Rafa Nasiri Award - Final Results 2021

14/02/2022

Rafa Nasiri Studio, Amman is honored to announce the final results of the 7th Annual Award for Graphic Arts 2021. 

The respected members of the Jury: Dia Azzawi, painter & printmaker, Ziad Dallol, painter & Printmaker, Modhir Ahmad, Painter & printmaker, reached the decision to nominate the winner: Eman Husain Mustafa from Egypt.

The 2021 nominated winner has been selected by the Jury out of a number of participants from Egypt, Jordan, Algeria and Syria, who thankfully submitted the applications at the end of December 2021. The decision of the Jury members was based on the fact that Eman's art works: "own a sort of peculiarity reflected in the simplicity and serenity of the composition, despite her reliance on a mixture of multiple techniques that combine photography, drawing, engraving and printmaking, in addition to adopting the experimental side in her use of graphic arts while applying on canvas. She sometimes achieves success by meddling with chance.

Eman Husain Mustafa (b.1989) holds Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (major: printmaking), Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. She states that her current works came about after: "researching Ancient Egypt, the sets of symbols it shares with all other Eastern civilizations, and in particular the concept of the Anahata - the heart chakra flowing by the Metatorn Cube." Husain notes: "we are part of something larger, we are interconnected within an intricate web of relationships extending through life and the universe", and concludes that: "Past, present and future are not dichotomies, but parts of a natural continuation."

The Jury members would like to extend their appreciation and gratitude to all the artists who submitted
their works to the 7th year of the Award, with a special congrats to the winner.

Nasiri Studio has the pleasure to recommence the Annual Award for Graphic Arts following the cancellation
of the previous year (2020) due to the restrictive measures of the COVID-19 crises. Therefore, and in view of the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, the celebration of the Award will be virtual. The art works will be duly
published on line on the Rafa Nasiri Annual Award for Graphic Arts on FACEBOOK. * The Award prize will also be transferred on line.

About the Award
Established in honor of the late Rafa Nasiri, artist, printmaker, graphic designer and teacher, The Award
for Graphic Arts competition defines young Arab artists (age 20-40), of exceptional talent in graphic
arts and showcase their work to a wider audience. Founded in 2014 (privately owned), the Award's
program initiative is to foster their creativity and talent through recognition and scholarships.

May Muzaffar
Patron of Rafa Nasiri Annual Award for Graphic Arts.
Amman, January 2022