Annabel Daou (born September 24, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a New York based, contemporary artist.

Life

Annabel Daou was born and raised in Beirut. Having grown up with four brothers and a sister, and lived through the Lebanese Civil War, Annabel Daou set out to New York City, where she earned a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University. She now resides in Manhatten, where she is married to Joachim Pissarro (Head currator of the Museum of Modern Art) and has one son.

Work

Annabel Daou's paintings are works of sublime beauty. Using oil paint, gesso, graphite and ink the artist develops surfaces which are transparent veils through which one sees faint images and words - slippery forms which seem to dissolve before the viewer's eyes. Her paintings are at once opaque and permeable; which speak of rare atmospheres existing in the mind.

Annabel Daou has exhibited recently at The Elizabeth Foundation in New York, NY; Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, England; Wilfredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba and Entwistle Gallery, London, England. She has most recently currated Aporia, which recieved terrific reviews by Time Out Magazine.

External links

Conduit Gallery site