabiya patterns punctuated by a bold neon palette.[10]

A recent demonstration of her work was showcased as part of the Desert X exhibit in the Coachella Valley from February 25 - April 30, 2017.

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 – U.S. Department of State". art.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  9. ↑ "Sherin Guirguis". University of Southern California. University of Southern California. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Mohseni, Yasmine. "Beyond the White Cube: Sherin Guirguis' Explosive New Series". The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 19 March 2017.



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