RAYYA FADLO KHURI
Born 1998.
LONDON & BROOKLYN based.

MA Central Saint Martins   ‘23
BFA Pratt Institute                 ‘21
CV  // ABOUT



I am a painter.
I am a writer.
I am a storyteller.



great-grandfather at work, 120 x 90 cm, oil on canvas, 2024






first christmas, 125 x 160 cm, oil on canvas, 2024






grandparent’s wedding day, 200 x 160 cm, oil on canvas, 2024






corniche, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023






baskets of empty, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023






Egyptian pharmacy, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023







a roadside view, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023






flyers, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023





store front, 145 x 125 cm, oil on canvas, 2023






cosmo’s launderama, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023





madonna super market, 1800 x 1200 mm, oil on canvas, 2023






scattered belongings, 21 x 29.7 cm, oil on canvas, 2023






scattered fruits, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023






halls, 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2023





windows (1), 180 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, 2022






windows (2), 1800 x 1200 mm, oil on canvas, 2022


photographed by Ali Mohamed.

nostalgia, 2018, ink on paper, 43 X 53 cm





give me, 2020, ink on paper, 35 X 25 cm





refracted, 2020, ink on paper, 35 X 25 cm





empty illusions, 2020, ink on paper, 35 X 17 cm



devolve us, 2020, ink on paper, 35 X 25 cm






a heart tied tightly, 2021, pencil on paper, 35 X 25 cm




    
I await your stories, they allow me to piece together my own, 2020, collage on paper, 60 X 48 cm






             
these memories won’t last, 2023, ink on paper, edition of 100,  29.7 x 42 cm,




hung to dry these true words linger, 2023, ink on paper, edition of 100,  29.7 x 42 cm,





          


words on a page, 2023, ink on paper, edition of 100,  29.7 x 42 cm,










   
sunflower (1), 2021, poplar wood, 40 X 18 X 3 cm





selected figures, 2021, pine wood, 17 X 4 cm (figure)



   
wall, 2020, brick, 10 X 20 X 80 cm on 150 cm wooden pedestal

EDUCATION


Masters of Art in Fine Art, Central Saint Martins

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

 

Bachelors of Fine Art, Pratt Institute

Painting, Minoring in Literature & Writing and Art History

Graduated Summa Cum Laude



WORK EXPERIENCE


S.V.P. St. James Church Soup Kitchen

Volunteer



Babysitting

Freelance



Tate Modern,

Selling writings at Off Print



ArtForum International

Publications Intern,


American University of Beirut Library, Archives Department

Research Intern,



EXHIBITIONS


13B Gallery

Painting,




Asfari Institute X UNDP

Painting, narrative award




Grand Junction Shubbak’s ‘Communal Resistance’

Open mic ‘my heart is a pebble’




Proposition Studios

Painting ‘Echoes’




Lethaby Gallery

35 mm Photograph,




CSM Library Gallery,

Publication and Talk,




Hypha

Paintings, ‘Baskets of Empty’




TM Lighting Gallery

Writings, Words on a page




Lethaby Gallery ‘These memories won’t last’

Painting and Writings




Lethaby Gallery ‘Vestibule’

Publication and Readings



Koppel X ‘Merch’

Print



Trinity Bouy Wharf ‘This Is Not A Party’

Drawing and Writing



Steuben Gallery ‘Belongings’

Drawings, Photographs, Sculpture and Painting,



PUBLICATIONS




Inbetween Knots




Forma Arts Media X WANAWAL




OffPrint at the Tate




Writer in Residence at Rabbits Roads Press




Vestibule (in collaboration with Digital Archive of Artist Publishing)




Common Note(s)



HONORS AND AWARDS




UNDP  X UN Women: ‘Narrative Award’




Writings sold at Made In the Arts London




Central Saint Martins Library Collected My Writings




UAL Outstanding Student Contribution to Community Nomination




UAL International Postgraduate Scholarship




Pratt Institute Circle Award and Presidential Scholarship




Pratt Institute President’s List







Class of ‘23





Class of ‘21










‘21-‘24





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summer ‘20, summer ‘22




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Rayya Fadlo Khuri ©2024