Anees Maani
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ANEES MAANI

Born 1973, Amman.

anees @ go2petra . com

P.O. Box: 9238, 11191, Amman, Jordan.

   
Full-time Sculptor.
   

Use of various mediums: Plaster, ceramic, wood, stone, metals.

 
EXHIBITIONS:
   
2011 “Floor to ceiling”, Nabad Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
   
2011 We Have Woven the Motherlands with Nets of Iron”, Jiza train station, Amman, Jordan.
   
2010 Sunny art fair, Amman, Jordan.
   
2009 "Prints and sculptures by six Jordanian Artists" Nabad Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
   
2009 "7x7 Young artists" Cairo Amman Bank gallery, Amman, Jordan.
   
2009 "Dance of vision II" Jordanian - Swedish group exhibition, Roda Sten gallery, Sweden.
   
2008 First solo exhibition, Zara center, Amman.
   
2008 "Reunion of love" group exhibition at Zara Gallery, Grand Hyatt Amman.
   
2006 "A Celebration of Jordanian Contemporary Art", 4walls gallery, Amman, Jordan.
   
2006 Amman International Theater Festival’s Jordanian Artists exhibition, Royal Cultural Center, Amman.
   
2006 “Jordan – Malaysia, artistic harmony”, gallery Shah Alam, K. L., Malaysia.
   
2003 “Hues,” National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman.
   
1998 “Annual Group Exhibition,” organized by the Jordanian Plastic Artists Association, Royal Cultural Center, Amman.
   
WORKSHOPS:
   
2012 5th International Sculpture Symposium, Bahrain.
   
2010 5th International Sculpture Symposium, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
   
   
2010 Residency at Akal Di Ulu, KL, Malaysia.
   
2008 4th International Sculpture Symposium, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
   
2008 Hoy International Artists Workshop, Hoy, Scotland, a Triangle Arts Trust workshop.
   
2007
Shatana International Artists Workshop, Jordan, a Triangle Arts Trust workshop organized by Makan.
   
2006 3rd International Sculpture Symposium, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
   
2006 Residency in University Technology Mara, Kelentan – Malaysia, production of sculptures using tropical wood and a group exhibition in Shah Alam gallery.
   
2003 16th International Festival of Plastic Arts in Mahres, Tunisia.
   
EDUCATION:
   
1996 – 1998 Apprenticeship in sculpture, under the supervision of Nazih Oweis, Amman, Jordan.
   
  Nazih Oweis
   
1992 – 1994 Studied Architecture at the Building Academy, Volgograd, Russia.
   
WORK AND OTHER PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE:
   
2007 - present Props maker and other positions in the art depertments of films including: Redacted, The Hurt Locker, the shooting of Thomas Hurndall, The stoning of Soraya M.
   
2006 - present Part of Field Guide to Jordan team.
   
2007 - present Designer and founder of Bits of Petra Souvenirs.
   
2004 – Present Founder and manager of www.go2petra.com.
   
2002 Sculpture courses for beginners, Makan, Amman, Jordan.
   
1999 – 2002 Senior Graphic Designer, Objects Advertising, Amman.
   
1997 Sculpture Studio Supervisor, the Arts Center, Amman.
   
1996 – 2006 Member of the Jordanian Plastic Artists Association.