Shurooq Amin

Shurooq Amin is an Anglophone poet, a contemporary artist, a certified interior decorator, and a professor at Kuwait University. Her paintings can be found in private collections, and exhibited in Kuwait, Dubai, London, New York, Damascus, Cairo, Sweden, Sharjah, and soon, Switzerland. Her poetry has been published into two books to date, and in more than 30 literary journals across the globe. Her complete bio can be found on her website

First Kuwaiti to be nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize in December 2007 for her poem Framboise Fig and Bronze Nude, published in the Summer 2007 issue of DMQ Review.
Third place award for her poem The Other Wife from Perigee: Publication for the Arts poetry competition in 2007.
Honorable mention for her poem Mud-Roses in the Perigee: Publication for the Arts 2007 poetry contest.
PhD in Creative Writing from Warnborough University (specializing in Modern Poetry), 2007.
Masters Degree from Kent University, England, in Modern Literature, 1989.
BA in English Literature from Kuwait University, 1988.
Diploma in Interior Decorating from Thomson Education Direct, 2004.
Awarded the Amir Abdulreda Creative Prize for her paintings in February 2008 by the Kuwait Arts Association, Hawalli, Kuwait.
Awarded prize for her paintings in the 44th National Day and 14th Liberation Day Exhibition from the Kuwait Arts Association, Kuwait, in February 2005.
Awarded first prize for her painting in a national art competition in Kuwait, 1984.
Certificate of Merit for artwork presented at NES in 1980-1981.
Certificate of Appreciation for the First Kuwaiti Al-Khorafi Biennale in December 2004 from the Kuwait Arts Ass...

1977 - Participated in first group art exhibition at the Ahmed Al-Adwani exhibition hall in Dahiat Abdullah Al-Salem, Kuwait.
1994 - First solo exhibition at Ghadir Gallery in Salhiya, Kuwait.
1997 – May: Second solo art exhibition, entitled Faces, at Boushahri Gallery in Salmiya, Kuwait.
1997 – November: Third solo art exhibition at the Meridien Hotel in Kuwait City.
1999 - Fourth solo exhibition at The Art Shop gallery in Salhiya, Kuwait.
2002 – October: Fifth solo art exhibition at the Kuwait Arts Association, entitled Wind and Water, featuring forty large oil on canvas paintings based on the Chinese concept of Feng Shui.
2004 –December: Exhibited at the First Kuwaiti Al-Khorafi Biennale, Kuwait.
2005 -February: Exhibited at the 44th National Day and 14th Liberation Day Exhibition at the Kuwait Arts Association, Kuwait. Awarded the prize.
2007 – April: Exhibited at the opening ceremony of The Diplomatic Club in Bidaá, Kuwait.
2007 – December: Exhibited at the Kuwait Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Kuwait Arts Association.
2008 –January: Exhibited with other local artists in the General Contemporary Art Exhibition/Khalifa Al-Qattan Creative Award at the Kuwait Arts Association, Hawalli, Kuwait.
2008 – February...