Photograph by Yanis Angel
‘I love the playfulness and unpredictability of painting, witnessing what emerges on the canvas, sometimes suggestions of people, & places, occasionally more vivid representations, changing with the light and layers of paint over time, as I try to capture the feeling in my head’
About
Shereen Tabet (b.1985)
Scottish Lebanese Abstract Expressionist Artist, born and previously based in Glasgow, now living and working in Hackney, East London.
Shereen’s practice explores an obsession with colour, light, texture and layering, through mixed media painting and clay. Her abstract work, partly inspired by photographs taken on her travels, incorporates textured gestural brush strokes and subtle suggestions of shape, juxtaposed with fragments of bold mark making and sometimes inclusion of ‘hidden’ figures, inviting the viewer to look closer. With recurring themes of connection to place, relationships, heritage and identity, Shereen has an interest in how our memory interprets past experiences, people and places, often including locations and landscapes that she feels deeply connected to through family ties and love, including Scotland, Lebanon, Ireland and Australia. Her paintings reflect the nature of our memories: vague, fleeting, at times interspersed with moments of clarity and lucidity, displaying sometimes joyful recollections, other times evoking a sense of nostalgia and melancholy.
Exhibitions and Previous work
Commission: ‘Pongo’, Private collector, London (July 2024)
‘Curtains’, Group Exhibition and Publication, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow (2-26th May 2024)
Private collector, ‘Love in the Land Down Under’, Sydney (April 2024)
Private collector, ‘Hackney Sighthound’, London, (April 2024)
Private collector, ‘Even the Sand Between Your Toes’, London, (March 2024)
Solo Showcase Exhibition, Stow Brothers, Hackney, London (16th February- 16th April 2024)
‘Through the Looking Glass’ Group Exhibition’ with Swanfall Art, Mall Galleries, London (28th August-2nd September 2023)
Commission: ‘Sunlight on the Bubbling Brook’, Private collector, London (August 2023)
Commission: ‘Through the Summer Showers We Keep Walking’, Private collector, London (August 2023)
Interior Design Commission: ‘Hackney Tectonics’, Rachel Battais Interiors for private client, Hackney London (August 2023)
‘The Summer Exhibition’ group exhibition, Drifter Galleries, London (9-10th July 2023)
Residency with Drifter Galleries, Lonsdale Road, London, (29-30th June 2023)
‘The Passage Of Time’, published work in Vogue magazine April 2023 issue, available U.K London and online (Published April 2023)
‘It’ll Be Alright’ group exhibition, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow (17th Feb- 12th March 2023)
‘Dreaming of Sunshine’, Solo Exhibition at Low Volume, London N15 (10-20th February 2023)
Private collector, ‘Pink Sharks Sale Through the Dark’, Glasgow, Scotland (December 2022)
Private collector, ‘Anything is Possible- Wee Nudies Floating in Air’, West London (November 2022)
Private collector, ‘This Year to Save Me from Tears’, Hackney, London (October 2022)
The Mindful Editions, The Mindful Editions Charity Art Fair, MKII Studios, London (October 2022)
Interior Design Commission: ‘Omega Works’, Rachel Battais Interiors for Omega Works show room in Hackney Wick, London (September 2022)
Commission: ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’, Private collector, Glasgow, Scotland (September, 2022)
Private collector, ‘Knickerbocker Glory At Largs Beach- Nardinis Scotland’ , Glasgow (10th August 2022)
Private collector, ‘The View From the Other Side- Hebridean Islands’, London, (31st July 2022)
‘The Summer Exhibition’ group exhibition, Drifter Galleries, London (30-31st July 2022)
Parallax Art Fair 31st Edition, Kensington Town Hall, London (July 2022)
The Mindful Editions, published works in The Mindful Editions 2nd Edition, available in London and online (Published on June 2022).
Private collector, ‘The Gloaming’, Surrey, U.K (7th June 2022)
Private collector, ‘Maybe Margate in the Summer’, Margate, England (June 2022)
‘The Gloaming’, published work in House and Garden magazine July 2022 issue, available U.K London and online (Published 31st May 2022)
‘The Lonsdale Exhibition’ group exhibition, Drifter Galleries, London (9-22nd December 2021)
Commission: ‘Elton John’, Private collector, London (September 2021)
‘Summer of Freedom’, Outdoor Solo Exhibition, The Mini Cube Gallery, Capital Ring bridge, Walthamstow Marshes (August 2021)
Private collector, ‘Distractions’, The Kingdom of Fife, Scotland (19th July 2021)
‘Revolution: Art & Change’ physical group exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, Hackney Downs, London (2nd - 6th July 2021)
‘In the History’, interactive online exhibition, curated by The Artist Lounge (May 25th - July 2021)
Private collector, ‘Elation’, Edinburgh, Scotland (June 2021)
‘Self Fulfilling Prophecy’, published works in Boomer Magazine 2nd Edition, available in Boomer Gallery, London and online (Published on 3rd June 2021).
‘Tell Me More’ online exhibition curated by Art Gallery 118 (4th May- 4th June 2021)
‘The Dreamers’ virtual group exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, Hackney Downs, London (14th- 20th April 2021)
Commission: ‘Bosom Buddies’ Private collector, Glasgow, Scotland (April 2021)
Co creative director, Ghost Airplane, London (2015-2018)
Album cover artwork, Vymana, London (2012-2013)
Art Education
NQ 3D Design Portfolio Preparation Course, Glasgow Clyde College, Glasgow (September 2008- 2009).
~In 2009, following her first degree (BSc Geography from The University of Glasgow ) and on completion of the 3D Design portfolio & interview, Shereen received an unconditional offer to study Sculpture and Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. Shereen was unable to accept the offer at that time and, after deferring her place for a year, moved to London where she began creating, writing music and playing with various bands, including Ghost Airplane. Shereen went on to complete an MSc in Speech and Language Therapy at The University of Essex in 2013, becoming a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist whilst also continuing to develop her artwork independently and through additional courses. Shereen’s knowledge and experience of supporting others to communicate in adaptive, creative and motivating ways, has been invaluable in her own creative journey, learning to express her ideas authentically through her art. In recent years, Shereen’s obsession with creating and expressing through paint, concrete, clay and photography has intensified and she continues to develop her mostly self taught practice daily in her studio at New River Studios, Manor House.
Volunteer Art group assistant, Headway Glasgow , Scotland (Jan 2009- Oct 2009)
Structured Ceramics course, The City Literary Institute, London (2010)
Jewellery and Silversmithing, Kensington and Chelsea College, London (2010)