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during the 1960s. His family moved a lot during his childhood between Kuwait, United States, Morocco, and Japan. He received his bachelor's degree in photography from
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Tarek Al-Ghoussein was born in Kuwait to Kuwaiti parents of Palestinian ancestry who were originally displaced from their ancestral homeland in
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Tarek's work has been collected by numerous museums and foundations worldwide such as Solomon R.
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multi-genre artist best known for his work that investigates the margins between
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2004 Noorderlicht International Photography Exhibition, The Netherlands
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2006 Political Realities, Heidelberg Museum, Heidelberg, Germany
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2011 Emirati Expressions, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
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2007 Art in Public Spaces, Light Boxes, Muscat, Oman
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and completed his master's degree in Fine Arts from
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2014 K Files, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, USA
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2003 Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
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