Bio - K.A. Maroufi Gallery

Kaltoum A. Maroufi

Artist, Painter, Fine Arts Instructor, Gallery Owner
Born in Paris, France.
Gallery located in Kensington, Maryland.
Lives in Rockville, Maryland.

Education

1985 Ph.D, Philosophy & History of Ideas, Univ. Nice, FR.
1982 DEA, Civilisation Industrielle (Urban Philosophy),Univ. Nice, FR.
1980 Master Civilisation Industrielle(Urban Philosophy), Univ. Nice, FR.
1980 DNSEP (Master) in Fine Arts, Villa Arson, Nice, FR.

Major Commissions

2004 Set design & execution, Treemonisha (Scott Joplin musical), Darius Milhaud theatre, Paris, FR.
2001 Children's Waiting Room in Pediatrician's office, Wildwood Center, Dr. Pujol' s office
2000 Day care center (Kensington, MD USA) outdoor mural - fence
2000 Private residence (Kensington, Maryland USA) faux marbles, decorative effects in bathroom.
1991 Hotel Colmar restoration (Nice, France), trompe lâ€™oeil architectural details.
1991 Le Rouge et Le Noir (restaurant Nice), faux enseigne.
1991 Sport Club (Nice France), exterior fresco - trompe l'oeil effects.
1990 Nice Premier Arenas, Hommage Ã Klein, Semaren, large circular homage (sculpture and paintings in an atrium) to the Nice-School-of-Art artist Yves Klein (of Klein-blue fame) in the new business district of Arenas adjacent to the Cote d'Azur airport (France).
1990 College Jean Giono, Conseil Général des Alpes-Martines (Nice, France) large (75 square meter) fresco for school cafeteria.
1990 Restoration of Palais Rose (Nice, France), duplication of the historic friezes for the restoration
1990 Prefecture (Nice, France) trompe l'oeil interior frescoes -- 14 square meters
1989 Municipal swimming pool (Nice, France) decorative mural
1989 Commercial Building (Nice, France), faux windows
1988 Parc des Miniatures (Nice, France), painting of 315 sculpted figures
1988 Private residence
1988 design studio décor, local television studio (Cote d'Azur)
1988 Private residence (historic), Cote d'Azur restoration of the 19th century (2nd French Empire) Italian-style celino frescos

Selected Exhibitions

2011 Book festival, solo show Altered books, Kensington
2010 Studio gallery group Exhibition, Altered Books, Washington DC
2009 Group exhibit, 17th Anniversary, Museum of Contemporary Art - DC (MOCA-DC), Washington, DC
2009 Group exhibit, Erotica, MOCA-DC
2008 Group exhibit, Art and Addiction, Carroll Community College, MD USA
2008 Group exhibit, 75th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature,Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD USA
2007 Group exhibit, Erotica, MOCA-DC
2007 Group exhibit, Heads or Tails, MOCA-DC
2006 Group exhibit, Every picture tells a story, MOCA-DC
2005 Group exhibit, Architecture, Landscape & Figure MOCA-DC
Faculty exhibit, Gudelsky Gallery, Maryland College of Art and Design (MCAD), Kensington, MD, USA
2004 Echoppe du Cloitre, Aigle, Switzerland Group exhibit, Les Anges Mais de quoi se melent-ils? Musee FRAC de (Romans, FRANCE) Group exhibit, le Jeu, Groupe Delta, Paris
2003 Faculty exhibit, Gudelsky Gallery, MCAD
2001 Cassie's Art Gallery, Sugarland, Texas USA
2000 Solo exhibit, K.A.Maroufi, Café Monet, Kensington, MD USA Group exhibit, Kensington Gallery, Kensington, MD USA) Group exhibit, MOCA
1998 Solo exhibit, K.A.Maroufi, Kensington Gallery, Kensington, MD USA)
1999 Group exhibit, MOCA-DC
1999 Group exhibit, MOCA-DC Juried show, McCrillis Gardens Gallery Show, Montgomery County Art Association, Bethesda, MD USA
1998 Juried show, ICARUS INTERNATIONAL, Nags Head, North Carolina USA) Juried show, Paint the Town, Montgomery County Art Association, Kensington, MD USA
1997 Solo exhibit, K.A. Maroufi, Kensington Park Library, Kensington, MD USA)
1991 - 1994 Bibelots et Bestioles, exhibited at local craft stores, Kensington, MD USA
1990 Group exhibit, Shopping Art International, Vieux Nice, France
1990 Echoppe du Cloitre, Aigle, Switzerland Juried exhibit, 101e Salon des Independants, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1989 Juried show, 2eme Salon des Artistes Independants de la Cote d'Azur, France
1988 Solo exhibit, Cacel Jean Bouin, Nice, France
1989 Grand Prix International d'Arts Plastiques, St. Jean Cap Ferrat, France
1989 exhibit, Galerie Lilane Francois, Paris, France
1989 Colloque Art et Architecture, Nice Acropolis, France
1988 "K.A. Maroufi expose", Nectarine, Nice, France
1987 Group exhibit, L'art actuel a Nice, Cote dâ€™Azur airport, France
1986 "K.A. Maroufi expose", Credit Mutuel, Nice, France
1986 Group exhibit, 146 Créateurs, ENAD, 72-83, Villa Arson, Nice, France

Curated Exhibitions

2011 Students Trompe l'Oeil and Art Show, K.A. Maroufi Gallery, MD
2011 WDCE Art Faculty show, Montgomery College, Silver Spring MD
2011 Petites femmes et petits livres, K.A. Maroufi Gallery, Kensington
2011 Drawings and paintings of 2011 solo show, K.A.Maroufi Gallery,Kensington MD
2010 Little Nancies, K.A. Maroufi Gallery, Kensington MD
2009 Group exhibit, Perspective of women Museum of Contemporary Art DC (MOCA-DC), Washington, DC

Grants

1993 ARTIST FELLOWSHIP, "Buon Fresco and Sgraffito Traditions: An Educational Exhibit" Arts Council of Montgomery County, (Rockville, Maryland USA).

Awards

1999 HONORABLE MENTION, McCrillis Gardens Gallery Show, juried show, Montgomery County Art Association (Bethesda, Maryland USA).
1998 DAEDALUS AWARD FOR EXECUTION AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, ICARUS INTERNATIONAL, Juried art show, (Nags Head, North Carolina USA).
1998 HONORABLE MENTION, "Paint the Town" juried show, Montgomery County Art Association (Kensington, Maryland USA).
1987 FIRST GRAND PRIZE (Médaille d'Or de St. Jean Cap Ferrat), 2eme Salon des Artistes Indépendants de la Cote d'Azur (France).

Bibliography

Kaltoum Adda Maroufi, 146 Créateurs, ENAD 72-83, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Nice 1986.
Hommage a Klein de K.A. Maroufi (Arenas) à Valery d'Amboise (ed.), Dictionnaire d'Amboise -- Provence --Cote d'Azur, (1991), p. 298.
Dupont Circle Arts

Selected Collections

Edith Gillman Collection
R. Collé Collection
Stephen Krinsky Collection Studio work resides in private collections throughout the world, namely around France, the USA, Morocco, Switzerland, and Australia.