Balqees Fakhro graduated from the University of San Francisco’s Lone Mountain College in the US with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and art history in 1975. Considerer one of Bahrain’s most prominent artists, Fakhro has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions locally, regionally and internationally since 1976. She has been recognized and awarded internationally, and her work has been acquired by reputable  institutions such as the Bahrain National Museum; the Modern Art Museum of Jordan; the Arabic Modern Art Museum in Doha, Qatar; the Kinda Foundation of Saudi Arabia, which exhibited her works at the World Arab Institute in Paris; the Hamburg State House in Berlin, Germany; the Dubai Financial Center, UAE; the Abu Dhabi Investment House, UAE; and the Sheikh Ibrahim Center for Culture, Bahrain.