Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, Lebanon. Rima Jabbur: Portraits and Hikayat
2012
Winter Park City Hall, Winter Park, FL, Narrative Portraits
2011
Alice and William Jenkins Gallery, Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL. Unstable Realities: Paintings by Rima Jabbur
2009
The University of North Florida Gallery, Jacksonville, Fl. Staging Ground: The Paintings of Rima Jabbur
2006
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL. Introspections & Reflections: Paintings and Drawings by Rima Jabbur
2002
Spartanburg Museum, Spartanburg, SC.
2001
Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Drawings and Paintings
1999
Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL. Recent Works
1997
Selected Group Exhibitions
Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL. Crealdé at 50: Where Creativity Builds Community
2026
Snap Gallery, Orlando, Fl. Le Salon 2017
2017
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL. Displacement: Symbols and Journeys, (Invitational)
2016
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Fl. Florida Contemporary: Paintings, Photographs, and Sculpture, (Invitational)
2010
Musée Ingres, Montauban, France. Ingres and the Moderns. An invitational exhibit curated by Dimitri Salmon from the Louvre, and organized by Musee Ingres.
2009
Museum of Florida Art, DeLand, FL. The Painted Figure: Jabbur and Thursby
2008
Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL. Symbiotic Relationships
2006
The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, 14th All Florida Juried Exhibition (Juried by Donald Kuspit), Award of Excellence
2005
Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, FL. Visual Narratives
2004
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts of the Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Go Figure! Manifestations of the Human Form in Contemporary Art
2003
The VonLiebig Art Center, Naples, FL. Made in Florida: Figurative Works
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL. Art at Work
Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. Figure/Disfigure
2001
Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH. The Human Figure/Contemporary Realism
1998
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL. The Female Figue
1997
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL. The Narrative Spirit
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL. Selections from Chroma
1996
Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM. Scene/Unseen
Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL. 1994 Individual Artists’ Recognition Awards
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. ANA 25, (juried by Janet Koplos)
Gallery Alexy, Philadelphia, PA. Contemporary Realism ‘96 (juried by Sydney Goodman)
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL. Southeastern Juried Exhibition (juried by Donald Knaub)
Donald Gallery, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL. Art with a Southern Drawl, Awarded Juror’s Choice.
Harris House of Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL. Suburban Hostage, (Invitational)
1995
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL. Five person show: Equilibrium
1993
Florida State University Gallery & Museum, Tallahassee, FL. Chroma
Harris House of Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL. Suburban Hostage, (Invitational)
1995
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL. Five person show: Equilibrium
1993
Florida State University Gallery & Museum, Tallahassee, FL. Chroma
Alif Gallery, Washington, D.C. From the Other Side...
1992
Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY. Architectural Details
Artscape, Baltimore, MD. Juried by Lowery Sims, Associate Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
1990
Alif Gallery, Washington, D.C. Group Show, 1990
Public and Private Collections
City Hall, Orlando, FL
Collection of Nadine Begdache
Collection of Rifat Haffar
Collection of Randa Acad
Collection of Romano and Mariolina Salvatori
Awards and Residencies
Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
2008
United Arts Individual Professional Development Grant
2006
Residency with Norwegian painter, Odd Nerdrum
2003
Honorable Mention, Individual Artist Grant, State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
2001
Individual Artist Recognition Award in Painting, Arts Services Council, Orlando, FL.
1995
Professional Experience
Education
MFA in Painting
Towson State University
Towson, MD.
BA in Philosophy
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY.
Adjunct Professor
Valencia College, Orlando FL.
School of Arts, Entertainment, and Design
1991 - 2023
Chairman to the Gallery
Alice and William Jenkins Gallery
Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park FL.
1991 - 2011
Senior Faculty Member
Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park FL.
1991 - 2004
Adjunct Professor
Rollins College, Winter Park Art and Art History
1999 - 2000
Maryland Institute College of Art
BFA in Painting and Drawing
Baltimore, MD.