Join us for a First Thursday celebrating the opening of the exhibition of the Arts Center’s 2024 Artist in Residence, Abed Elmajid Shalabi.

This event is FREE and open to all. Light refreshments will be provided.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Abed Elmajid Shalabi (b. 1991) is a Palestinian Israeli artist, living and working in Richmond, Virginia. Shalabi joined the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture (2022); he holds an MFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University (2021) and a BFA in Fine Arts from The Berlin University of Arts and Shenkar College in Tel Aviv (2019). Shalabi was awarded the Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship (2020-2021), The Paul F. Miller Graduate Scholarship in Sculpture (2020). He was awarded grants from Artis, United States Artist, and the Robert Weil Family Foundation. Shalabi’s work was exhibited in Tel Aviv, Berlin, and Richmond, VA.

Visit his website here: abedelmajidshalabi.com