Artists Registry
Atlanta GA United States
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Artist's Statement
Statement of Work
Paradise built on the bones of the slaughtered
As a Syrian citizen, Mousa was influenced by three religions in perpetual inter-conflict:
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. This mixed-media sculpture made of the burned
remains of the Bible, Koran, and Torah illustrates Mousa’s disenfranchisement with
religion. While those three religions all share the same God, and profess to preach
tolerance and mutual respect, they’re more notable today for their mutual antagonism, ill
will, and violent acts. The burning tomes enact a kind of cleansing ritual, in which selfreflection
about faith and mutual responsibility is the hopeful end-result.
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Future Exhibits
American Landscape, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn Michigan Nov 2017 –April 2018
Museum of Modern Art, Moscow 2019 (Pending)
Veil Of Ignorance, Civil and Human Rights Museum, Atlanta Ga, 2018 (Pending)
Publications
127 Pg Hard cover book Published 2016 by Skira “Itlay
Nabil Mousa “Breaking The Chains”
Critic Reviews
Charles A. Riley
John Cauman
Exhibits & Shows
Veil Of Ignorance, Salamatina Gallery, Atlanta GA November 2016
Mousa Retrospective, Salamatina Gallery, October-November 2015
ArtPrize®
Seven, International Art Competition, Grand Rapids Michigan, September/October 2015
Dreams Group Show, Salamatina 874 Project, May 2015
Art Wynwood Miami, Salamatina Gallery, February 2014
Judgement Day 911, Co-Creative with public, Mattress Factory February 2012
Judgement Day 911, Co-Creative with public, Mattress Factory January 2012
Coming Together, Group show, B complex, Atlanta GA May 2011
Longing, Group show, StudioPlex, Atlanta GA July 2011
Lost In Translation, Solo show, Buckhead Plaza, Atlanta GA August 2011
The Road to Equality, GLAAD, solo show, Fenuxe Magazine, Atlanta, GA July 2010
Catwalk Meets Canvas, Art Partners – High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA January 2010
Mattress Factory Lofts, Art Partners – High Museum of Art, Group exhibit, Atlanta GA Oct 2009
To the Trade, group exhibit, Atlanta, GA. April 2009
Convergence, two-person exhibit, StudioPlex, Atlanta, GA. June 2009
Perspective, three-person show, The Granite Room, Atlanta, GA, June 2009
Design to Sell, HGTV. Work featured in homebuyer show, June 2008
PREVIOUS SHOWS
Colors of My Heritage: Paintings by Nabil Mousa, Alif Institute, Atlanta, GA
Positive Impact, solo show, Dakota Blue, Atlanta, GA
Diversity and Equality, GLAAD, solo show, Atlanta, GA
Memories, solo show, The Granite Room, Atlanta, GA
Chasing a Dream, solo show at the artist’s home, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Artists Center, group juried exhibits, Atlanta, GA
COLLECTIONS
GLAAD, New York
Alif Institute, Atlanta
Buckhead Club, Atlanta
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, Atlanta
Numerous private collections
Media & Press
American Art Collector January 2017
Art Voices Magazine - Fall 2015
NPR, Grand Rapids MI - 2015
MLive.com - October 2015
Calvin College – Chimes – October 2015
ArtNet News – September 2015
Fox 17 – Grand Rapids – Multiple TV Interviews - September 2015
11 Alive – Atlanta – TV Interview – September 2015
WZZM 13 ABC – Grand Rapids – TV Interview – September 2015
Grnow.com – September 2015
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting, Art Café, August 2015
Decatur Dispatch, Mousa: A New Americana, July 2015
Brookhaven Buzz, Mousa: A New Americana, July 2015
NPR, 90.1 Atlanta GA June 27, 2013
Drop Dead Diva, Life Time network, 8 paintings showcased in season 4 episode 3
Creative Loafing, Middle Easter artist to paint Mural in memory of 9/11 January 2012
East Atlanta Patch, A conversation with Nabil Mousa January 2012
GA Voice, Arab artist to create 9/11 mural January 2012
Fenuxe Magazine, featured story & front cover July 1, 2010 Atlanta GA
Design Wars 5 painting featured in the TV show