Mohammad Alwahibi
Mohammad Alwahibi (* 1947 in Nasir al-Din, Tiberias, Palestine ; † August 14, 2015 in Berlin ) was a Palestinian-Syrian artist.
Life
Alwahibi lived in Syria from 1948, due to the expulsion of the Palestinians in the Palestinian War . There he attended UNRWA elementary and middle school in the refugee camp as well as the Second Arab Leader School and received his high school degree in 1965. He then studied education in Aleppo until 1968 . From 1979 to 1984 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Damascus . In 1984 he completed courses in porcelain painting in Remscheid. He lived in Germany from 2014.
Act
After studying pedagogy, he took art classes in Syrian schools for eleven years. In 1997 he taught ceramic technologies at the Art Institute in Damascus. Between 1990 and 2007 he continued to teach art in schools for Palestinian orphans. From 1982 to 1985 he also worked as artistic director for the children's newspaper Al Tala'ee . Alwahibi designed a program for Syrian television with the aim of promoting the arts for children. Alwahibi took part in group exhibitions in America, France, Syria, Greece, Finland, Italy, Venezuela, Lebanon, Yemen and Germany.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- Aleppo National Museum Gallery , 1989
- Naji al-Ali Lounge, Damascus, 1989
- Gallery Ornina, Damascus, 1991, 1992
- Gallery Naseer Shura, Damascus, 1993, 1998, 200, 2007
- Dar Kalimat, Aleppo, 2004
- Gallery Ishtar, 2005
- Gallery Al Markhiya - Doha Qatar, 2009
- Zaytuna Lounge - Geneva 2010
- Gallery Oxygen, Damascus, 2010
- Opera House Gallery, Damascus, 2010
- Gallery Zeitzone Berlin 2014
- Gallery Katz & Bach Berlin 2015
Memberships
- Member of the Artists Union of Palestine
- Member of the Visual Artists Association in Syria
- Member of the Arab Visual Artists Union
- Jury (2009–2013) of the Ministry of Culture for the Promotion of Young Artists
literature
- Meghan Nuttall Sayres: Leaving Aleppo With 700 Works of Art . In: The Huffington Post . 2015 (American English, huffingtonpost.com ).
Web links
- The Art of Mohammad Alwahibi , youtube.com 2013
- Mohammed Al Wahibi - 6 Artworks, Bio & Shows Artsy.net
- 10 Middle Eastern Artists Who Inspire , Studio Issa, San Diego, 2013
- Amman First Art Symposium by Arafat Al-Naim , 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Al Wahibi ✝ Grafur, painting. katzbach25.com, 2015, accessed September 30, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alwahibi, Mohammad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Palestinian-Syrian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nasir al-Din, Tiberias, Palestine |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2015 |
| Place of death | Berlin |