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Education
1987 – MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York.
1985 – BA, Montclair State University, New Jersey.

Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2025 – “Figurative Abstraction” Victor Gallery, New York, NY.
2023 – “Living the Dream” Artserve, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2022 – “Prosperity series” NSU Cotilla Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2021 – “American Dream” Scope Art Show, Miami, FL.
2020 – “Chaos” ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2019 – Art Palm Beach show Jan 17-21, Palm Beach Convention Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
2018 – Design Center of the Americas, interior designers special event exhibition, Ft Lauderdale, FL.
2017 – “Florida International Trade and Cultural Expo” Ft Lauderdale/Broward Convention Center, FL.
2018 – “Bird Eye View” Artexpo New York show, April 19-22, Pier 94, New York, NY.
2018 – “Conflict Urbanism” Art Palm Beach Fair Jan 17-21, Palm Beach Convention Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
2017 – “Disruption” Red Dot Art Fair Dec 6-10, 2017, Miami, FL.
2017 – “Spiritual Vessels” Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano, Ft Lauderdale, FL.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – “Artist as Activist” NJ State Council on the Arts Annual at Rowan University Art Museum, NJ.
2025 – “Color Vibrations” Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, NJ; “American Motifs” J Nunez gallery, Summit, NJ.
2024 – “ViewPoints 2024” curated by Sally Morgan Lehman gallery, New York, and Montclair, NJ; “Peace/Conflict, the Wall Gallery Metuchen, NJ.
2023 – Scope Art Show, three artists show, Miami, FL.
2023 – Hamptons Fine Art, three artists show, Southampton, NY.
2023 – South by Southwest (SXSW) Creative Industries Fair, Austin Convention Center, TX.
2023 – Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais Éphémére, February 15-19, Paris, France.
2023 – Art Palm Beach + Contemporary, Palm Beach Show, Palm Beach Convention Center, FL.
2023 – “Artful Pairing” Four Seasons gallery, January 10-15, Food & Wine Festival, FL.
             Works by Adnan Charara, Tony Khawam, and Carlos Sablon. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2022 – “Middle Eastern Contemporaries” Scope Art Show Fair, Nov 30 – Dec 5, Miami Beach, FL.
2022 – “Crossing Borders: Artists from the Middle East & the Americas” Miami Dade College, Museum of Art + Design;
             Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, FL.
2021 – “Crossing Borders: Artists from the Middle East & Latin America” Museum of Contemporary Art of the
             Americas (MoCCA); Scope Show, Miami, FL.
2021 – “The American Road Trip” curated by Imtiaz Hafiz of Art in Embassies, US Dept of State, Washington, DC,
             tour exhibit in the American Asian Embassies.
2021 – “Contemporary Syrian Art” United Nations Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM),
             HQ building gallery, New York, NY.

Grants and Awards
2023 – “Living the Dream” Cultural Grant, Florida Division of Arts & Culture, Miami-Dade, Broward cultural divisions.
2022/23 – “Creative Investment Program Award” Broward County Cultural Division, FL.
2021 – “American Rescue Cultural Grant” National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Washington, DC.
2021 – “Individual Artist Award, Specific Cultural Project”, Florida Division of Arts & Culture.
2002 – “Artists Fellowship Award” Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.
1998 – “Innovative Works on Paper and Printmaking” project award, Rutgers University, NJ.
1997 – “Artist in Residence, NJ Series” Geraldine Dodge Foundation.

Curatorial Exhibitions
2023 – “Living the Dream” historical figures intertwined with American Pop Art culture, winner of best cultural
             exhibition from the Florida Division of Arts & Culture (catalog).
2023 – “Storytelling in Art,” a lecture at the Palm Beach Show, Palm Beach Convention Center, FL.
2020 – “Crossing Borders: Artists From the Middle East and the Americas” NSU Florida, Miami Art+Design (catalog).
2020 – “Contemporary Syrian Art: War & Hope” curated for ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2019 – “Emerging Art From War-Torn Syria: War & Hope” tour exhibit in New York, New Jersey, and Florida (catalog).
2018 – “Culturally Diverse,” a look at diversity in the arts and the immigrant’s contributions to the arts, tour NJ, FL.

Collections
Khawam’s work is in museums, corporate, and private collections in the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East.

Selected Bibliography/Press
Rowan University Art Museum (Artist As Activist) by Julia Steinman, Advance Local Media, NJ.com NJ State Council on the Arts 2025 Arts Annual exhibition.
Wissenschaft und Frieden (W&F) German Magazine, Don’t Lose Sight of Hope by Stephan Hebel; Hope and Resistance by Werner Wintersteiner; Developing a fantasy of peace by Heinz Klippert (05/2025).
Canvas Rebels Stories & Insights “meet Tony Khawam,” and Vicinity Magazine NJ (2/2025).
Miami Art Week Mag. “Living the Dream” (12/10/2023); American Art Mag. “A Contemporary Aesthetic” (02/2023).
US Dept of State Art in Embassies “The American Road Trip” by Imtiaz Hafiz, Washington, DC (06/2022).
Sky News Arabia, https://youtu.be/sJPnUXrmQPA – by Reda Bouchefra, New York reporter (10/2021).
Boca Raton Magazine, BocaMag.com: https://bit.ly/2Rb7PE3 – by John Thomason (9/2020).
Raseef 22 Magazine, Beirut Media – by Hala Ali and Enass Khansa (10/2020).
The Hype Lifestyle Magazine “Artists amid Syria’s war-torn plight voiced in South Florida” by Jerry Doby (08/2020)
Fort Lauderdale Illustrated Magazine “War & Hope” by news staff (08/2020).
Shoutout Miami Magazine, https://bit.ly/3dzLyu2 – by Emma Jacobs (10/2020).
The Brooklyn Reporter, https://bit.ly/3iC0yZo  – by John Alexander (10/2019).