Nada Shabout

Nada M. Shabout
Born (1962-01-08) January 8, 1962
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityIraqi-American
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupation(s)Art historian, Professor of Art History
Known forModern and contemporary Arab art
Board member ofPresident and Co-founder, Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey
AwardsFulbright Scholar (2007), Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant (2018), Kuwait Prize for Arts and Literature (2021)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Texas at Arlington
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Arlington
Thesis'Modern Arab Art and the Metamorphosis of the Arabic Letter' (1999)
Academic work
DisciplineArt history
Sub-disciplineModern and contemporary Arab art
InstitutionsUniversity of North Texas
Notable works
  • Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics (2007)
 * New Vision: Arab Art in the Twenty-First Century (2009)
* Modern Art in the Arab World: Primary Documents (2018)
WebsiteUNT Faculty Page

Nada M. Shabout (born 8 January 1962, Glasgow, Scotland) is an Iraqi-American art historian specializing in modern Iraqi art. She has been a professor of art history at the University of North Texas since 2002. She is the president and co-founding board member of the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art (AMCA) of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey.