Born – Aleppo, Syria
1986 – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Paintings, Aleppo University, Syria
2000 – Studied Byzantine Icons and restorations in Rome, Italy
1991-2012- Founder and Art instructor at Rolan Khouri Art Institute, Aleppo
2001–Present – Icons and art restoration
Queen Zanobia (Roman Curses) and Shahrazad (Arabian Nights)
oil paint on charred wood series
Allegorical & Figurative Painting Series
Nour – oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2018
Education
1988 – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Paintings, Aleppo University, Syria
2000 – Studied Byzantine Icons and restorations in Rome, Italy
Professional Career
1991-2012- Founder and Art instructor at Roland Khouri Art Center, Aleppo
2001–Present – Icons and art restoration
Solo Exhibitions
2017 – Alef Noon gallery, Damascus
2003 – Tishreen gallery, Aleppo
1998 – Al Khanji gallery, Aleppo
1997 – Al Sibai art house, Damascus
1992-1999 – Al Sayed gallery, Damascus
1990 – Ashtar gallery, Damascus. Mathilda Salem gallery, Aleppo
1989 – Shahba association art center, Aleppo
1988 – Akkad gallery, Aleppo
1983 – Sumer gallery, Aleppo
1983 – Medical Doctors association gallery, Aleppo. Syrian cultural center, Raqqa
Group Exhibitions
2020 – “Emerging Art From War-Torn Syria: War & Hope” Curated by Tony Khawam, presented by ArtServe, Miami, FL.
2019 – Oct 9-10 at Florida International Trade & Cultural Expo, Ft Lauderdale Convention Center, Oct 4-6 at Verasoni, Fairfield, NJ; Sept 27-29, Syrian Arts & Culture Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 – “Syrian Visual Artists” Opera Hall, Damascus
2018 – “Stories Untold” Hellenic national commission UNESCO at Olympic municipal gallery, Maroussi, Greece
2011 – Symposium, Turin, Italy
2011 – Pinali of Venice, International Art exhibition
2007 – Casa de la Cultura (Al Muñecar) Madrid, Spain
2007 – Chateau de Rohan gallery, Saverne, France
2006 – Art Ture gallery, Saverne, France
2003 – Symposium, Beirut, Lebanon
2003 – Cross Hall, Damascus
2002 – Syrian-Armenian artists, Yereven, Armenia
2002 – ARTexpo Beirut
1998-2000 – ARTUEL Beirut
1997 – Colorful Confessions, Al Qawwaf gallery, Aleppo
1995 – Pinali of the First Carnival of Love, Mahabbah, Latakia
1991 – Al Wafaa gallery, Damascus
1988 – Esteem to March, Al Asad livrary, Damascus
Commissions
2018 – Fresco painting, the Dome of the Syrian Catholic Cathedral, Aleppo
Collections
Private and public collections, Middle East, and Europe