Author Archives: Fatima Killeen

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About Fatima Killeen

Fatima Killeen is a Moroccan painter/printmaker from Casablanca now living in Canberra, Australia

Little has changed since 2006….. Mahmoud and Ground Zero – Fatima Killeen


Twenty years after these two artworks were created in 2006 to record the chaos underway in Lebanon, little has changed. While the names of many thousands of boys or girls may be different, Lebanon is once again under attack from … Continue reading

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Fatima Killeen talks about the “Never the Twain Shall Meet’ exhibition on SBS Arabic 24 ‘Good Morning Australia’ باللغة العربية


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Sasha Grishin (Region Canberra) and Rob Kennedy (Canberra City News) write two reviews on the ‘Never the Twain Shall Meet’ exhibition by Fatima Killeen


REGION CANBERRA – Sasha Grishin Read the Sasha Grishin review as a PDF CLICK HERE or on the Region Canberra website CLICK HERE CANBERRA CITY NEWS – Rob Kennedy Read the Rob Kennedy review as a PDF CLICK HERE or … Continue reading

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Fatima Killeen’s exhibition “Never the Twain Shall Meet” opens at ANCA gallery.


Fatima’s latest solo exhibition “Never the Twain Shall Meet – East is East and West is West” opened for the next month at ANCA gallery in Dickson, ACT. The exhibition was opened by culture and arts journalist Helen Musa, who … Continue reading

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Never the Twain shall Meet – Fatima ‘s new exhibition at ANCA in May


Exhibition opening on Friday 1st May 2026 at 6pm.

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L’empreinte Eternelle – L’Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Casablanca


The exhibition commemorating the lives of Mohammed Bakkour, Noureddine Bellaoui and Khadija Belalia assembled by their alumni colleagues who studied with them at ESBAC in the late 1980’s.

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L’Empreinte Eternelle – a collective exhibition by the alumni of the Casablanca School of Fine Arts – March/April 2026


Commemorating the lives of Mohammed Bakkour, Noureddine Bellaoui and Khadija Belalia

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Highlighting the plight of Gaza children and their mothers – AMUST


The prolonged terror inflicted on Gaza has exposed the deliberate and systematic targeting of civilians and especially children by Israeli forces. Thousands of children have been killed alongside many more of Palestinians killed, tens of thousands injured and hundreds of … Continue reading

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Judging exhibitions at Queanbeyan Art Society


This month I had the honour of judging the monthly art competitions at the Queanbeyan Art Society. Their gallery is located in a picturesque park setting on the riverbank near the bridge. You can visit their society website at Queanbeyan … Continue reading

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Belco Arts said ‘Let there be prints’! And prints filled the walls…..review by Sasha Grishin


“Belco Arts put a call out to printmakers throughout Australia to participate in an exhibition with the theme of Habitat – “being the place or environment where we as humans, plants, or animals naturally are located or have found ourselves residing in”. … Continue reading

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