
Kinda Hibrawi's artwork is a passionate journey of femininity, spirituality and
cultural convergence. Of Syrian descent, she grew up between Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Lebanon, and the United States. Through her studies she began to
expand on the ancient tradition of Arabic Calligraphy by giving it a modern
twist. As an Arab American, she felt the need for her artwork to reflect the
richness of the Middle East coupled with Western diversity. Hibrawi's original
work is sought by collectors worldwide and has exhibited in galleries across
the US. Her 2007 solo exhibition in Washington DC was a great success and
she was named "an artistic ambassador" by Arab News. As an artistic
ambassador she lectures on her work nationwide, recently she was invited to
speak at the School of Visual Fine Arts in New York City. She was asked by the
City of Los Angeles to premiere her work in their 2006 Cultural Calendar and
City Guide,[2] and is featured online for the Syrian Culture, Arts and History
Center in Montreal, Canada. Her work has been acquired for the permanent
collection at the Arab American National Museum in Detroit, Michigan. In
2008 she was selected by the US Art in Embassies Program to showcase her
work for the United States Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador
Kurt Volker in Brussels, Belgium. As a result, she was invited by the US State
Department to showcase her artwork in a 2010 US Embassy wall calendar, to
be distributed to US embassies worldwide.
Hibrawi runs a portrait studio MyPopArt.com in California and hopes to
continue bridging cultural misunderstandings between Arabs and Americans
through her artwork. VIEW HIBRAWI'S LATEST PROJECT - ARABIC TEES
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