BIOGRAPHY
Born in Syria, she became a true citizen of the world,
finding her settle in New York City,
after travelling all over the globe.
Hala Al-Faisal is a multitalented artist performing
in various type of Art Fields.
Her love for painting drove her technical quest
to experiment with various techniques:
acrilic, pastels, watercolor and oil.
A woman who loves life, who writes, sings, acts, dances
and plays the piano.
A woman who loves the sun but her best friend is the moon.
The moon is always faithful to her, following her wherever
she goes... always wise and understanding.
Hala is really concerned about the unfairness in the world,
the homeless who sleeps in the streets of NYC
and the Mexican workers who don't have any right,
for all those who cry in Palestine and Irak, in Africa
and South America.
One of her impossible dreams is to turn all miseries
and unfairness of the world into a paradise.
Hala has a talented charming son who also lives in NYC.

She speaks many languages, arabic, russian, french,
spanish, german and english.

She has studied at the Damascus University, Syria.
BFA in Visual Communications (1983),
at the Moscow Cinema Institute, Russia.
Cinema, drama and animation (1985/89),
at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
Drawing and painting (1994/95),
and at the Art Students league, New York.
Painting and sculpture (2000). 

She is currently working on a movie project
about her life between New York and Damascus.


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2005 - Village Quille Gallery - New York
2004 - Public Library - New York
2003 - Beirut, Lebanon
2002 - Damascus, Syria
2001 - Berlitz School, Mainz, Germany
2000 - Tribeca, New York
1998 - Rivers Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI, U.S.A.
1998 - Turkish Cultural Center, United Nations Plaza, New York
1998 - Ishtar Gallery, Damascus, Syria
1997 - Arabic Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria
1997 - Le Pont Gallery, Aleppo, Syria
1997 - Kawaf Gallery, Aleppo, Syria
1997 - S.P.A.R.C. Exhibition, Damascus, Syria
1995 - Syrian Cultural Center, Paris, France
1995 - Galerie G.N.G. St. Germain, Paris, France
1994 - La Sponda - International Cultural Center, Rome, Italy
1994 - Schauer Gallery, Paris, France
1993 - Spanish Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria
1993 - American Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria
1992 - French Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon
1992 - German Cultural Center, Kaslic, Lebanon
1991 - Bilad al-Cham Gallery, Damascus, Syria
1990 - Wafa Gallery, Damascus, Syria
1990 - Zenubia Gallery, Damascus, Syria
1989 - Fall Shows, Syrian National Museum, Damascus, Syria
1984 - Soviet Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria
1983 - al-Sha'b Gallery, Homs, Syria

COLLECTIONS:
The Syrian National Museum, Damascus
Ms. Faisal's works can be found in private collections in England,
Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Japan,
the former Yugoslavia, Russia, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria
and the United States.

OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES:
She played a leading role in a documentary film on the Islamic
cities of Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara, 1988.
She also played a leading role in the feature-lenght film
"Chronicles of the Coming Year", Syria, 1984.
She produced an animated film,
"Night Thief robs the Day Thief", 1989.
Music is an old passion, she studied at the Conservatory
of Damascus, Violin at the tender age of 10 to 13 years old.
Lately she has been studying Soprano Singing at the
Koncervatorium in Germany, 2001.

Ms. Faisal has taught art and lectured on art history
in Damascus and New York - Brooklyn Museum, BAM.

She also taught arabic language at the New York University
from February 2004 until February 2005.