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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024

Ibn Al Shatat: Witnessing Across Time & Place Solo Art Exhibition at Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, GA, October - November 2024

Imperfect Harmony Pulgram Gallery Art Exhibition Curated by Courtney Brooks Atlanta, GA, February- March 2024

& Yet Again & Again Dalton Gallery Art Exhibition Curated by Anna Carnes Decatur, GA, February- April 2024

Chroma Dreams Ajizo Gallery Art Show in Atlanta, GA, February 2024 

Who We Are: An Intersection of Imagination and Liberation Sewell Mill Cultural Center Art Exhibition Curated by Courtney Brooks Atlanta, GA, January - February 2024 

2024 Pin-Up Show Art Show ArtsXChange in Atlanta, GA, January 2024 


2023 

OLD FLAME  Art Exhibition at South River Arts Studios in Atlanta, GA, October 2023 

EngageMINT Art Exhibition at The Mint Gallery  in Atlanta, GA, June-July 2023

BEYOND THE SEEN Art Exhibition at The REK Gallery in Tucker, GA, April 2023 

SNAKES AND THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SNAKES Art Exhibition at South River Arts Studios, Atlanta, Ga, March-April 2023

WEELAUNEE FORREST BENEFIT SHOW Art Show at South Bend Commons, Atlanta, GA, February 2023


2022

ETHEREAL EXISTENCE Ajizo Gallery Art Show Curated By The Cosmic Roots Collective Atlanta, GA December 2022

TRANSCENDENT Dalton Gallery Inaugural Curated by Anna Carnes Decatur, GA September 2022 - December 2022

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Art Show Curated by Mack Colleen Atlanta, GA November 2022

ATL ABROAD: ETHIOPIA Art Show at Atmosphere 251 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Curated By Myers Justin. August 2022

EMMCDEE GALLERY Permanent collaborative installation art with Isabelle Romano at Underground Atlanta, GA August 2022 - Present 

A NIGHT OF CULTURE AND COMMEMORATION Art Show Curated by The Palestinian Youth Movement Atlanta Chapter Atlanta, GA July 2022

BIBLIOTECH Art Gallery at Bibliotech in Candler Park. Atlanta, GA October 2022- Present

GALLERY WALL AT WALLER’S COFFEE SHOP Permanent Gallery Wall Installation at Waller’s Coffee Shop. Decatur, GA July 2022 - Present

HOUS OF EXPRESSION Art and Poetry Show at Jazzy Juice Cafe. Lithonia, GA July 2022

TO HECK WITH IT Art and Music Show at Heck House. Curated by Layla Amar and Kyle Parrot. Decatur, GA March 2022

MASQUERADE Art Show at Georgia Beer Garden. Curated By Myers Justin. Atlanta, GA  March 2022

SELFIE WORLD Art Show at Emmcdee Gallery in Underground Atlanta. Curated By Myers Justin, Atlanta, GA March 2022

NAMASTE TCHOTCHKES GALLERY GRAND OPENING Gallery Exhibit at Namaste Tchotchkes Arts Collective. Curated By Blair Foster. Tucker, GA March 2022 - June 2022


2021

GALLERY WALL AT BEER GROWLER Permanent Gallery Wall Installation at The Beer Growler Decatur GA November 2021 - July 2022

RESIDENCIES

NAMASTE TCHOTCKES ARTS COLLECTIVE Tucker, GA August 2022 - December 2022

SCHOLARSHIPS, LEADERSHIP & AWARDS

James E. Routh Outstanding English Major Award 2023

Frantz Fanon Scholarship Award 2023

Shortlisted for James E. Routh Outstanding English Major Award 2022

Nominated for Eleanor M. Pratt Endowment for English Majors 2022

Hope Scholarship 2020-2023

PUBLICATIONS

Fikra Magazine Visual Art Published in Palestinian Literary Magazine, 2024  

Underground Journal Over ten separate publications in Georgia State University’s Arts and Literary Journal. Publications include visual art, poetry, and prose.  Cover art for Issue 14.1 2020-2023

The Signal Visual Art Published in Georgia State University’s Newspaper 2021

WORK/ INTERNSHIP/ VOLUNTEERING

 Stephen C. Foster State Park Welcome Center donated Art to the Welcome center gallery at Okefenokee Swamp in Fargo, January 2023

Mural “Worms (Pre)Dawn” Commissioned to Paint Mural at Namaste Tchochtkes in Tucker, GA, August 2022

Co-founder of Ursa Minora Studios Local Art collective/ business with permanent installation art in Underground Atlanta, 2022

Trade Secrets Co. Assisted with installation for Trade Secrets Co. May 2022

To Heck With It Co-curated Art Show at The Heck House in Decatur, GA March 2022

Local Business Art Commissions Pieces for Puff Smoke Shop in Decatur, GA September 2021 : Pieces for psychiatry office in Windsor, Colorado 2021-2023

Art Markets Vending for multiple art markets in the Atlanta Area, including Little 5 Points Halloween Parade, Carl Janes Studios, Underground Atlanta, Wig Wag Fest, West Wood, East Atlanta Village Strut, Waller’s Coffee Shop, (UN)KNOWN COLLABORATIONS, etc

EDUCATION

Georgia State University

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences

English Literature

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Layla Amar Art: Multi-Medium Artist

laylaamarart@gmail.com

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