Ginane Makki Bacho

Ginane Makki Bacho received a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Painting from Pratt Institute, New York (1987), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Lebanese American University, Beirut (1982).

Her recent solo exhibitions include ArtCircle, Beirut (2010); Agial Art Gallery, Beirut (2004); and a retrospective of her works at the French Cultural Center, Beirut (2005). Group exhibitions include Fa Gallery, Kuwait (2012); Beirut Art Center (2009); the Lebanese Association of Artists and Sculptors in Beirut (2013, 2012, 2010, 2009); the Biennale Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria (2008); and Sursock Museum, Beirut (2006).

Her work is included in numerous public and private collections, including the Centre Culturel Français, Beirut; the Museum of Digne-les-Bains; Cabo Frio Museum, Rio de Janeiro; the Arab League, Washington DC; the Hariri Foundation, Washington DC; and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria.

She is also known for her artist books, including Face to Face, the Artist as Woman and Mother (1985), Ginane, Diary of a Woman (1986), Extraordinary People (1998), and Dichotomie en Blanc et Noir (2009).