Najla El Zein

Present – Lives and works in Amsterdam

 

2010–2019 – Lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon

2008–2010 – Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2007 – Graduate of Ecole Camondo, Product design, Interior Architecture, Paris, France

2001 – Ateliers de Sèvres, Paris, France

1985 – Moves to Paris, France

1983 – Born in Beirut, Lebanon


 

Public Collections

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK


 

Awards

2025

AD100 Middle East

2024

Dia-Al-Azzawi Prize for Public Art, Tamayouz Excellence Award

Us, Her, Him, awarded, 2024–2025

Institut du Monde Arabe

Group of Five, finalist, Arab World Design Award

Dezeen Awards,

Us, Her, Him, finalist, Installation Design


 

Selected Exhibitions

2025

Biennale Design Rotterdam, group show – Rotterdam, NL

2024

Friedman Benda, solo show – Opacity, Transparency, and Everything in Between, New York, NY

Friedman Benda, group show – Transcendence, New York, NY

Doha Design Biennale, group show – Doha, QA

Jessica Silverman Gallery, group show – Enthroned, San Francisco, CA

2023

Chatsworth House, group show – Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, UK

2022

Design Museum London, group show – Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924–Today, London, UK

Public installation, permanent – Us, Her, Him, Flag Plaza, Doha, QA

Public installation, permanent – Her, Him, National Museum Qatar, Doha, Qatar

2019

Friedman Benda, solo show – Transition, New York, NY

2018

Dallas Museum of Art, group show – Women + Design: New Works, Dallas, TX

2017

House of Today, group show – Jungle Protocol, Beirut, LB

2015

Maison et Objet, group show – Precious, Elizabeth Leriche, Paris, FR

2014

Beirut Exhibition Center, group show – Heartland – Territoire d’affects, Beirut, LB

House of Today, Naked, Beirut, LB

SMO gallery, Around the Table, Beirut, LB

2013

Victoria and Albert Museum, group show – The Wind Portal, London, UK

2012

Boghossian Foundation, group show – Art is the Answer, Brussels, BL

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Najla El Zein

Present – Vive e lavora ad Amsterdam

2010–2019 – Vive e lavora a Beirut, Libano

2008–2010 – Vive e lavora a Rotterdam, Paesi Bassi

2007 – Diploma all’Ecole Camondo, Product design, Interior Architecture, Parigi, Francia

2001 – Ateliers de Sèvres, Parigi, Francia

1985 – Si trasferisce a Parigi, Francia

1983 – Nasce a Beirut, Libano


Collezioni pubbliche

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar

Victoria and Albert Museum, Londra, UK


Premi

2025

AD100 Middle East

2024

Dia-Al-Azzawi Prize for Public Art, Tamayouz Excellence Award

Us, Her, Him, awarded, 2024-2025

Institut du Monde Arabe

Group of Five, nalist, Arab World Design Award

Dezeen Awards,

Us, Her, Him, nalist, Installation Design


Mostre selezionate

2025

Biennale Design Rotterdam, mostra collettiva – Rotterdam, NL

2024

Friedman Benda, mostra personale – Opacity, Transparency, and Everything in Between, New York, NY

Friedman Benda, mostra collettiva – Transcendence, New York, NY

Doha Design Biennale, mostra collettiva – Doha, QA

Jessica Silverman Gallery, mostra collettiva – Enthroned, San Francisco, CA

2023

Chatsworth House, mostra collettiva – Mirror Mirror: Reections on Design a Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Regno Unito

2022

Design Museum London, mostra collettiva – Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924-Today, London, UK

Installazione pubblica, permanente – Us, Her, Him, Flag Plaza, Doha, QA

Installazione pubblica, permanente – Her, Him, National Museum Qatar, Doha, Qatar

2019

Friedman Benda, mostra personale – Transition, New York, NY

2018

Dallas Museum of Art, mostra collettiva – Women + Design: New Works, Dallas, TX

2017

House of Today, mostra collettiva – Jungle Protocol, Beirut, LB

2015

Maison et Objet, mostra collettiva – Precious, Elizabeth Leriche, Paris, FR

2014

Beirut Exhibition Center, mostra collettiva – Heartland – Territoire d’aects, Beirut, LB

House of Today, Naked, Beirut, LB

SMO gallery, Around the Table, Beirut, LB

2013

Victoria and Albert Museum, mostra collettiva – The Wind Portal, Londra, UK

2012

Boghossian Foundation, mostra collettiva – Art is the Answer, Bruxelles, BL

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