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Karima Ben Otman
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Art Education


1996-1998   Fine Arts Diploma, Academy of Fine Arts, Brera. Milan, Italy.
1994-1995   The Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy.
1992-1994   The Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy.
1991              The Fine Arts course at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Canada.



Solo Exhibitions

​2018       Seascapes of the Soul, Wadi Finan Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2017       Solo exhibition at Blue Fig for the occasion of it's 17th. year inauguration, Amman, Jordan.
2017       Opening of the Rare Room, 314 Saint Andrew's st., Limassol, Cyprus.
2015       Solo 3D show at Galleri Sjohasten, Nykoping, Sweden. 
2014       An Invitation into my Imagination, Atelier K, Limassol, Cyprus.
2012       Opening Exhibition at Atelier K, Limassol, Cyprus.
2011        Karima Ben Otman at Zara Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2008       Solo at Dino’s Art Cafe’, Limassol, Cyprus.
2007       Solo at Dino’s Art Cafe’, Limassol, Cyprus.
2007       Permanent Exhibition at Psema, Art Boutique, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2006       Unique Expressions, George’s Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.
2004       Retrospective, Shell Headquarters, London, UK.
2004       The Evolution of Life, 195 Kings Road, London, UK.
2000       The Six Senses, Bluefig Cafe’, Amman, Jordan.
2000       The Face, Dar Alanda Cafe’, Amman, Jordan.
1999        Images of Today, Artist Studio, Amman, Jordan.
1997        Me, Myself and I, Spazio New Age, Milan, Italy.
1996        Reflections from the Past, Artist Studio, Limassol, Cyprus.
1993        Faces and Masks, Cabiria Cafe’, Florence, Italy.


 
Group Exhibitions
 
2018       Women in Art for Peace, European Committee of the Regions, Brussels, Belgium.
2018       Women in Art for Peace, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.
2018       Art Symposium exhibition for Arab artists, hosted by Qatar Fine Arts Association, Doha, Qatar.
2017       Women in art for peace, IPI MENA, Manama, Bahrain.
2016       Abolish Article 153, FA Gallery, Kuwait city, Kuwait.
2015       Art Monaco 2015, Montecarlo, Monaco. 
2014       Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2013       Group Art Exhibition, Lellos Art Point, Limassol, Cyprus.
2013       Valentine’s Art Date, Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2013       The Celebration of Love, Atelier K, Limassol, Cyprus.
2013       Ayia Napa Art Festival 2013, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2012       Ayia Napa Art Festival 2012, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2011        Ayia Napa Art Festival 2011, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2010       Open Studios, Katie Sabri Art Studio, Limassol, Cyprus.
2010      Ayia Napa Art Festival 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2009      Ayia Napa Art Festival 2009, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2009      Duo, Orosimo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2008      Ayia Napa Art Festival 2008, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2008      Hero Square Group Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus.
2008      Expressions and Inspirations, Toufexis Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2007      The International Florence Biennale 2007, Florence, Italy.
2007      Ayia Napa Art Festival 2007, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2006      Ayia Napa Art Festival 2006, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
2004      Made in Clerkenwell Summer 2004, London, UK.
2002-2003    Breaking the Veils: Women Artist for Islamic World – Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.
2002      From the Ocean to the Gulf and Beyond, The National Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2002      Between Legend and Reality, Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhus, Iceland.
2002      The Italian Inspiration, Four Walls Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2002      Contemporary Arab Artist, Zara Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
1997       Spazio New Age, Color Paradise, Milan, Italy.
1997       Annual Students Exhibition, Brera, Milan, Italy.
1994       Effetto Serra, Glashaus Gallery, Burgkirchen, Germany.
1994       End and Over, The Bologna Annual Art Fair, Bologna, Italy.
1993       Annual Students Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy.
1993       Harmony and the Mood, The Rex Gallery, Florence, Italy.



Commissioned Work
 
2012       Commissioned three large paintings for Ms. Elena Katsantonis.
2007      Commissioned art work painted door for Mrs. Angelica Michaelidis.
2003      Assigned to take artistic photographs of mosques around Europe, based on her feel for composition and color. Traveled to Spain, Gibraltar, Italy, France, Croatia, Bosnia, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium  and Scotland. Within six weeks she took over 3000 photographs. This work was commissioned by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of culture.
2002      Commissioned to paint 7 large paintings, the largest was 4m long vertically, for Mr. and Mrs. Mattar, Cairo, Egypt.
1999       Commissioned to paint a 3m x 5m wall mural for Mrs. Tulla. Limassol, Cyprus.
1997       Commissioned to paint a 4.5m x 8.5m external wall mural in Via di Amicis No.4 in the city center of Milan, as a live art performance that lasted for 12 hours, with the permission of the Municipality of Milan for the well-known Italian object designer Davide Mercatali.
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