Category: Syria
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Nadine Khoury is an art advisor, curator and writer based in Dubai. With roots from Palestine and Syria, she moved around the Gulf and North America while immersing herself in various cultures along her path. Nadine’s passion for the Arts, led her into various branches of the art world. Nadine’s journey began with managing galleries…
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Aline Geoffroy was born in Latakia in 1930 to a French Orientalist father and a Syrian mother. She completed her secondary education in Latakia and continued in Beirut where she obtained her Baccalaureate. Afterward, she studied photography and fine arts at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) and attended some lectures on child psychology.…
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Sara Khayat is a feminist graphic designer, illustrator, and visual artist from Syria. She was born in Damascus and studied graphic design at the International University for Science and Technology (IUST Syria). Khayat’s work is focused on women’s, LGBTQI+, and refugee rights, using illustration and graphic design to support a wide range of social justice…
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Born and raised in Damascus to an artist father Ibrahim Alawad, Layali Alawad is a Syrian artist based in Aachen, Germany, where she currently resides and practices her craft. With a versatile approach that spans graphic printing techniques to painting, Alawad’s oeuvre is a testament toher dedication to the visual arts. While her artistic repertoire…
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Born in Damascus, Syria in 1991, Lina Al-Malki’s artistic journey began at a young age, nurtured by her architect father, Radwan Al-Malki. By the time she graduated with a Bachelor in Paintings from Damascus University of Fine Arts in 2014, she had already established herself as a budding artist, actively participating in exhibitions throughout her…
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Yara Said is an Amsterdam-based multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into the profound connections between sound, emotions, and visual aesthetics. With a keen focus on daily encounters, identity politics, and the representation of experiences, Yara’s artistic practice intertwines feminist theories with the exploration of sonic flows.Central to Yara’s work is the creation of a political…
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Aula Al Ayoubi, born in Damascus, Syria, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in the Department of Mathematics from the University of Damascus. She furthered her education with a Diploma in Rehabilitation Education from the same university. Aula is also a graduate of the Fine Arts Institute of the Ministry in Damascus, obtaining a technical…
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(1941 – 2023) Growing up in rural villages, in order to get to school, Leila Nseir would walk through impoverished communities with children, in the snow and cold. Reflecting on these memories in her work, she has been searching “for the essence behind those faces.” Born in Al-Haffah, north of Lattakia, Leila Nseir (1941) began…
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Syrian artist Shalabiya Ibrahim gained her reputation as a naïve and spontaneous painter. As soon as the viewer contemplates her paintings, a feeling of freedom and joy immediately spreads on his or her wings and fly without any restrictions or boundaries. Although her themes are earthbound and are not totally imaginative. Born in 1944 in…
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Influenced by the socio-political events of her surroundings, current events and society, artist Asma Fayoumi describes her work as having “often depicted life, events and protests around me. I often painted my obsessions, emotions, and the spirit of things. I painted Damascus, children and mothers in states of happiness and overwhelmed with emotions.” Born in…
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Iqbal Karesly (1925-1969) this self-taught Syrian artist had a beautiful artistic career, yet a short life. Karesly did not study art, she get married at the age of 15. She travelled from place to place in Syria first along with her father who was a teacher, and then along with her husband to settle for…
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Artist statement: The history of my practice is overwhelmingly informed by my status as a hybrid migrant, a condition associated with second generation migrants. My father is Syrian, my mother Swiss and I was born in Morocco. I am therefore African .The transient nature of my evolution as a person and as an artist opened…
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Cham Chahda is a Syrian/ Canadian artist and pianist born in 1982 into a family of artists. Her parents were both established artists in their own right, and they nurtured Cham’s artistic talents from an early age. Encouraged by her father’s love for classical music, Cham began taking piano lessons and quickly discovered a talent…
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Rana Hatmal’s experience as an architect influences the construction and design of her art. Her use of space is minimalistic yet sufficient to express the richness of her inspirations. As a result, her work juxtaposes complementarity and contrast between the subjects depicted and the colors used. This duality originates in the older religions of the…
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Born in Damascus, Syria, in 1977, Sulafa Hijazi is a Berlin-based director and interdisciplinary artist. She studied at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria, majoring in dramatic studies, and at the Städelschule Contemporary Fine Art Academy in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. With a background in theater, animation, conceptual art, and films, she has…