Rema Ghuloum -- Rain

Rema Ghuloum
Rain (1/1-1/3/2024), 2024
Acryla-gouache on Arches watercolor paper
10⅜ x 14 in.

A longtime practitioner of Reiki healing, Ghuloum has relied on meditative practices to confront recent tragedies, both personal and political. Applying this ethos to her painting practice, the artist aims to be fully present over the course of a long process, forcing herself to sit with and absorb conflicting and uncomfortable sentiments. By eschewing a predefined compositional vision in favor of a series of prescribed actions, Ghuloum relies on process to synthesize contrasting ideas – grief and love, pain and beauty – within each work.

Rema Ghuloum received an MFA from California College of the Arts and has exhibited throughout the US and internationally, with recent solo exhibitions at Dreamsong (Minneapolis), Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles), DeBoer Gallery (Antwerp), Sargent’s Daughters (New York), Emma Gray HQ (Los Angeles) and Et al. (San Francisco). Ghuloum’s work has been included in recent group exhibitions at the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art (Rancho Cucamonga, CA), Forest Lawn Museum (Glendale, CA), Taymour Grahne Projects (London), Nathalie Karg, (New York), Baik Art (Seoul), Mother Gallery (Beacon, NY), Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach, CA), Make Room (Los Angeles) and Meyer Reigger (Berlin) among many other venues

Rema Ghuloum’s exhibition Atmospheres was reviewed in the January 2025 issue of Artforum. Her work has also been featured in numerous other publications including CARLA, LA Weekly, Hyperallergic and the LA Times. Awards include the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Joan Mitchell Center Residency, Adolf & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, among others.