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ABDEL NASSER AMER

391-43 Block G

Khan Younis, Gaza, PNA

972-599-788948

nasserart@hotmail.com

*	Objective:
	To further my career as an artist and attain international status by exhibiting my art in other countries. As a refugee living in a war-torn land, I seek to foster peace and understanding through my art.

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Employment History:

Head Artist, Red Crescent, Gaza Strip, June 1996 to the present

	Organize monthly exhibitions in the Red Crescent branches of both the Gaza Strip and West Bank
	Founder of the Red Crescent branch in Gaza
	Organize daily workshops to train young artists
	Represent the Red Crescent in international exhibitions

Vice President, Association of Modern Artists, Gaza, Sept 1999 to the present

	Founder of the group which meets bi-monthly to train young artists and assist them in establishing their reputation in the community
	Organize joint exhibitions to promote the work of young artists

*	Personal Exhibitions:
	“Red”, French Cultural Center, Gaza,Naples,Ramalah, 2006
	“Where”, Abd Mohsen Qatan Institute, Ramallah, 2005
	Exhibition in Cultural Center of the Red Crescent, Cairo, Egypt, 2005
	Exhibition in International City of Art, Paris, France 2004
	Exhibition in Cultural Center of the Red Crescent, Cairo, Egypt, 2003
	Young Artist Gallery in Abd Mohsen Qatan Institute, Ramallah, 2002
	“Home”, Center of Culture and Free Thought, Khan Younis, 1998

*	Group Exhibitions:
	“Cactus”, French Cultural Center, Jerusalem-Ramallah-Gaza, 2005
	“Ten Artists from Gaza”, open exhibition showing in several cities in Southern France- present Maison de la Fontaine , , 2003
	“Six Artists”, French Cultural Center, Jerusalem-Nazareth-Bethlehem-Nablus, 2003-2004
	“Students of the Summer Academy” Amman, Jordan, 2003
	“Winter 2003”, French Cultural Center, Gaza, 2003
	“We Will Be”, Red Crescent, Gaza, 2001
	Exhibition in Ahmed Shawki Museum in the League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt, 2001