Born in Lebanon, in 1982, Magda Malkoun is currently living and working between Dubai and Beirut. Magda is a self-taught, multi-faceted artist who combines her interest in photography and sculpture in her artworks. Being exposed to varying cultures and art styles throughout her long journey away from home, she uses different types of material and texture not only as tools to paint with, but also to create forms. Magda’s body of work encompasses a series of figurative and abstract art inspired by the conflicts and the bonds one create with the places, events and faces encountered while in displacement. Her contemporary work is recognizable with her signature style organized by photo collages to form various abstract portraits. Magda’s majority of work was acquired in the homes of art enthusiasts and collectors in Beirut, Dubai, Ajman, and France. Her work is alsoshown in Ajman Museum as part of their permanent collection. Malkoun won the Best Emerging artist award in Word Art Dubai 2021 amongst 250 exhibiting artists from across the globe. . Her work has been featured in several magazines like Elle Decoration, Gallery Magazine and Laha Magazine.
KEY EXHIBITIONS
Oct 2022, Artists of Beirut Collective Pop up show, ‘A Sweet Fantasy’, Rebirth Beirut, Gemmayze, Lebanon
June 2022 , Artists of Beirut Collective Pop up Show Season Three, ‘Daydreams’, Arthaus, Beirut, Lebanon.
May 2022, Collective exhibition, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
April 2022, Vellum/LA NFT Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
March 2022, ART Dubai Digital, Morrow Collective, Dubai,UAE
March 2022, “Gateway to The Metaverse”, House of Wisdom Morrow, Sharjah, UAE
March 2022, UNESCO x Ajman University, Art Camp, Ajman, UAE www.magdamalkoun.com
SELECTED ARTWORKS
‘Retrospective’, Mixed media on canvas:collage paper, acrylic paint, sand and spray paint, 200 x 130 cm, 2022
