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ABDEL NASSER AMER

391-43 Block G

Khan Younis, Gaza, PNA

972-599-788948

http://nasserart.bebo.com

Objective:

To further my career as an artist and attain international status by exhibiting my art in other countries.  As a refugee living in a war-torn land, I seek to foster peace and understanding through my art.

Employment History:

Head Artist, Red Crescent, Gaza Strip, June 1996 to the present

• Founder of the Red Crescent branch in Gaza
• Organize monthly exhibitions in the Red Crescent branches of both the Gaza Strip and West Bank
• Organize daily workshops to train young artists
• Represent the Red Crescent  in international exhibitions

Vice President, Association of Modern Artists, Gaza, Sept 1999 to the present

• Founder of the group which meets bi-monthly to train young artists and assist them in establishing their reputation in the community
• Organize joint exhibitions to promote the work of young artists

Personal Exhibitions:

• “Red”, French Cultural Center, Gaza, 2006
• “Where”, Abd Mohsen Qatan Institute, Ramallah, 2005
• Exhibition in Cultural Center of the Red Crescent, Cairo, Egypt, 2005
• Exhibition in International City of Art, Paris, France 2004
• Exhibition in Cultural Center of the Red Crescent, Cairo, Egypt, 2003
• Young Artist Gallery in Abd Mohsen Qatan Institute, Ramallah, 2002
• “Home”, Center of Culture and Free Thought, Khan Younis, 1998

Group Exhibitions:

·          “The Art of Palestine”, Zgeist Gallery, USA, 2005

• “Cactus”, French Cultural Center, Jerusalem-Ramallah-Gaza, 2005
• “Ten Artists from Gaza”, open exhibition showing in several cities in Southern France- present Maison de la Fontaine , , 2003
• “Six Artists”, French Cultural Center, Jerusalem-Nazareth-Bethlehem-Nablus, 2003-2004
• “Students of the Summer Academy” Amman, Jordan, 2003
• “Winter 2003”, French Cultural Center, Gaza, 2003
• “We Will Be”, Red Crescent, Gaza, 2001
• Exhibition in Ahmed Shawki Museum in the League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt, 2001