Biography

Nadine Faraj makes watercolour paintings with raunchiness, humor, tenderness and soul. She paints portraits and sexualized figures in varying degrees of abstraction often drawn from the worlds of pornography and erotica. Her fluid style allows her figures to emerge as deeply psychological and emotional beings, with a full sense of their humanity. Recently, her works have addressed issues of human rights, LGBTQI activism, feminisms and sex and body positivity.

 

Nadine Faraj lives and works in Montreal and holds an MFA from New York's School of Visual Arts (2015) and a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal (2002). Her work has been exhibited in prestigious venues across major cities such as New York, Montreal, Toronto, Mexico City, London, Athens, and Dubai. Faraj's distinctive style has garnered significant attention over the years and has been featured in prominent publications such as Hyperallergic, Wallpaper Magazine, A Women’s Thing Magazine (cover), Huffington Post, Arte Fuse, and Vulture. She is also represented by Anna Zorina Gallery, in New York.

Selected artworks
  • Nadine Faraj, A Disastrous Surrender, 2024
    A Disastrous Surrender, 2024
  • Nadine Faraj, All This Fantasy And Grief (Aarron Ricks), 2024
    All This Fantasy And Grief (Aarron Ricks), 2024
  • Nadine Faraj, Here For It (Jay), 2024
    Here For It (Jay), 2024
  • Nadine Faraj, I Don't Get Tired Of You, 2024
    I Don't Get Tired Of You, 2024
  • Nadine Faraj, I Want This Music And This Dawn, 2024
    I Want This Music And This Dawn, 2024
  • Nadine Faraj, The Body Is A Device To Calculate The Astronomy Of The Spirit (after Laura Aguilar), 2024
    The Body Is A Device To Calculate The Astronomy Of The Spirit (after Laura Aguilar), 2024
  • Nadine Faraj, Rassemblant nos ami.e.s talentueux.ses, 2023
    Rassemblant nos ami.e.s talentueux.ses, 2023
  • Nadine Faraj, Then You Wake And Your Fingers Fill With Meanings, 2023
    Then You Wake And Your Fingers Fill With Meanings, 2023
  • Nadine Faraj, What You Really Want Is Love's Confusing Joy, 2021
    What You Really Want Is Love's Confusing Joy, 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, Radiance That Cannot Be Hidden (BOA), 2021
    Radiance That Cannot Be Hidden (BOA), 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, This Memory Without Regret, 2021
    This Memory Without Regret, 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, J'ai Tant Appris, 2021
    J'ai Tant Appris, 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, No One Looks At The Stars When The Sun's Out (Jay), 2021
    No One Looks At The Stars When The Sun's Out (Jay), 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, Pink Moon Womxn, 2021
    Pink Moon Womxn, 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, Self-Portrait With Moon Sister, 2021
    Self-Portrait With Moon Sister, 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, Sublime generosity, 2021
    Sublime generosity, 2021
  • Nadine Faraj, I'll Make The Infinite My Home, 2018
    I'll Make The Infinite My Home, 2018
  • Nadine Faraj, The State Where All Objects Dissolve II, 2018
    The State Where All Objects Dissolve II, 2018
  • Nadine Faraj, Un Calme Intense,, 2019
    Un Calme Intense,, 2019
  • Nadine Faraj, The Lover Keeps Circling In Their Being, 2018
    The Lover Keeps Circling In Their Being, 2018
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