The Running Horse

Hiba Kalache, an interdisciplinary artist, received her Masters of Fine Arts at the California College of the Art, in San Francisco, where she lived most of her life and acquired a diversified worldly exposure to Fine Arts in general and the North American approach in particular. She has recently relocated to Beirut. Her work is a series of explorations of the hand drawn image as well as the sculpted space, reflecting on the ways people process and filtrate memories, trauma, time and place.

The artist analyses and portrays in her work the various and complex influences of the private sphere and one’s definition of “home”, in parallel with one’s social belonging. She allows her immediate surroundings and routine to inform her process and concept, and she investigates personal narratives that are expressed through the qualities inherent in the food and other materials she utilizes such as butter, dough and cake icing.

She is interested in making art that leads the viewer into a specific relation, with both space and time, exploring new methods of engagement. Through her sculptures and site-specific installations, she works in relation to a particular place and stresses the dialogue engendered between site, audience and work.

Kalache is also one of the founding members of the Super Collective. She has exhibited in the 2008 Tehran Roaming International Biennial in Berlin and Istanbul, the Newcomb Art Gallery and Woldenberg Art Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the San Jose Museum of Art in California, in Oakland as well as San Francisco.

EXHIBITIONS

2012 

Watercolor Biennial 2012, Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

FFA Private Bank, with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space and in collaboration with Nada Boulos Al Assad, Beirut, Lebanon

Seeing is Believing Standard Chartered auction, Dubai, UAE

Art Gwangju 2012, with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Gwangju, South Korea

Art is the Answer! Curated by Diane Hennebert, Villa Empain, The Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium

Art Dubai, with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Dubai, UAE

Alternate Worlds, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon

2011

Rebirth, Beirut Exhibition Center, curated by Janine Maamari in cooperation with Daniele Giraudy, Beirut, Lebanon

In the Trenches, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon 

2010

Slick Art Fair Paris with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Paris, France

Bastakiya Art Fair, with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Dubai, UAE

Counting Thoughts, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon, curated by Mayssa Fattouh

Soft Sculpture or the ordinary interpreted, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon

2008

Urban Jealousy, Tehran Roaming International Biennial, Istanbul, Berlin and Belgrade, curated by Serhat Koksal and Amirali Ghasemi

Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, curated by Gary Sangster, former executive director of Headlands Center for the Arts in California and current instructor of curatorial studies at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco

East of the West, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, curated by Anuradha Vikram program director at Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

Artists Re-thinking Today’s Terminology, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA curated by May Abutaam and Melanie Yazy

2007

Minor Encounters, a performance project of the Quatres Côtés Collective, One Night Stand project series, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA

Invadable, a visual project of the Quatres Côtés Collective, Cesar Chavez Gallery, San Francisco, California, uSA

11th Annual Art Sale & Auction, The LAB, San Francisco, California, USA

2006

Some of these things Are Beautiful, a site specific installation of the Arc Collective, Oakland, CA, USA

Far West Students Art Exhibit, Center for Art and Public Life, Oakland, CA, USA

Prologue and Epilogue, Blue Studio Gallery, SF, CA, USA, curated by Sunbula Team

2005

Calling Into The Void, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA, USA, curated by Nazanin Shehnasa

Sweet and Spicy, CCA, SF, CA, USA, curated by Glen Helfand

While you were sleeping, a video piece in collaboration with Lina Boukhary, CCA, SF, CA, USA

Graduate Open Studios, California College of the Arts, SF, CA, USA

Haven’t figured it all out, self publication, Thesis Project, interviews with seven well-acclaimed Bay Area artists/mothers, CCA, SF, CA, USA

2004

Epicenter, Tacoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, CA, USA, curated by Marilyn DaSilva

Graduate Open Studios, California College of the Arts, SF, CA, USA

2003

Bon Appetit, Food for Art and Art for Food, Play Space Gallery, SF, CA, USA, curated by Manray Hsu

Black on Yellow, Solo exhibition, Tartine, SF, CA, USA

99 Bottles, Build Gallery, SF, CA, USA

Pin Up Show, Long Pollack Gallery, SF, CA, USA

Big Little, Oakland Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA, juror: DiAnne Love

Exhibition in Motion, SNAG conference, sponsored by Velvet Da Vinci, Long Pollack Gallery, SF, CA, USA, jurors: Petra Class, David Best

2001

Pin Up Show, Long Pollack Gallery, SF, CA, USA

EDUCATION

2005 Masters of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 

2006 Arts Education and Integration, Continuing Education, Center for Art and Public Life, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA 

2008 Graphic Design for Teachers, Continuing Education, The Art in Education Teaching   Institute, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA            

2008 Focus The Nation, Climate Change seminar, French American International High School, San Francisco, CA          

2008 Digital Era: New Rules for a New World, Technology seminar, French American International High School, San Francisco, CA 1993     DEP, Metal Arts and Jewelry School of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

1994 FCGmA, Canadian Gemmological Association, Montreal, Canada

1998 Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San Francisco, CA