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DESCRIPTION:MEET THE ARTIST: MOHAMED MURSHED - Closing Reception for Murshe
 d Summer: Student Artists in Our Galleries Join the Center for Student Invo
 lvement's Visual Arts Team as we welcome UO alumnus artist -  Mohamed Mursh
 ed - back to campus to celebrate his summer exhibit in the Adell McMillan G
 allery. Many of the student and alumni artists featured in this exhibit wil
 l be in attendance. Join us for light refreshments\, inspiring art\, and br
 illiant artists! Artist statement My recent artwork is a series of current 
 student and alumni artists from the University of Oregon who also exhibited
  art in the Erb Memorial Union's galleries. I painted portraits of them wit
 h their art\; in the background of each portrait I honored their work that 
 was exhibited in one of the EMU’s two galleries: the Adell McMillan Gallery
  and the Aperture Gallery.  I enjoyed the process of doing this because it 
 was challenging due to researching what their artwork looks like\, how they
  do it\, and how they got there. They each have their own inspiring story\,
  and it was an honor to paint them. Student and alumni artists featured in 
 this exhibit include: Mohamed Murshed (self-portrait) and Ugo Akabike\, Dan
 iela Cardenas-Riumallo\, Elexus Greene\, Polly Irungu\, Jasmine Jackson\, J
 enny Kroik\, Meerah Powell\, Grace Kwon\, Anne Magratten\, Sophie Navarro\,
  Sergio B. Sanchez\, Allison Shukis\, Mary Vertulfo\, and Andrew Young.\n\n
 Biography\n\nMy name is Mohamed Murshed\, I was born and raised in Sana’a\,
  Yemen\; it’s a country right below Saudi Arabia. In my childhood\, while l
 iving with my parents and my little brother\, the neighborhood was lively a
 nd full of friends and neighbors. Unfortunately\, many of them died because
  of the civil wars that took place in Yemen and the Youth Revolution in 201
 1\, especially the devastating civil war since 2015. I moved to the states 
 in 2012 during the Arab Spring and saw a lot of my closest friends killed i
 n front of me before I left. I consider myself one of the lucky ones able t
 o escape war before it was too late for my family and me. I moved to Salem 
 and then Eugene to enroll in school and find work. I found myself graduatin
 g with a Bachelors of Art and Technology and currently furthering my degree
  at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). I work with paint\, sculpt
 ure\, video\, sound\, programming for art\, and video games. I am intereste
 d in challenging myself and in trying things that I haven’t done before. In
  my art\, I try to bring awareness to the issues in Yemen and find help to 
 unpack the layers of my Trauma.\n\nInstagram @mnmurshed     Facebook MoGeZe
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LOCATION:Erb Memorial Union (EMU)\, Adell McMillan Gallery
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SUMMARY:Meet the Artist! Closing Reception for Murshed Summer Exhibit
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