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Doris Naffah, BA is an Artist, Graphic Designer and Illustrator born in Caracas, Venezuela
to Lebanese parents. She started painting, developing her personal technique of batik and mixed media on paper, and showing her work in group exhibitions, right after she moved
to the Caribbean island, Margarita. Since 2000, she has lived in Philadelphia, Orlando,
and is now based in Seattle. Her vibrant paintings can be found in private collections in Venezuela, Mexico, USA and Canada.

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Recent Works, First Thursday at KSI Architecture & Planning, Seattle, WA, USA
2005 Memories Alive, Gainesville Art Walk, Wild Iris Books, Gainesville, FL, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Medial 2 Art Biennial, Art Addiction Medial Museum, London, UK
2006 Orlando Opera Guild Designer's Show House, Orlando, FL, USA
2006 Realms of Expression, Agora Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY, USA
2005 Her Story: Women through the Ages, A.R.T. Annual Art Contest Exhibition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
2002 Benefit Auction Moonstone School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1999 Leaving Prints, Nueva Cádiz Museum, La Asunción, Margarita, Venezuela
1999 Collective, Rattan Arte Plaza, Porlamar, Margarita, Venezuela
1999 Between Two Islands, Hotel Isla Bonita, Pedro González, Margarita, Venezuela
1999 Plastic Cartography, Nueva Cádiz Museum, La Asunción, Margarita, Venezuela
1999 The Coffee, Venezuelan tradition, Pampatar, Margarita, Venezuela
1998 Laconic Visions, San Carlos Borromeo Castle, Pampatar, Margarita, Venezuela
1995 Everybody, Coleccionarte Gallery, Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela
1994 Bazar of the Arts, Marina Bay Hotel, Porlamar, Margarita, Venezuela
Awards
2005 Favorite Piece Award at the A.R.T. Annual Art Contest, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
2007 Diploma of Excellence - Honorable Award, Medial 2 Art Biennial, Art Addiction Media Museum, London UK
Education
B.A., Graphic Design,1983, Instituto de Diseño Newman, Caracas, Venezuela
1986 Certificate in Teaching Training: Basic Elements of Instructional Design, Inst. Universitario A. J. de Sucre; Caracas, Venezuela
1984-86 Continuing Education Program: Drawing and Illustration Techniques, Instituto de Diseño Newman, Caracas, Venezuela
2001-2002 Figurative Drawing, Fleisher Art Memorial Institute, Philadelpia, PA, USA