1936 Born in Al Quds (Jerusalem), Palestine
EDUCATION
1961-63 Indiana University, Bloomington, Master of Fine Arts in Painting,
1959-60 Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Master of Art in Painting
1954-59 University of Cincinnati, Ohio, Bachelor of Science in Design
SELECTED ONE ARTIST SHOWS of static paintings
2004 Agial Gallery, Beirut.
2003 Internation Center of Bethlehem.
2001 Artim Gallery, Strasbourg, France.
2000 Skoto Gallery, New York.
2000 Sakakini Art Center, Ramallah, Palestine.
1999 Agial Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
1997 Galerie Atassi, Damascus, & Galerie le Pont, Aleppo.
1995 Darat Al-Funun, Amman, Jordan
1988 Tossan-Tossan Gallery, New York City (also in 1983).
1983 Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1978 Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York.
1972 Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
1971 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago.
PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTATIONS of kinetic paintings
1998 Lincoln Center, New York
1998 Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Philadelphia College of Art; Pennsylvania
1997 Sakakini Art Center, West Bank, Palestine
1997 Darat al funun, Amman, Jordan
1997 Galerie Atassi, Damascus, Syria
1997 Galerie le Pont, Aleppo, Syria
1995 Poetry Project, New York
1994 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York;
1993 & 1994 FISEA (Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art) Minneapolis then Philadelphia.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2006 Made in Palestine, The Bridge gallery, New York.
2005 Made in Palestine, SomArts, San Francisco.
2004 Stop The Wall, 5th Arts Against the Occupation, Chikyudo Gallery, Tokyo
2003 Made In Palestine, The Station, Houston, Texas
2002 The 13th Afro-Asian, Latin-American Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum
sponsored by JAALA Japan AfroAsian latin American Artists Association
2002 Williamsburg Bridges Palestine 2002 Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, New York
2001 Rhythms from Palestine Musee du Chateau Dufresne, Montreal
2001 Abstract Image Makers Bradley University, Illinois
1999 World Artists at the Millenium Elizabeth Foundation, UN lobby, NYC
1994 Forces of Change, National Museum of women, Washington, DC
1991 Digitized and Manipulated, Sangre De Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
1990-91 Hilo International Exhibition, Works on Paper, Univ. of Hawaii
1977 Contemporary American Printmaking, Indiana University Art Museum
1977 Group Show, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York City
1975 Recent Acquisitions, Guggenheim Museum, New York City
1973 American Drawing, Yale University Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
SELECTED PUBLISHED PAPERS
Technology, Abstraction, and Kinetic Painting, FISEA PAPERS, November 1993, pgs 57-66
Pictures in Computer Medium, PROCEEDINGS of the 9th SCAN Conference, 1989, pgs 100 to 105.
Nature, Reality and Abstract Picturing, Leonardo, Volume 20, issue 3, 1987
BOOK Liberation Art of Palestine, 85 pages, 2003, H.T.T.B. Publications
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Alternative Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, The British Museum, Detroit Institute of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Fort Wayne Museum of art, The Guggenheim Museum, Indiana University Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Institute Du Monde Arab, Mead Art Museum, Memphis State University, Michigan State University Museum, The National Museum of women in the Arts, Nelson Rockhill Gallery of Art, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm springs, Sioux City Art Center, Speed Art Museum, Tamarind Institute, University of Michigan, Yale University Gallery
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Samia Halaby by Jonathan Goodman, Arts Magazine, May 1988, page 89
Reviews, Arts Magazine: Jan 1984, pgs 45-55; Sept 1978, pgs 44 & 45; May/June 1973, pa 74.
TEACHING
1997 BeirZeit University, Palestine;
.......Visiting artist for 3 weeks.
1989-91 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York;
.......Ajunct Professor part time.
1990 University of South Florida, Tampa;
.......Visiting Professor for one semester.
1985-86 University of Hawai;
.......visiting Artist.
1972-82 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut:
.......Visiting Lecturer 1972-73;
.......Associate Professor 1973-76;
.......Associate Professor Adjunct 1976-82.
1969-72 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana;
.......Associate Professor.
1967-69 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
.......Assistant Professor.
1966 University of Hawaii Summer Session, Honolulu;
.......Visiting Lecturer.
1964-66 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri;
.......Assistant Professorbr
1963-64 University of Hawaii, Honolulu;
.......Instructor.
1962-63 Indiana University, Bloomington;
.......Teaching Assistant.
My Grandmother... The Town of Beisan... The Arab City of Jerusalem... Sabah Told Me... My Home in Yafa... Khader Told Me... Our Students... A Taxi Ride in Bethlehem... Written by Doctor Fathihe Saudi... Hasan Told Me... A Visit to Kafr Qasem...The Massacre at Kafr Qasem (not yet ready)...Art for Kafr Qasem (not yet ready)
Tayseer Barakat, painter... Rana Bishara, painter and installation artist... Sari Khouri, painter... Vera Tamari, ceramist and painter... Adnan Yahya, painter and graphic artists...