CONTEMPORARY ART + DESIGN
July 17 – August 15/25 – A group exhibit of multicultural visual artists who challenge viewers’ perceptions, alongside designers who innovate at the intersection of sculptural and functional objects.
DREAMSCAPES
June 19 – July 17/25 – Solo Exhibit by Ida Picker
of the painting series “Wired Habitats” explores animals, machine-like forms that are bursting with forms, colors, wires, tubes, and connections.
EMERGING BLOOM
May 15 – June 14/25 – A group exhibit of Emerging Bloom, featuring works by emerging and established artists.
PAINTED POP
Feb 13 – March 30/25 – A group exhibit of painted work by today’s most celebrated Miami and New York Pop and Graffiti artists.
VIBRANT SPIRITUALITY
December 19/24 – 01-30/25 – featuring the works of Ilene Adams, Gabriel Delgado, Lisa Baird, Steve Brown, Nizar Sabour, Tony Khawam, Edward Shahda.
KAHLIL GIBRAN ART
April 4-30, 2024 – The art of Kahlil Gibran, lithographs from the famous Lebanese poet, novelist, artist, and prints from artists inspired by Gibran’s writing, poetry and art.
ECO SYMBOLS
February 1-29, 2024 – Celia Wilkinson and Scott Jeffries examine nature from two different views and perspectives working indoor and outdoor of their studio with invigorated color and form.
PERSONA
April 4-30, 2024 – Social facade’ reflection on the artist’s daily practice and chronicling the world around them with a constant state of building, rebuilding in figurative and abstraction forms.
AMERICAN DREAM
Dec. 1-23, 2023 – Group exhibit in conjunction with Scope Art Show featured in Miami Art Week Magazine. Works by Nizar Sabour, Tony Khawam, Edward Shahda.
REBIRTH
April 1-19, 2023. Four Middle Eastern American artists inspired by heritage and American culture. works by Nizar Sabour, Edward Shehda, Menhal Issa, Tony Khawam.
LUNACY
September 6-29, 2023. Adnan Charara,
700 S ROSEMARY AVE STE 204, WPB, FL.
October 21-November 19, 2023,
Gallerie Camille, 4130 Cas Ave, Detroit, MI.
ARTFUL PAIRING
January 10-15, 2023 – Food, Wine Festival, FourSeasons, Fort Lauderdale, 5 pairing courses Mediterranean inspired by art. Adnan Charara, Tony Khawam, Carlos Sablon.
MEMORIES
July 7-31, 2022 – Galen Cheney’s recent work inspired by her residency in China. Work process, studio practice, and the investigation of materials, quilted fabric, forms, reflections, refractions, collage, and colors.
ALLEGORIES & MOTIFS
November 4-6, 2022 – Washington D.C.
“Allegories & Motifs” Heritage inspiration, works by Nizar Sabour, Adnan Charara, Edward Shahda, Manhal Issa, Tony Khawam, Badie Jahjah, Bachir and Nimat Badawi.
LANDSCAPES REIMAGINED
October 3-30, 2022. Works by Celia Wilkinson, Tony Khawam, Galen Cheney, Manhal Issa. Inspired by grid, flux, solar, energy.
ICONS
July 7-31, 2022. Nizar Sabour solo. Fascination with historical imagery and icons of Christian, Islamic or non-Abrahamic traditions
CROSSING BORDERS: Artists from the Middle East and Latin America
September 7 – October 5, 2022
Works by immigrant artists from Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, France, and the UK. Works by Ilan Averbuch, José Bedia, Linda Behar, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Galen Cheney, Adnan Charara, Andrew Cotton, Ivonne Ferrer, Tony Khawam, Sibel Kocabasi, Santiago Medina, Carlos Sablon, and Celia Wilkinson.
PROCESS DRIVEN ABSTRACTIONS
February 3 – 22, 2022 – Galen Cheney and Kelly Fischer, a studio process through abstractions and the manipulation of paint, colors, forms, materials, and collaged fabric.
UNDER THE FLORIDA SUN
Feb 24 – March 31, 2022. Ilan Averbuch, Galen Cheney, Celia Wilkinson,
Edward Shahda, Kelly Fischer, Tony Khawam, Manhal Issa.
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COLLABORATION WITH ARTSWAREHOUSE
CROSSING BORDERS: Artists from the Middle East and the Americas
Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, FL
January 7 – February 26, 2022
Featured artworks by:
Ilan Averbuch, Linda Behar, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Adnan Charara, Ivonne Ferrer, Tony Khawam, Sibel Kocabasi, and Nizar Sabour.
COMMUNICATING THROUGH SYMBOLS
January 6 – 31, 2022
Artists throughout history used symbols to communicate subjects and events including modern masters such as Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. This exhibit continues on the traditions of a long history using symbolic forms in art.
Nizar Sabour, Bassem Dahdouh
Edward Shahda, Manhal Issa
Tony Khawam
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CONTEMPORARY SYRIAN ART: WAR & HOPE
October 4-8/21 – Gallery invitation by UNESCO cultural committee, the United Nations HQ gallery, New York, NY. Art inspired by emerging art during the Syrian war.
October 2-3/21 – Syrian Cultural Center, Paramus, NJ.
The paintings are a sweeping survey of contemporary art that weaves together images of the physical world, memories, emotions, and the virtual world.
Featured Works by Nizar Sabour, Bassem Dahdouh, Edward Shahda, Tony Khawam, Manhal Issa, Omran Younis, Reem Tarraf, Rami Sabour, Nitmat and Bachir Badawi.
