1. References

Nadine Faraj (b. Montréal 1977) is an artist primarily known for her watercolour paintings.

Faraj uses an expressionistic painting style which heightens the social and political tensions that resonate within her work. Her figures are painted in varying degrees of abstraction, with many of her source images deriving from the world of pornography, a medium that typically trivializes sex and can be dehumanizing. She depicts the deeper psychological states of her figures to express their humanity, political agency, and spiritual dimensions.^[1] In 2016, her work tackled political issues in a direct manner when she created portraits of topless female protestors from around the world. In her exhibition Naked Revolt, female figures with text scrawled across their bare chests reading messages such as “égalité,” “with love for female masculinity,” and “still not asking for it,” present a radical vision of female nudity and political power.^[2]

Nadine Faraj’s solo exhibitions include [https://annazorinagallery.com/exhibition/nadine-faraj-get-used-to-us/ Get Used To Us] (2019) and Naked Revolt (2016) at [https://annazorinagallery.com/ Anna Zorina Gallery], New York, and in Miel Salé (Salted Honey) (2013) at Galerie Joyce Yahouda in Montréal. Her solo installation at SPRING/BREAK Art Show (2019) was reviewed in multiple recent publications. Her work was included in the group exhibition [https://www.airgallery.org/exhibitions/abortion CURRENTS: ABORTION] at [https://www.airgallery.org/ A.I.R. Gallery] in New York (2018), [https://www.neverapart.com/exhibitions/g-r-o-s-s/ G.R.O.S.S.] at [https://www.neverapart.com/ Never Apart] in Montreal (2017), Radical Love: Female Lust exhibited at the Crypt Gallery in London, England (2017), Three Women at Anna Zorina Gallery in New York (2015), and in Battle of the Masters at Open Gallery, New York (2015).^[3]

Faraj made other installations specifically for galleries and festivals including Beacon (Phare) for Articule Gallery’s winter window project in Montreal (2009-2010),^[4] Élément for IMAGE IN situ in Quebec City (2010), and in Toronto for Scotiabank's Nuit Blanche (2010).^{[5] [6]} In 2008, Faraj was invited to exhibit her work in the Dubai International Art Symposium, UAE.^[7]

Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/nadine-faraj-feminist-watercolors_us_57fff4f2e4b0162c043afff2

Emily Spicer. "Rip it Up: Paper, Politics and Power," Elephant magazine, March 8, 2018: https://elephant.art/power-on-the-page/

Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/art-2/radical-love-female-lust-arab-muslim-artists/

Sarah Sharp, Tool Book. Brooklyn, NY: ToolBooks, 2017, pp. 106 – 111.

Farley, Michael Anthony. “NSFW GIF of the Hump Day: Nadine Faraj,” Art F City,

October 5, 2016, http://artfcity.com/2016/10/05/nsfw-gif-of-the-hump-day-nadine-

faraj/

Farley, Michael Anthony. “This Week’s Must-See Art Events: An Overdue Eclipse of

Male Artists,” Art F City, October 3, 2016. http://artfcity.com/2016/10/03/this-weeks-must-see-art-events-an-overdue-eclipse-of-male-artists/

Faraj, Nadine. Nadine Faraj: Naked Revolt (New York City: Anna Zorina Gallery Press, 2016).

Faraj, Nadine. “Naked Revolt: artwork by Nadine Faraj,” in A Woman’s Thing Magazine, The Fight Issue, no. 10 (Winter 2016-17). Cover image and images on pages 4-9.

Frank, Priscilla. “Inspired By Erotic Arabic Poetry, Women Artists Depict Radical Love,” The Huffington Post Canada, Arts and Culture, February 7, 2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arab-erotic-poetry-women-art_us_5894f58de4b0c1284f260615

Saltz, Jerry. Are There Banner Works of Art On Instagram? Vulture, December 2, 2014. http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/saltz-great-instagram-art.html

Zevitas, Steven T., Ed. New American Paintings, no. 123 (April/May 2016): 17, 52-55.

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