{"id":7521,"date":"2025-02-28T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalstoneisbetter.com\/najla-el-zein\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T17:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:06:45","slug":"najla-el-zein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalstoneisbetter.com\/en\/najla-el-zein\/","title":{"rendered":"Najla El Zein"},"content":{"rendered":"

Present<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Lives and works in Amsterdam<\/p>\n

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2010\u20132019<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2008\u20132010<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2007<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Graduate of Ecole Camondo, Product design, Interior Architecture, Paris, France<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2001<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Ateliers de S\u00e8vres, Paris, France<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

1985<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Moves to Paris, France<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

1983<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Born in Beirut, Lebanon<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Public Collections<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Awards<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2025<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

AD100 Middle East<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2024<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dia-Al-Azzawi Prize for Public Art, Tamayouz Excellence Award<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Us, Her, Him, awarded, 2024\u20132025<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Institut du Monde Arabe<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Group of Five, finalist, Arab World Design Award<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dezeen Awards,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Us, Her, Him, finalist, Installation Design<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Selected Exhibitions<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2025<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Biennale Design Rotterdam, group show \u2013 Rotterdam, NL<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2024<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Friedman Benda, solo show \u2013 Opacity, Transparency, and Everything in Between<\/i>, New York, NY<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Friedman Benda, group show \u2013 Transcendence<\/i>, New York, NY<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Doha Design Biennale, group show \u2013 Doha, QA<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jessica Silverman Gallery, group show \u2013 Enthroned<\/i>, San Francisco, CA<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2023<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chatsworth House, group show \u2013 Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth<\/i>, Derbyshire, UK<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2022<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Design Museum London, group show \u2013 Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924\u2013Today<\/i>, London, UK<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Public installation, permanent \u2013 Us, Her, Him<\/i>, Flag Plaza, Doha, QA<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Public installation, permanent \u2013 Her, Him<\/i>, National Museum Qatar, Doha, Qatar<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2019<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Friedman Benda, solo show \u2013 Transition<\/i>, New York, NY<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2018<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dallas Museum of Art, group show \u2013 Women + Design: New Works<\/i>, Dallas, TX<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2017<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

House of Today, group show \u2013 Jungle Protocol<\/i>, Beirut, LB<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2015<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Maison et Objet, group show \u2013 Precious<\/i>, Elizabeth Leriche, Paris, FR<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2014<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Beirut Exhibition Center, group show \u2013 Heartland \u2013 Territoire d\u2019affects<\/i>, Beirut, LB<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

House of Today, Naked<\/i>, Beirut, LB<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

SMO gallery, Around the Table<\/i>, Beirut, LB<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2013<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Victoria and Albert Museum, group show \u2013 The Wind Portal<\/i>, London, UK<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2012<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Boghossian Foundation, group show \u2013 Art is the Answer<\/i>, Brussels, BL<\/p>\n<\/div>

Learn more about her contemporary interpretation of stone in art:<\/p>\n<\/div>


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