Nadine Abou Zaki has a PhD in Philosophy from Sorbonne-Paris IV and a BA in Political Sciences from the American University of Beirut. She was trained at the sculpting studios of the artists Aref Rayess, Mona Saoudi and Sami Rifai.

Activities

- Sculptor
- Al Hasnaa Editor-in-Chief
- Founder and Executive Chair of the New Arab Woman Forum (NAWF)

Individual Exhibitions

2008 - Et je m’envole (And I fly off), Surface Libre, Lebanon
2004 - L’Un regarde, l’autre agit (One contemplates, the other acts), Espace SD, Lebanon
2002 - Tours du Silence (Towers of Silence), Espace SD, Lebanon.

Collective Exhibitions

2011 - 2012 - Afaq exhibition, Lebanon
2009 - 2011 - Art Book Festival, UNESCO, Lebanon
2008 - Emaar International Art Symposium, Dubai
2004 - XXIVème Salon d’Automne, Sursock Museum, Lebanon
2003 - Sculpture in Lebanon, UNESCO, Lebanon
2003 - Mechref Sculpture Symposium, Lebanon
2001 - Across Lebanon, Lebanon
2001 - Dialogue des cultures, Espace SD, Lebanon
1999 - 2002 - Aley International Art Symposium, Lebanon

Public Monuments

2010 - Le Jardin du dialogue (The Garden of Dialogue)- Five sculptures in stone conceived and realized at the occasion of Beirut World Book Capital.
2009 - Installed in front of the French Cultural Center, Damascus Street,Beirut.
2009 - Monumental sculpture installed in front of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Sanayeh Street, Beirut.
2002 - Le Voyageur (The traveler)- Monumental sculpture conceived and made for the Ministry of Tourism is installed in front of its premises in Hamra Street, Beirut.

Awards

2009 - The 4th International Secular Award (Prix International de la laïcité), Paris
2009 - Represented Lebanon for sculpture at the 6th Francophone Games (6ièmes Jeux de la Francophonie), Beirut.
2005 - Represented Lebanon for sculpture at the 5th Francophone Games (5ièmes Jeux de la Francophonie), Niger.
2000 - The first international poetry prize on the occasion of the United Cities of the World, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Hosted as a Speaker in International Conferences

2008 - V-Day to the Tenth, New Orleans, USA.
2008 - Transmission des cultures et du dialogue interculturel à travers le rôle de la femme, Paris.
2008 - Love in Digital Islam, Asturias, Spain
2006 - V-Day Festival, Women in Conflict Zones, New York
2005 - Women, Dissidence and Creativity, Cairo, Egypt

Published Books

2012 - De femme à homme (L’Harmattan Edition, Paris)
2010 - Le Lieu et le corps /Al Makan wal Jasad (L’Harmattan Edition, Paris)
2006 - Introduction aux Épîtres de la Sagesse (L’Harmattan Edition, Paris)