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Lives and works in New York
 
FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES
 
2004 Artist In Residence, Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
2003 Fellowship, Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
2002

Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1996-98 Gilroy Roberts Scholarship. PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
1995 First Prize of the City of Tunis, TUNISIA
1994

Fellowship residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FRANCE
President of the Republic’s Prize for the Best Young Artist, TUNISIA
1993 Fellowship residency, Centre des Arts Vivants, Radès, TUNISIA
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
2004 Recent Paintings & Prints, DM CONTEMPORARY, Mill Neck, NY
2004 Oeuvres Recentes, Galerie El Marsa, Tunis, TUNISIA
2003 The Prophet of Black Folk, Alwan for the Arts, New York, NY
2002 The Scene Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Lock Haven University, PA
1999 Embassy of Tunisia, Washington, DC
1996 Galerie d’Art Essaadi, Carthage, TUNISIA
1995 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FRANCE
1994 Musée de Sidi bou Said, TUNISIA
1993 Sparkasse, Marburg-Biedenkopf, GERMANY
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2003




Artists In Residence, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Dumba Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Space And Surface Painting, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
Contemporary Art From the Ancient World, Saint John the Devine, New York, NY. curator: O. Abusitta
2002


Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
One Center, New York, NY
Dolan Center, Locust Valley, NY
2001



Poetry and Paintings, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Dreaming of Carthage, Park Creek Gallery, Washington, DC
Unbearables Festival, Fire Patrol No5 Gallery, New York
8th Artists of the Second District LMCC, Federal Reserve Bank, New York, NY
2000



Progress of the World’s Women an international art exhibition sponsored by the UnitedNations Development Fund for Women and the International Museum of Women,United Nations, New York, NY
National Summit on Africa Convention Center, Washington, DC
Contemporary Tunisian Painting, World Space Corporation,Washington, DC
1999

Desho No Tomodachi Desu, 505 Gallery, Washington, DC.
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, PAFA Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1998



Dieci anni di giovane pittura Tunisina Bari, ITALY
Artistry Across the Waters, Washington, DC
Third Street Gallery, Second Juried Show, Philadelphia, PA Juror Elisabeth Osborne –Awarded Second Prize-
1997


The New Delhi Triennial, INDIA
Two Emerging Artists, Manayunk Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Tunisian Fine Arts in the Last Decade Galerie Yahia, Tunis, TUNISIA
1996


Welcome to the Cruel World, a show about ecology, Espace d’Art Milles Feuilles, La Marsa,TUNISIA
Union of Tunisian Fine Artists Annual Show, Tunis, TUNISIA
Kuwait Biennial, Kuwait City
1995


Salon of the City of Tunis’ Prize, Galerie Yahia, TUNISIA
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FRANCE
Contemporary Tunisian Art, traveling show in TUNISIA
1994





Salon d’Automne de la Marsa, TUNISIA
The Washi Art Association, Tokyo, JAPAN
Galerie Driba, La Marsa, TUNISIA
Young Tunisian Fine Artists, Galerie Yahia, Tunis, TUNISIA
Musée de Sidi Bou Said, TUNISIA
Galerie La Kasbah, Sfax, TUNISIA
1992 Clin d’Œil Plastik, Homage for Women in the Arts & Crafts, Hammamet, TUNISIA
 
EDUCATION
 
2004 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, ME
1999 MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA
1992 BA, École Des Beaux Arts, Tunis, Tunisia
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
2004 AL JADID Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Fence Magazine, New York, NY
2002

Charley Magazine, New York, NY
Anthropology News, Arlington, VA
1998

Artistry Across the Waters, Washington, DC
Dieci anni di giovane pittura Tunisina, Bari, ITALY
1997 Tunisian Fine Arts in the Last Decade. Tunis, TUNISIA
1995 Agip Oil Company, Calendar & Agenda, Rome, ITALY
1992 Clin d’Œil Plastik, Catalog, Tunis, TUNISIA
 
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
 
  Amen Bank, Tunis, TUNISIA
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/NY-Public Library, New York, NY
Pfizer, Inc. New York, NY
Thomas and Associates, New York, NY
Haffeys Architects, New York, NY
M.Hage Architects, New York, NY
Lock Haven University, PA
Agip, Rome, ITALY
City of Tunis, TUNISIA
Tunisair, Paris, FRANCE
Tunisian Ministry of Culture. TUNISIA
Tunisian Ministry of Youth. TUNISIA
 
REVIEWS
 
  Adra Najwa, Hybrid Vigor: The Art of Emna Zghal Al Jadid Magazine, Los Angeles, CA,2004
Hachmi Ghacham , Les Perfections sont-elles parfaites, Le Temps,TUNISIA, 2004
Alia Hamza, En Art il est bien de se perdre quleques fois, La Presse, Tunis, TUNISIA, 2004
Holland Cotter, Art Listing, The New York Times, 2003
Edward J. Sozanski, Art Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2002
Piri Halasz, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, Online Magazine, 2002
Kim Levin, Voice Choices, Village Voice, 2002
Roberta Smith, A Profusion of Painting, Very Much Alive, New York Times, 2002
Helen Harrison, Art Review, New York Times. 2002
Alia Hamza, La Culture et les Arts à la conquête du nouveau monde, La Presse, Tunis, TUNISIA. 2000
Fathi Chargui, Chercheuse d’Art, Le Temps, Tunis, TUNISIA. 1996
Fathi Chargui , Foisonnement aux intensités diverses, Le Temps, Tunis, TUNISIA 1995
Mohamed El Hadef, First Prize to the Young Painter Emna Zghal, El Sahafah, Tunis, TUNISIA 1995
La Lettre Des Musiques et Des Arts Africains, Forêt Rose, Paris, FRANCE 1995
Chamkhi Khanfir, Sonia, Le geste liberateur, La Presse, Tunis, TUNISIA 1995
   


 

 

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