Nuria Garcia Masip

Hattat

Birth Date H. 1399
M. 1978

Birth Place İspanya - İbiza

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About Artist

Born in 1978 in Ibiza, Spain, Nuria Garcia Masip grew up between Spain and the USA.
In 1999, after completing her B.A. in French and Spanish Literature at The George
Washington University, U.S.A., she traveled to Morocco where she developed and
interest in Islamic art.

In 2000, she returned to Washington D.C. where she started studying the rik’a, sülüs, and
nesih scripts with calligrapher (hattat) Mohamed Zakariya.

In 2004, she moved to Istanbul where she continued to study the sülüs, and nesih scripts
with hattat Hasan Çelebi, and with hattat Davut Bektaş. In 2007, she received her
diploma (ijazah) in these two scripts, signed by her three teachers, under the auspices of
IRCICA (Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture).

Nuria is currently living in Paris where she teaches, researches, and works on calligraphy.
She has won prestigious prices in international calligraphy competitions and her work forms part of various private and museum collections. She has also organized numerous workshops and conferences on this art to promote the art of calligraphy internationally.

Her work is firmly rooted in the classical school of calligraphy and she enjoys preserving the techniques and materials of the tradition.