About Us

Ms. Fairoozan is a paper artist and illustrator. She has been interested in various forms of papercraft since her school years, it took her quite a while to find her own way of bringing together her love of paper with her experience in painting.
She has actually discovered a new way of using the basic paper technique as she is drawing with paper instead of on it, at that time point she has no idea it was called (Paper Quilling) and she made the quilling process interesting and modern.
These paper artworks can take from a few days to a few weeks or even longer – it all depends on the level of details, size, and design, the largest paper artwork she ever made took her around 6 weeks.
A former art teacher with more than 15 years of experience, she finished a bachelor’s degree from the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad, in Bagdad, Iraq.
Her artworks have been shown in many exhibitions in various countries around the world and in different states all over the USA.

Exhibitions and participation:

1. Art exhibitions when she was a student in high school
2. Art exhibitions during her college study and She won many rewards
3. Her first personal art exhibition was at the French Institute in Sana’a – Yemen
4. Participate in an art exhibition with other artists at the Iraqi embassy at Sana’a – Yemen
5. Show her artworks at the world refugee day – Omni Shoreham Hotel – Washington DC – USA 2011
6. She participates in the color of the art event at City Bank – Columbia SC
7. Her personal exhibition at the Lexington Library South Carolina
8. Her personal exhibition at the Richland Library South Carolina
9. Show her artworks at the Columbia International Festival for more than 10 years – Columbia SC
10. Opened her own art gallery for 4 years at Tapps art center Columbia SC
11. Participate and show her artwork at Soda City market for 5 years – Columbia SC
12. Participate with the 701 CCA – Columbia Open studio event – Columbia SC
    • https://www.columbiaopenstudios.org/fairoozan-abdullah
    • https://www.thecolumbiastar.com/articles/explore-local-art-meet-local-artists-during-columbia-open-studios-april-7-8/
13. Show her artwork at the State fairground art show for 3 years
14. Participate in Time for Art event organized by CORs (2017, 2018, & 2019) – Columbia SC.
    • https://columbiametro.com/article/scene-in-the-city-columbia-opportunity-resources-2019-time-for-art-gala/
15. Show her artworks at Art Mecca of Charleston gallery – Charleston SC
16. Participate with the Artist collective Spartanburg – Spartanburg SC 2021
    • https://artistscollectivespartanburg.org/2021-accepted-entries/
17. Show her artworks at the Rosewood art festival 5 times – Columbia SC

Guilds and artists groups:

1. Member of Trenholm Artists Guild (TAG)
2. Member of Charleston Artists Guild (CAG)
3. Member of South Carolina artist group

Newspaper and TV acknowledgment:

1. FreeTime magazine: https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/cover_story/creative-spaces-participants-in-columbia-open-studios-discuss-finding-a-place-for-their-art/article_91e3ef2a-dd08-513a-9a95-13937082ad28.html
2. Columbia Metro (Time for Art): https://columbiametro.com/article/scene-in-the-city-columbia-opportunity-resources-2019-time-for-art-gala/
3. MidlandBiz: https://whosonthemove.com/explore-local-art-meet-local-artists-columbia-open-studios-april-7-8/
4. WLTX news19: https://www.facebook.com/RosewoodArtandMusicFestival/videos/1904327169828432

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree from the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad, in Baghdad, Iraq