Light into Dark Painting

Leila Kubba Kawash was born of a Swiss American mother and Iraqi father, she was educated in Baghdad; she went on to graduate with a National Diploma of Art and Design from the Manchester School of Art and Architecture in the U.K. and also studied for a period of five years at the Corcoran College of Art in Washington DC. As well as courses in printmaking and painting at St. Martins College in London. She has participated in several international exhibitions, including 24 solo exhibitions; at Leighton House in London, Magna Gallery in Athens, Atrium of International Monetary Fund and Alif Gallery in Washington DC, at the Cultural centers of the UAE in Abu Dhabi, and in Amman, Jordan, as well as touring exhibitions across the United States.Her works are in private and public collections internationally, including the British Museum, International Monetary Fund, Jordan National Gallery, Abu Dhabi Cultural Center, and Audi Bank, Beirut. Today she is the founder of Art Space Hamra in Beirut, Lebanon, where exhibitions for local and contemporary artists are held, as well as working creatively on her own paintings.