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Najla El Zein

Najla El Zein (born 1983) is a Lebanese artist and designer.

Najla El Zein
Born1983
Beirut
Alma mater
OccupationArtist, designer, visual artist
Awards
  • Tamayouz Excellence Award
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Biography

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Najla El Zein was born in Beirut in 1983.[1][2] She was raised in Paris, where she moved at the age of two.[3] She studied interior architecture and product design at the École Camondo school of art in Paris.[4]

In 2019 El Zein was commissioned by the Qatar Museums Authority to design Us, Her, Him, a limestone sculpture located in Flag Plaza[5][6][7] which was completed in 2022.[8] Also in 2019, El Zein staged her first solo show, Transitions, at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York.[9][10] The title of the exhibition and the pieces she created were inspired by her experience of the "emotional and physical transformation" of pregnancy.[11][12][13]

Following the 2020 Beirut explosion, El Zein produced a series of sculptural pieces titled 6.07, the name being a reference to the time of the blast. The proceeds from the sale of the pieces were donated to a local NGO called Beb w’ Shebbek.[14][15]

Her work has been exhibited at and acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum,[3] London, and the Dallas Museum of Art, TX. Her work was also included in the exhibition Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth at Chatsworth House, and The New Transcendence at Friedman Benda Gallery, NY (both curated by Glenn Adamson).[16][17][18][19][20][21]

She has studios in Amsterdam and Beirut.[3][16][22][23]

References

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  1. ^ "Najla El Zein". www.friedmanbenda.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Najla El Zein – Biography". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Martin, Hannah (2019-02-17). "Lebanese Designer Najla El Zein Tells Her Story With a Sculptural Line of Furnishings". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  4. ^ "Najla El Zein – Friedman Benda". www.friedmanbenda.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Us, Her, Him by Najla El Zein". Qatar Museums. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  6. ^ "Designer Najla El Zein curates the best of art from MENASA". yearsofculture.qa. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  7. ^ "Qatar-MENASA 2022 Year of Culture celebrates Flag Plaza with Najla El-Zein's new public art". Qatar Tribune. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  8. ^ "Public Art in Qatar: Us, Her, Him (2022) by Najla El Zein". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Najla El Zein's "sensual" furniture goes on show in New York". Dezeen. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  10. ^ "Najla El Zein Personal Journey Finds its Form". Whitewall. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  11. ^ Chemaly, Tracy Lynn. "Post-pregnancy contemplation in Najla El Zein's furniture series". www.domusweb.it. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  12. ^ "Sensualità, seduzione, desiderio e gravidanza nelle sculture di Najla El Zei". ELLE Decor (in Italian). 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  13. ^ "Najla El Zein: Transition". TLmagazine. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  14. ^ Shehmir, Ayesha (June 5, 2021). "Product Designer Najla El Zein Pays Tribute To Beirut". Harper's Bazaar Arabia.
  15. ^ Sawaya, Gioia (2020-09-24). "bebeirut architects partners with beb w shebbek to rebuild homes after the beirut blast". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  16. ^ a b "Mirror Mirror: Najla El Zein". www.chatsworth.org. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  17. ^ "Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth". www.chatsworth.org. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  18. ^ Bertoli, Rosa (2023-03-17). "Chatsworth House design exhibition explores contemporary design themes in an eclectic setting". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  19. ^ Madlener, Adrian (2023-03-17). "How Can You Make an English Manor Filled With Old Masters Feel Contemporary? At Chatsworth House, the Answer Is Cutting-Edge Design". Artnet News. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  20. ^ Barandy, Kat (13 January 2024). "the new transcendence: friedman benda highlights artists from andrea branzi to samuel ross". designboom architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Friedman Benda NY considers design as motifs of ‘The New Transcendence’". www.stirpad.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  22. ^ Rote, Laura (2021-11-11). "Lebanese Designer Najla El Zein Lets Stone Tell the Story". Sixtysix Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  23. ^ Donoghue, Katy. "Najla El Zein Personal Journey Finds its Form". Whitewall. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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