Maysaloun faraj biography sample

Maysaloun Faraj is an Iraqi-American London-based visual artist.  Born in the United States (1955) to Iraqi parents, Faraj spent the first 13 years of her life in the US and moved back to her motherland, Baghdad in 1968.  She attained a BSc degree in Architectural Engineering from Baghdad University (1978) then moved to London in 1982 where she furthered her art education.  Faraj works in a variety of media including painting, sculpture and ceramics.  Her work is in notable private and public collections including the British Museum, Rotterdam Wereld Museum, National Museum for Women in the Arts (USA), Jordan National Museum (Amman), Barjeel Art Foundation (UAE), Al-Mansouria Foundation (Paris), Aga Khan Foundation (Canada), Hussain  Harba Collection and important others.  In 1995 Faraj founded Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art / iNCiA (International Network for Contemporary I