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Artist: Doris Bittar
Doris Bittar was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1959. However, shortly after her birth her parents moved back to their hometown of Lebanon. They lived in Lebanon until the time of the Lebanese Civil War, when the family immigrated to New York. Doris attended a high school in New York, graduated from State University of New York in 1981 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts, and earned her Masters of Fine Arts from UCSD in 1993.
Bittar is heavily influenced by her Middle Eastern heritage and her Arab-American identity. Much of her work is seen as a collaboration between both of her identities, exploring both conflict and peace. Bittar often uses pattern, as she states that patterns are a cultural DNA that move and change in partnership with how humans do. She uses different mediums such as canvas, linen, video, collage, photographs, as well as engaging in interactive installations.
Doris is an avid supporter of justice, peace, and civil rights which is why she is the Southern California Organizer for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, actively fighting for the voices of Arab-Americans.
“Bittar’s publications include essays ranging from political commentary and art to poetry and fiction. Her seminal essay, Inside Arabic Calligraphy from Alif to Zaha provides tools on how to “read” Arabic calligraphy as architectural spaces. Mizna’s experimental issue published Bittar’s Colonial Colonnade poetry in January 2022. Bittar taught for 25 years at universities in Southern California and was a visiting scholar at NYU in 2017.”
Reference
www.dorisbittar.com/bio
Doris Bittar. (n.d.). Retrieved February 5, 2022, from https://www.dorisbittar.com/
U.S. Department of State. (n.d.). Doris Bittar. Art in Embassies. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://art.state.gov/personnel/doris_bittar/
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