BIOGRAPHY
Amalia Mourad was born (1992) and raised in Berkeley, California. She currently lives and works in Berlin. In 2013 Mourad graduated with a painting major from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. In 2016, Mourad obtained an MFA Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York. After graduating she co-founded the artist collective Fruit Exchange Studios in Brooklyn. Mourad has shown her work in New York, California, Miami, Montreal, Berlin, Madrid, and Lisbon and been represented at art fairs such as PULSE and Spring Break Art Show. In 2017, she was invited to participate in a one-month residency at Espositivo in Madrid and in 2020 she completed a second one-month residency at PADA Studios in Lisbon. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including twice as a Noteworthy artist in New American Paintings.
Education
2016 Masters in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NYC
2013 BA in painting, University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies (“a graduate school for undergraduates”)
2012 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, Six-month study abroad in Rio de Janeiro
2009 California Arts Scholar, California State Summer School for the Arts
Exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions:
2022 WOW NOW, Setareh, Berlin
2021 Skin Deep, Monopol & Fahrbereitschaft, Berlin
2021 Lusus Naturae, BcmA Gallery, Berlin
2020 +1, Kwadrat, Berlin
2020 Nebulous, Studio Baustelle, Berlin
2020 Paulo, PADA Studios, Lisbon, Portugal
2019 I Wanted to Live in This Land, Centrumberlin, Berlin
2019 Common Ground, Kühnemannstr. 51, Berlin
2019 +1, Safe Gallery, Berlin
2018 Fish, Family Gallery, Montreal
2018 Portable Modernism, Life Lessons, Rockaway, NY
2017 ATM • Cigarettes • Flowers • Lottery, Space Heater Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Spring Break Art Show, NY
2017 Post-Election, September Gallery, NY
2016 PULSE, Contemporary Art Fair, Miami
2016 Popular Culture Is Where the Pedagogy Is: Explorations of Provocation and Praxis, The Hole NY
2016 PULSE, Contemporary Art Fair, NY
2015 Patriartsy, Con Artist Collective, NY
2015 Play Me a Game, The New School, NY
2015 So Hot Right Now, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY
2014 12 Hours, Cloying Parlor, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Just Ripe, The Flight Deck, Oakland, CA
2013 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 10 Under 30, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 TeN, College of Creative Studies, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 Yearning to Breathe Free, USF School of Law Creative Justice Art Show, University of San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Iron Age, Zaratan, Lisbon
2020 Roots in the Unknown, PADA Studios, Lisbon
2013 Senior Show, College of Creative Studies, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Mid-Residency Show, College of Creative Studies Santa Barbara, CA
Residencies
2022 Zaratan, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal
2020 PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal
2017 Espositivo, Madrid, Spain
Collections
2017 Espositivo, Madrid, Spain
2015 Girls Club Collection, Francie Bishop Good, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Publications/Awards:
Publications/Awards:
2022 Became a mother on April 15th
2019 Interview in artist book by Hammon Von Mier, a collaborative project
2019 “Six emerging talents to invest in” VOGUE España
2019 Featured Artist on Aucart, auction house specializing in emerging artists
2018 New American Paintings, Featured Artists/Recent Work
2017 Whitewall Magazine review, “Not-to-be-missed” Spring Break Art Show, NY
2017 Featured Artist in New Delta Review Magazine, New Orleans, LA
2016 Recipient of the Alumni Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts, NY
2016 Featured Artist in Frase Got Talent Catalogue, Italy
2016 Featured Artist in Spectrum Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 Noteworthy Artist in New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Issue #121
Curatorial/Extra
2016 Founder of Artist Collective Fruit Exchange Studios ( LLC) in Brooklyn
2015 Co-curator for exhibition So Hot Right Now, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY
2014-16 Organizer for peer critiques at SVA
2014-16 Organizer for life drawing and painting sessions at SVA
2006-2014 Actor and Apprentice, Ragged Wing Ensemble, East Bay Area, CA