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ST JUDE AND INSPIRATION4 – Art Show and Auction – Sept 15 to 23, 2021
Gallery invitation exhibition in commemoration of St. Jude survivor participation in the Space Launch and auction to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Small works by 7 artists raised over $15,000.
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CROSSING BORDERS: Artists from the Middle East and Latin America
Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCCA) collaboration with Khawam Gallery
August 6 – Sept 3, 2021 – Kendall Art Center, Rodriguez Collection, 12063 SW 131st Ave. Miami, FL.
The exhibition showcases the work of Immigrant artists from Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Syria, and Venezuela share their art and personal stories about their cultural heritage intertwined with their American experience, and the impact of immigration and the new American culture on their lives and art making. Works by Ilan Averbuch, José Bedia, Linda Behar, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Ivonne Ferrer, Tony Khawam, Zahra Nazari, and Nizar Sabour. (https://www.kendallartcenter.org/crossingborders)
FREE VIRTUAL EVENTS – A full slate of events has been scheduled for “KAC Live.” Events are accessible via Zoom, and Live streaming.
Crossing Borders: Artists from the Middle East and Latin America curated by Tony Khawam, winner of the “Individual Artist Award, Specific Cultural Project” Florida Division of Arts & Culture, and partially supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County Cultural Affairs. This exhibition continues on Artsy through September, 2021.
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PERSONAL STRUCTURES: Thought Process
Work by Ilan Averbuch, Linda Behar, Kelly Fischer, Tony Khawam, Nizar Sabour. Enter Viewing Room
An exhibition by artists who explore with curiosity of a scientist and the boldness of youth where each artist follows their intuition to communicate in images and symbols. The majority of value is placed upon the objects that artists produce, but it’s the thought process of the artist that will always be essential to the future. Creative empathy is an imperative artistic, social, and political skill that can be practiced.
ART INSPIRED BY CULTURE Fort Lauderdale and Viewing Room.Artsy Viewing Room opens May 18 at 12am til June 6, 2021.
Art Inspired by Culture: Artists from the Middle East and America, a curated exhibit from gallery artists with cultural theme. Each artist is inspired by their culture intertwined with their new American experience after migrating to the United States at a different stage of their artistic career.
Artists Ilan Averbuch, Nizar Sabour, Tony Khawam, Galen Cheney, Manhal Issa.
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Crossing Borders: Artists From The Middle East & Latin America
Group exhibit, March 2021, Pompano Beach, FL
Lindo Nfinda Arriba Kalunga – acrylic on canvas, 38″ x 71″ 2019 
The Gates of Bell Hanger, steel and stone, 61 ½ x 50 ½ x 50 ½ inches, 2016 
Icon Past & Present – acrylic, gold leaf on canvas, 31″ x 46.5″ 2016 
520 West 28th Condo – acrylic on canvas, 68x56in, 2018 
Double Refraction – acrylic, oil, collage on canvas,72 x 49 inches, 2020 
Debris in Aleppo No.2 – acrylic, dyed yarn knitting, risen on canvas, 48x32in, 2018
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ArtServe and Khawam Gallery Present
EMERGING ART FROM WAR-TORN SYRIA: WAR & HOPE
45 Contemporary Artworks by 12 Syrian American and Syrian Artists
Sept 1 through – Oct 30, 2020 – ArtServe, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL.
The paintings weave contemporary images of the physical and virtual worlds together with emotions wrought by the war and memories from their heritage. The exhibit will run both virtually and in-person.
(RSVP on EventBrite for Zoom events)
FREE VIRTUAL EVENTS
A full slate of events has been scheduled for “ArtServe Live.” Events are accessible via Zoom, Facebook Live on events page here
Generously supported by ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County Cultural Division and Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Culture Builds Florida, WLRN Public Media, NPR Miami.
Project endorsed by Fractured Atlas, a non profit 501(c) (3) America’s premier art organization that empowers artists to make their project a reality with fundraising through a fiscal sponsorship, all contributions are 100% tax deductible.
https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/emerging-art-from-war-torn-syria-war-hope
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Group exhibit: Feb 2020, Gallery at 750 Park of Commerce Blvd #230 Boca Raton, FL
September – Syrian American Arts & Culture 352 86th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209. Opening reception Friday 6-9pm (light fare and drinks will be served)
October – Verasoni Worldwide, 271 U.S. 46, Fairfield, NJ 07004
Opening reception Friday Oct 4, 6-9pm (light fare and drinks will be served)
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CULTURALLY DIVERSE
Contemporary Art Exhibition by International Artists, Aug-Sept, 2018.
Galen Cheney, Nizar Sabour, Kelly Fischer, Bassem Dahdouh, Tony Khawam, Ilan Averbuch and Zahra Nazari. Summer group exhibition – The artists are from different cultural background and experiences, each artist’s work is influenced by their heritage and the American culture.
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Solo Exhibit – Tony Khawam “Urbanism” New York Metro work and Aleppo Urban Landscapes series. May – June, 2017.
Florida International Trade and Cultural Expo (FITCE) October 17 and 18, 2017 at Fort Lauderdale Convention Center: http://www.broward.org/EconDev/WhatWeDo/Pages/FITCE.aspx
May 5-19, 2017 – Solo show by Jeff Whyman, Intergalactic Vessels, Fort Lauderdale, FL. The gallery presents “Spiritual Vessels” and continues at Bailey Contemporary Arts, Ft Lauderdale, FL.
Khawam Gallery 