Nabil Nahas

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Nabil Nahas (b. 1949, Lebanese) is renowned for his striking three-dimensional paintings that merge elements of geometry and nature. Born in Beirut, he spent his school years in Cairo and summer vacations in the mountains of Lebanon with his grandparents. He moved to the United States in 1969 to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Louisiana State University, followed by a Master of Fine Arts at Yale University in 1972. In 1973, Nahas settled in New York City, where he would spend the tumultuous years of the Lebanese Civil War. Returning to Lebanon for the first time in 1993, he now divides his time between New York and his homeland, drawing inspiration from the iconic trees of Lebanon—cedars, olives, and palms—that permeate his work. Nahas had his first solo show at the Robert Miller Gallery, NY in 1977. He later joined the Holly Solomon gallery in 1986 and has been showing with the Sperone Westwater gallery since 1997. Nahas has participated in prominent shows, such as the 25th Bienal de São Paulo (2002) and "Glasstress", a collateral event of the 54th Venice Biennale (2011). His work is housed in esteemed collections, including the Tate Modern in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha.