Palestinian artist Jeffar Khaldi was born in Lebanon, 1964. Following the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, he fled to the United States and graduated from the University of North Texas in 1992....
JEFFAR KHALDI, Palestine (1964)
Bio
Palestinian artist Jeffar Khaldi was born in Lebanon, 1964. Following the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, he fled to the United States and graduated from the University of North Texas in 1992. He later moved to Dubai, where he founded the B21 art gallery in 2005. In his works, Khaldi paints surrealist scenes inspired by his past experiences and his imagination, merging reality and fantasy to create a dream-like effect of nostalgia. He often depicts characters with distorted facial features using surreal colors amid imaginary backgrounds. His paintings also address the Palestinian cause, portraying the oppression of invasion and displacement. Khaldi lives and works in Dubai.
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CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
JEFFAR KHALDI | EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH, Foundry, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2015
Jeffar Khaldi: Uninhibited, Meem Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2011
Jeffar Khaldi - Throw your Symbols on the Wall, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Jeffar Khaldi: Remove the Invisible Blindfold, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2008
Jeffar Khaldi - With You, Without Ever Seeing You, John Martin Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Jeffar Khaldi, Desert Disco, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York City, United States
Jeffar Khaldi: Wish You Were Here, B21 Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
Zhivago Duncan and Jeffar Khald, Meem Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2015
How Green Was My Valley, Whitebox, New York City, United States
2013
Modern and Contemporary Art, Meem Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2012
Arab Express: The Latest Art from the Arab World, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Alienation, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2011
The State: Uppers & Downers: Works from The Farook Collection, Traffic, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Oriental Summer, Knust Kunz, Munich (Ludwigstrasse), Munich, Germany
2010
Told/Untold/Retold, Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
2009
Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
Espejismos (Mirages): Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa, Museo San Pedro de Arte, Puebla, Mexico
Cultivating the Desert, Wunderbox B.V., Amsterdam
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