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{Short Biography}
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Doris Bittar is a visual artist whose work appears in the collections of the [http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org Arab American National Museum] in Dearborn, MI; Bank of Sharjah, UAE; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA; and the San Diego Museum of Art. She received a BFA from SUNY at Purchase and a MFA from University of California, San Diego. Bittar teaches at Cal State San Marcos and owns Protea Gallery in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego.
==Artist Statement==
==Artist Statement==
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{Description of the
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From Doris Bittar's website:
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"I am a multi-disciplinary
artist
who closely follows history and intertwines it with pattern and decorative structures. In part, my art tests a pattern
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veracity to see if it may act as an identifying unit of culture, which I call cultural DNA. Also, because the word 'decorum' is related to the word 'decoration,' I wonder if decoration may be a code for behavior, for how a room should be organized to spur dialogue? Could pattern and decoration be animated into lattices or structures that guide and bridge?
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"I was born in Baghdad, Iraq of Lebanese parents. A year later my parents returned to Lebanon. Just ahead of the Lebanese civil war, we immigrated to New York. I graduated from a high school that imprinted me with a curiosity to bridge differences between people. After graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase I worked as a union organizer for five years. My husband and I settled in southern California where we have raised two sons. My Arabic identity began to reveal itself and influence my art making as significant events in the Middle East unfolded - seemingly without respite. I received my Masters of Fine Arts at the University of California, San Diego in 1993, and began to exhibit, teach, and write. In 2005 we moved to Beirut during dramatic political shifts. I currently teach in the Visual Arts department at California State University San Marcos, travel to gather the “stuff” for new projects,
work
with civil rights organizations, and write."<ref>http://www.dorisbittar.com/DB-02-Bio.html</ref>
==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
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{Solo and
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Selected
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* 25 Years of Arabic Creativity, October 15 – February 3, 2013, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France.
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* Political Patterns, October 20 – December 23, 2011, IFA Gallery (Institute for Foreign Cultural Exchange), Stuttgart, Germany and July 7 – October 3, 2011, IFA Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
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* Infinite Mirror, Venues: Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, January 25, 2013 – March 24, 2013; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana, May ‐July 2012; University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland, January 30 – April 8, 2012; Thorne‐Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, New Hampshire, Sept. 9 – Nov. 10, 2011; Syracuse University Art Galleries, January 25, 2011 ‐ March 20, 2011, Syracuse, New York.
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* Aftermath, 25th Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries, Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts, December 15, 2009 – January 30, 2010, Alexandria, Egypt.
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* Tec Tang Tarab, Leveled: An Interactive Experiment in Art, August 14 – December 31, 2010, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California.
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* Sharjah Biennial 9, March 22‐ May 22, 2009, Sharjah Museum of Art, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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* Soap Story: Ravenna and Beirut, Ninapi Gallery, March 22 – May 2, 2008, Ravenna, Italy.
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* Doris Bittar, Qisas Al Finjan/Coffee Stories, Athenaeum, Music & Arts, Feb. 16– Mar. 22, 2008, La Jolla, California.
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* Stripes and Stars, Paintings by Doris Bittar, Frank Pictures Gallery, Oct. 14 – Nov. 14, 2007, Santa Monica, California.
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* Jusour Wa Kusour: Doris Bittar 1989‐2007 Retrospective, February 11 – April 1, 2007, Oceanside Museum, California.
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* Piece Process 4: After Lebanon, March 22 – April 22, 2007, Hartnett Gallery, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
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* In/Visible: Contemporary Art by Arab Americans, May 19‐Oct. 30, 2005, Arab American Nat’l Museum, Dearborn, MI.
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* Somewhere Elsewhere, October 19 – November 28, 2004, Worth Ryder Gallery, Univ. of California, Berkeley,
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* The Wandering Ishmael, November 16 – December 15, 2000, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California.
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* Lebanese Linen, Doris Bittar, January 15 ‐ February 13, 1999, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California.
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* Substituting “Rasquachismo for Mimesis,” Sept. 20–Oct. 19, 1996, spot, New York, New York.
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* Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program exhibit, June 8, 1996, New York, New York.
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* Artists' View: the Arab World, September 7 – October 20, 1995, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.
==Publications==
==Publications==
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===Feature Articles===
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* The Islamic Milieu, Al Jadid 2004 - introduces an alternate perspective to evaluating “Islamic” art based on its ties to ancient, tribal, biblical, scientific and Byzantine traditions.
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* "Arabic Calligraphy,” DIWAN 2007, Arab American National Museum - shows how Calligraphy’s architectonic structure creates spatial realms.
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* Nationalism Among Nations: the Palestinian Pavilion in Venice, Muraqqa 2009 - evaluates the Palestinian Pavilion’s evolving participation in Venice and the world.
==Major Works==
==Major Works==
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==External links==
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[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Jul/10/doris-bittar-protea-gallery/ Article about Bittar
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Protea Gallery]
==References==
==References==