Born in 1953
Lives and works in Paris


1953
Born in Soueida, south of Syria.
His approach to cultural and artistic life began at sixteen and takes two parallel paths : that of painting and of writing. Very early, he exhibited his first paintings and recited his short stories in the cultural center of his hometown.

1972
Settled in Damascus. He continued his studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts. Graduated in 1977. The same year he exhibited at the Gallery of Modern Art Urnina.

1980
Stay of four years in Algeria.
He developed the visual arts program for the Algerian Ministry of Education .

1984
Year of his move to Paris.
Subscribe to the National School of Decorative Arts, where he graduated after three years of study.

Major Personal  Exhibitions

2012
         Paintings
         Art Paris - Grand Palais
         Stand Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris

2011
         Paintings
         Green Art Gallery, Dubai
2011
         Paintings
         Sharjah Biennial
2008
         Paintings 2001-2008
         Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris (Catalog)
2007
         Paintings
         Art Paris - Abu Dhabi
         Stand Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
2006
         Paintings
         French Cultural Center in Damascus (Bilingual monograph )
2006
         The city of Thionville organizes  two exhibitions :
         Paintings
         Centre Jacques-Brel
         Prints
         Art space Conservatory of Music (Catalog)
         Paintings
         Riwaq Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
2005
         Paintings, prints and artist books
         Musée de l'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (Catalog)
2002
         Paintings - Prints
         Foundation Orestiadi
         Palazzo della Cuba, Palermo, Italy (Catalog)
1997
         Artworks , 1986-1996
         Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan
1996
         Works on paper, artist books and prints
         French Cultural Centre, Damascus (Catalog)
         Paintings
         Atassi Gallery, Damascus (Catalog)
1994
         Gold medal at The International Triennale of Graphic Arts of Cairo.
         In the same context, in 1997, solo exhibition
1993
         Works on Paper
         50 x 70 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
         Paintings
         Queyras Gallery, Paris
1989
         Works on Paper
         Urnina Gallery, Damascus
1988
         Circumstances of the places
         Galerie La Nouvelle Gravure, Paris
         Museum books
         Vockaer Galerie Michel, Brussels
1980
         Works on Paper
         Gallery Racim, Algiers
         Paintings
         Al Chab Gallery, Damascus
1977
         Paintings
         Urnina Gallery, Damascus