E-mail rashwanart@gmail.com
Education B.A. Fine Arts, Damascus University, Syria (2003-2007)
Fellowship & Award
– The New York City Artist Safe Haven Residency Program at WestBeth / New York, U.S. led by a growing coalition of organizations, including:
the Artistic Freedom Initiative, ArtistSafety.net, Residency Unlimited, Westbeth Artist Housing, PEN America with ARC, and Fordham University / July 2018 – September 2019
– A short term member at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts EFA / New York, U.S. / January 2017 – May 2018
– Fellowship award from Vermont Studio Center VSC / Vermont, U.S. (APF fellow) / May & June 2017
– Fellow in residence ArteEast and The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts EFA (APF fellow) / January 2017 – September 2017
– AAR Affiliated Fellow at American Academy in Rome, Rome/ Italy (APF fellow) / September 2016 – January 2017
– Fellowship award from the Institute of International Education’s Artist Protection Fund (IIE-APF) / September 2016 – September 2017
Solo Exhibitions
2018 – “One Eye Open, One Eye Closed” _ Syra Arts Gallery / Washington DC, U.S.
2018 – “First Anniversary Exhibition at the EFA Studio Program” – Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts / New York, U.S.
2017 – “One Eye Open” – George Mason University’s Fine Arts Gallery / Virginia, U.S.
2017 – “Little Syria” – Metropolitan College Of New York / New York, U.S.
2014 – “Light Up The Darkness” Exhibition – Dar Al-Mussawir / Beirut, Lebanon
2011 – “A Moment” Etching Exhibition – Al-Hamra Theatre / Damascus, Syria
Group Exhibitions
2023 – “10 YEARS… AND COUNTING” Montoro12 Gallery / Brussels, Belgium
2019 – “DYNAMIS” at Equity Gallery / New York, U.S.
2019 – “Cape Town Art Fair 2019” with Montoro12 Contemporary Art Gallery – Cape Town International Convention Center / Cape Town, South Africa
2018 – “Executive (Dis)Order: Art, Displacement & the Ban” Exhibition – Queens Museum / New York, U.S.
2018 – “Protest Club” Exhibition – Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts / New York, U.S.
2018 – “ArtExpo New York” – Khawam Gallery / New York, U.S.
2018 – “(Dis)Figured” Exhibition – Montoro12 Contemporary Art Gallery / Rome, Italy
2017 – “BCNA – Business Center for New Americans” – MOKAH Museum of Korean American Heritage / Chelsea, New York, U.S.
2017 – “Do fish get ever seasick” Syria Art Exhibition – Art Space DA:MDAA / Seoul, South Korea
2017 – “VIRTUAL/VISUAL CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION” – Noyes Museum of Art, Atlantic City / New Jersey, U.S.
2017 – “BCNA – Business Center for New Americans” Exhibition – Robert Miller Gallery/ New York, U.S.
2016 – “Flight: Explorations in Movement, Migration, and Freedom” – West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park / Vermont, U.S.
2015 – “First Group Exhibition” – National Center for Visual Arts / Damascus, Syria
2015 – “Le Salon De Lahd” Lahd Gallery – Kent House Knightsbridge / London, UK
2015 – “Art Summer Collective” Exhibition – Artheum & Kozah Gallery / Beirut, Lebanon
2015 – Fransabank Jabal 11th Edition – Saint-George Hotel / Beirut, Lebanon
2014 – Fransabank Jabal 10th Edition – Le Gray Hotel / Beirut, Lebanon
2013 – Syrian Contemporary Art Fair – Artheum / Beirut, Lebanon
2013 – “Compilation 013” – Art Circle / Beirut, Lebanon
2009/2011 – Young Syrian Artist Exhibition – Khan Asad Pacha / Damascus, Syria
2009 – Etching Exhibition – Kozah Gallery / Damascus, Syria
2009 – Week Pioneers First Cultural – Cultural Imprints /Damascus, Syria
2008 – The First Competition For Young Artist – Kozah Gallery / Damascus, Syria
2008 – Des diplomes 2007 de la faculte des Beaux-Arts de Damas – Le centre Culturel Francais / Damascus, Syria
TV show & Movie / Scenic Artist
2023/2024 – American Horror Stories (Thriller) – Season 3
2023 – SEVERANCE Season 2
2023 – DR.DEATH Season 2
2022/2023 – EVIL Season 4
2022 – THE MANIFEST Season 4
2022 – FALLOUT HONDO
2022 – RE-TREAT
2021/2022 – The EQUALIZER Season 2
2021 – THE PERFECT FIND
2021 – SEVERANCE Season 1
2021 – EILEEN
2021 – HELPSTARS Season 2
2021 – PAST LIVES
2021 – SEARCH PARTY Season 4
2021 – SHELTER “pilot”
2021 – MEATY
2020/2021 – The EQUALIZER Season 1
Workshop & Event
2023 – “Set Life: Designing the Scene” center for communication / NYU Production Lab, New York, U.S.
2019 – “ArteEast’s Spring Benefit auction May 7th – 23rd 2019” / Postmasters Gallery, New York, U.S.
2019 – “Manhattan Graphics Center’s first on-line benefit auction 17th – 30th April” / Paddle8/MGC, New York, U.S.
2018 – “WESTBETH ARTIST LECTURE SERIES October 4th, 2018” / Westbeth Community Room, New York, U.S.
2017 – “EFA Open Studio 19th – 21st Oct 2017” – Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts / New York, U.S.
2017 – The Growing Role of the Empathy in the Arts – Middle East Institute / Gallery Al-Quds, Washington DC, U.S.
2017 – Presentation & Artist Talk – Metropolitan College / New York, U.S.
2017 – Presentation & Artist Talk – Manhattan Graphics Center MGC, March 11th / New York, U.S.
2017 – “Armory Arts Week: EFA OPEN HOUSE 28th Feb 2017” / Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts / New York, U.S.
2017 – “Contemporary art in the Middle East and North Africa” – Sundaram Tagore Art Gallery / New York, U.S.
2017 – Presentation & Artist Talk – RUFA – Rome University Of Fine Arts & Accademia di belle Arti di Roma / Rome, Italy
2017 – Presentation & Artist Talk – SACI: Studio Arts College International Florence / Florence, Italy
2016 – “Beyond drawing with Shahzia Iskandar” – Guido Reni Hall, MAXXI Museum / Rome, Italy
2009 – Workshop in Etching – Kozah Gallery, Damascus, Syria