{"id":76,"date":"2017-04-05T12:10:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2018-01-22T20:39:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T01:39:23","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rana Hatmal<br \/>\nArtist \/ Architect<br \/>\nMontreal, Canada<br \/>\nEmail: ranhatmal@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rana\u2019s experience as an architect influences the construction and design of her art. Her use of space is minimalistic yet sufficient to express the richness of her inspirations. As a result, her work juxtaposes complementarity and contrast between the subjects depicted and the colors used. This duality originates in the older religions of the orient and is part of the DNA of those who preceded us and continues through us. Despite the challenges and the changes that she is going through in her new life in Canada, she continues to believe that freedom is a choice that each of us could make.<\/p>\n<p>Duality, Freedom and Migration are key themes for Rana&#8217;s artwork.<\/p>\n<p>Rana has held solo exhibitions and has participated in several group shows:<\/p>\n<p>Nov 2017 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Solo exhibition &#8211; Isabel Bader Theatre &#8211; Festival of Arabic Music and Arts-Toronto<br \/>\nMay 2016 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Solo exhibition- L&#8217;irregulier- Beirut<\/p>\n<p>Group exhibitions:<br \/>\nOct 2017 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Perspective Carriere &#8211; Laval<br \/>\nSep 2017 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ecomusee du fier monde &#8211; La maison de la Syrie &#8211; Montreal<br \/>\nMay 2017 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Full of Hope \u2013 Areej Art Gallery- Toronto<br \/>\nApril 2014 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Last Supper-Syrian Artists- The Venue &#8211; Beirut<br \/>\nJanuary 2014 &nbsp; &nbsp; Art-Lab gallery \u2013Jemeizeh- Beirut<br \/>\nOctober 2013 &nbsp; &nbsp; Syria Contemporary art fair \u2013 Atrium- Beirut<br \/>\nJuly 2013 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Zaman Art-Gallery \u2013Alhamrah- Beirut<br \/>\nMarch 2011 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Al- Shaab gallery -Damascus<br \/>\nMay 2010 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Artists from The Mediterranean countries \u2013Syrian cultural centre- Paris<br \/>\nAugust 2009 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Arabian artists- Rafia gallery-Damascus<br \/>\nJuly 2007 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rana &amp; Alfred Hatmal, Khan Assaad Basha \u2013 old Damascus<br \/>\nJune 2000 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Second Arabian Architectural Projects Fair for graduation projects- The Lebanese University &#8211; Fine Arts Institute- Beirut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rana Hatmal Artist \/ Architect Montreal, Canada Email: ranhatmal@gmail.com &nbsp; Rana\u2019s experience as an architect influences the construction and design of her art. Her use of space is minimalistic yet sufficient to express the richness of her inspirations. As a result, her work juxtaposes complementarity and contrast between the subjects depicted and the colors used. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ranahatmal.com\/hatrana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}