The only Arab that was accepted in the BP portrait award 2004, and won an award...
"I care more for feeling than form and more for form than colour"
Ahmad Bazzoun, Al Safir Newspaper (December 2004) Beirut

 

"Today I sail like the flying Dutchman on a ship with no destination, to be devoured either by fish or by sara Shamma. Talking about her is like reporting an artistic hurricane blowing away rhythm and rhyme."
Al Jamahir (November 2004)

 

Sara Shamma in Aleppo...
Al Jamahir Newspaper (November 2004) Aleppo, Syria

 

Free roaming in visual space…Sara Shamma an idol??...
Ahmad Al Ali, Al Jamahir Newspaper (November 2004) Aleppo

 

Small details bring the painting to life. I don't think while painting, I allow myself to be driven by the painting to surprise and astonishment...
Moutii Abou Rislan, Roua Thakafiah (October 2004) Damascus

 

Her themes add new values to the concept of beauty...
Abdallah Abou Rashed, Al Balad Newspaper (September 2004) Beirut

 

"She chuckles about their having become adept at hearing the moment when a painting is finished. This happens when she decides to score the canvas with a blade cutter."
Mysoun Rizk, N. Paradoza International Art Journal (August 2004) London

 

Sara Shamma the fourth prize at the BP 2004...
Ayman Al Ghazali, Al Warda Magazine (August 2004) Damascus

 

Sara Shamma in the National Portrait Gallery in London...
Al Warda (June - 2004) Damascus

 

In her solo exhibition in Carizma Art Gallery in Kuwait...
"Sara Shamma paints a portrait with its most articulate details..."
Al Raay Al Aam (7/7/2004) Kuwait

 

Sara Shamma won the 4th prize at the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London...
Al Quds Al Arabi (24/6/2004)

 

Sara Shamma in the international exhibition of portrait in London...
Al Thawra Cultural (13/5/2004) Syria

 

The Syrian Artist Sara Shamma hits international recognition through a competition at the National Portrait Gallery in London...
Al Hayat Newspaper (11/5/2004) Lebanon

 

Artist Sara Shamma on the top of the ladder of international fame..
Teshreen Newspaper (3/5/2004) Syria

 

Sara Shamma in a British Award's final
Al Thawra Newspaper (23/4/2004) Damascus

 

Portraiture is my first love...
"Syrian artist Sara Shamma and her self-portrait..."
The Times (21/4/2004)

 

Face values artists shortlisted for portrait award...
The Guardian (21/4/2004) London

 

Through our ears music moves our feeling, while a painting touches our souls through the sight...
Nssrin Shihabi, Creations Magazine (2004) Damascus