Chez Panisse Print

BIO Amalia Mourad (b. 1992) was raised in Berkeley, California. Mourad uses the figure and portraiture to explore issues of gender, alienation, trauma, and desire. In 2013, Mourad graduated with a painting major from the College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara. In 2016, Mourad obtained an MFA Fine Arts degree from SVA in New York. After graduating she co-founded the artist collective Fruit Exchange Studios in Brooklyn. Mourad has shown her work in New York, California, Miami, Montreal, Madrid, Berlin, and Lisbon and been represented at art fairs such as PULSE and Spring Break Art Show. Mourad has participated in four artist residencies: Espositivo (Madrid, 2017) PADA Studios (Barreiro, 2020 & 2022), and Zaratan (Lisbon, 2022). She has had two solo shows in Lisbon, Roots in the Unknown (PADA Studios, 2020) and Iron Age (Zaratan, 2023). Her work has been featured in numerous publications including as a Noteworthy artist in New American Paintings. Mourad lived in Berlin from 2018-2022 where she showed her work in various galleries and learned German. In addition to her visual art practice, Mourad has curated shows and acted in several professional plays as part of the acclaimed Ragged Wing Ensemble, and studied classical guitar for twelve years.