Khuloud El Zwai was born in 1975 in the Libyan capital Tripoli. In 1998 she graduated in Classical Music and Piano at the Faculty of Media and Arts from the University of Tripoli. Currently, she continues to live and work in her hometown. She is a self-taught artist and since 2007 she has already participated in several local exhibitions, such as at the Art House of Tripoli, at the Dar Alfeghie Hassan in Tripoli, and at Tripoli International Gallery. She also had the possibility to exhibit her artworks at the Camden Gallery in London, in Canada, and in Egypt. Her passion for music and melody shines through her abstract paintings, which deal with existence, personal memories, and emotions especially related to loss and departure. At the 2010-Creative Artist Festival in Libya, she was also awarded Best Libyan Visual Artist of the Year.