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.