Leena NAMMARI
Leena NAMMARI
Born 1970 / Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
Nationality: Palestinian
Education
1977 – 1988 Friends Girls School, Rammallah, West Bank, Palestine
1988 – 1990 Scottish Highers Stevenson College for Further Education, Edinburgh, Scotland
1991 – 1994 1st Level, Registered General Nurse Lothian College of Nursing and Midwifery (now Napier University) Edinburgh, Scotland
1995 – 1996 Foundation Course Art&Design Telford College Edinburgh, Scotland
1996 – 2000 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Printmaking, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Scotland
Membership
2005 Holder WASP Open Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland
2009 2013 Member, Society of Scottish Artists (SSA), Edinburgh, Scotland
2010 – 2013 Elected Council Member, SSA
2014 Elected Professional Member, SSA
Small Projects (selected)
2012 – 2013 Book binding workshop, Glasgow College, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 Cells – Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, project and exposition in collaboration with the Roslin Institute
2009 – 2012 Project Language with Flowers – Stills, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh Printmakers. Collaborating with Jila Peacock, working with various groups, culminating in an open day of printing and disseminating skills.
Since 2009 participation in group exhibitions in Scotland, Poland, Slovakia, including Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibitions in Royal Scottish Academy building The Mound, Edinburgh Printmakers, WASP Open Studios, Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibitions.
Exhibitions (selected)
2015 Gallery One, Sirrieyh Street, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
2014 New Bridges 11:11, Nitra State Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia
2013 Distance Learning, British Ambassador´s Residence, Bratislava, Slovakia
Written Image, collaboration with poet Robert Crawford, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland
2012 Big print small print, Wroclaw, Poland
2011, 2012 9th, 10th Bridges, Piešťany, Slovakia
2009 INKUBATOR 2 – exhibition of Artists Books, Prints and Multiples Curated by David Faithfull – DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery
2006 hospital series: sleep well, in association with Functionsuite, Artlink, New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland
2005 Realized in collaboration with H. Waddington, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003, 2004 end of term Exhibition, George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, Scotland
She works in Edinburgh as a printmaking technician, master printer and printmaking educator at Edinburgh Printmakers workshop.
She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Contact: leena.nammari@gmail.com