QASSIM HADDAD / Poetry and
LOBNA AL AMEEN / Painting
till January 22nd, 2009
Qassim Haddad is one of the greatest Arab poets of the present, and Lobna Al
Ameen is a paintress since 20 years. Both artists are from the Kingdom of Bahrain
and show how close can be poetry and painting. In the presence of the Ambassador
of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Ahmed Yousif Mohamed Aldoseri, Qassim Haddad recited
to the opening verses of his poetry.
Qassim Haddat
Born in Bahrain in 1948.
Founding member of the Association of Writers in Bahrain (AWB) in 1969
Editor in chief of "Kalimat", a literary journal of AWB
Awarded the Lebanese Cultural Forum award in Paris , 2001, and Sultan Al Owais
award in UAE in the field of poetry in 2002.
Founding member of "Awal Theatre" in Bahrain
He has personal home page in internet www.qhaddad.com
Founder of "jehat Alshir" (the direction of poetry) web site in 1994
(www.jehat.com)
In 2008 Received a grant of literary from Künstlerprogramm des
(DAAD)Artists-in-Berlin Programme to reside in Berlin for one year.
Literary work:
Good Omen, Beirut, 1970, Exodus of Hussain's Head from the Traitorous Cities,
Beirut 1972, The Second Blood, Beirut, 1975, The Heart of Love, Beirut, 1980,
Theatre in Bahrain, Experience and Horizon, Bahrain, 1980, Resurrection, Beirut,
1980, Splinters, Beirut, 1982, Relating, Beirut, 1982, Alnahrawan, Bahrain, 1983,
The shields (jointly with Ameen Saleh) Morocco, 1989 - Damascus, 2004, Walking
Guarded with Ibexes, London, 1990, Solitude of the Queens, Bahrain, 1992,
Critique of hope, Beirut, 1995, The Story of Majnoon Layla (jointly with Deya
Azzawi) Bahrain, London, 1996, Not by this Way nor by the other, Kuwait 1997,
Qassim's Grave, Bahrain, 1997, All poetry issues (2 books) Beirut, 2000, Having a
share of Passion, Beirut 2000, Treatment of distance, Tunisia 2000, Beirut, 2002,
The Impossible Blue, (jointly with photographer Saleh Alazaz.) Text translated to
English and French., Singapore 2001, The workshop of hope, Beirut, 2004, Cairo,
2007, The sorceress woke me up, Beirut 2004, Oh wolf, how beautiful you are,
Beirut, 2006, You are not someone's guest, Beirut 2007, Fascination of the
question, Beirut, 2008
Lobna Al Ameen - Bahrain
Solo Exhibitions: ABWAB , Bahrain Arts Society, Bahrain,1999, Ashtar Gallery
Damascus, 2000, Music on the Terrace, Bahrain Arts Society, Bahrain, 2003, Gallery
Europa Paris, 2005, Salute to Ebrahim Alorrayed UNESCO, Paris, 2008
Group Exhibitions: Number of group exhibitions for the benefit of charitable
organizations in Bahrain since, 1989, 3rd Egyptian International Print Triennale -
Cairo, 1999, 5th Triennale Mondine D'estampes 2000, Four Bahraini Artists, at Dar
Al Bareh Gallery, Bahrain, October 2000, 8th International Cairo Biennale, 2001,
Sharjah Biennale , 2001, Bahrain Cultural week, Kuwait 2001, Bahrain annual arts
exhibition, Bahrain , December 2000, 2001 ,2002 ,2003 .2004, 2005, 2008, Four
artists from Bahrain , at Dar Alanda Gallery, Amman 2002, Four artists from Bahrain
at Galerie am Berg, Konigslutter, Germany 2002, Galeria Lorizen, Paris , May 2002,
First international biennale of mini prints ? Tatovo , Macedonia , 2002, Arts
exhibition in support of the Palestinians people, Amman 2002, 3rd International
Small Engraving Exhibition, Cermona - Italy 2002, etching & printing
exhibition, Bahrain Arts Society, Bahrain , 2003, One Composition and four
directions (1st) , at Dar Albareh Art Gallery , Bahrain, 2003, About the Place
exhibition, at the Frank Welkenhuysen Gallery in Utrecht, Holland ,2003, 9th Cairo
International Biennale, 2003, EMMAR international art symposium, DUBAI, UAE, 2004,
Bahrain - Assilah Arts & culture Forum, Bahrain, April 2004, One Composition
and four directions (2nd) , at Dar Alkoufah , London ,2004, Assilah Forum , Morocco
,2004, 2X20 at Fatih Almudares Gallery - Damascus,2005, Celebration of the women
international day , Alsayed Gallery - Damascus,2005, Celebrating Kuwait liberation
day,Kuwait fine art society - Kuwait , 2005 In place of soul , Bahrain fine art
society - Bahrain,2005, Joint exhibition with painters from Bahrain , Algezeera art
centre - Cairo,2005, Annual exhibition of the Bahrain fine art society - Bahrain,
2005, Solo exhibition - Europia Gallery- Paris - 2005, Joint exhibition with
painters from Bahrain, Dublin, Ireland, 2005, One composition and four directions
(3rd) - Albareh Gallery - Bahrain, 2005, Bahrain Embassy at Paris, national day
exhibition, 2005, One composition and four directions (4th) - four walls, Jordan,
2006, July 06 exhibition- Europia Gallery- Paris, 2006, Claude Lemand Gallery-
Paris, 2006, Joint exhibition- Europia Gallery - Paris, 2007, Joint exhibition -
UNISCO Paris, 2007, Art lounge, banyan tree, Bahrain, 2008, Contemporary Art Of
Bahrain, Art Center Berlin, 2008