Born in 1974, Lebanon, Zena Assi lives and works in Beirut. She graduated with honors from l’Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA) in advertising, worked in the field for two years and taught in different universities. Her contemporary work on canvas, that draws inspiration from the relations and conflicts between the individual and his environment, has been part of numerous collective and solo exhibitions in Beirut, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain. She received two awards in 2009, and was auctioned in Sotheby’s London in 2010.

Selected Participations

2010 Solo exhibition ‘Cityphilia’, at Albareh Art Gallery, Bahrain
Collective exhibition “Stare at the other side” at Albareh Art Gallery, Bahrain Solo exhibition ‘Mass Movement’ at Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai
Collective exhibition at Contemparabia, Beirut

2009 Solo exhibition ‘un peu de beyrouth’ at Alwane Gallery, Beirut Collective exhibition at Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai
Solo exhibition ‘Public Space’ at Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai Collective exhibition at Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Abu Dhabi

2008 Solo Exhibition ‘cite et citadins’ at Alwane Gallery, Beirut Collective exhibition at Salon d’automne, Sursock Museum, Beirut

Selected Prizes

2009 BMW, Mini Cooper’s 50th Anniversary, Best Design for the Middle East
Mention spe?ciale du jury, XXIX salon d’automne, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon