Fattal Adib:
Adib Fattal was born in 1962 in Washington D.C.
As the son of a diplomat, Adib spent most of his life in Europe, the United States and the Middle East.
He graduated with a B.B.A in International Marketing from the City University of New York.
Having spent some years in the field of business and banking, Adib decided to abandon it and dedicate himself to his original love: graphic art.
At present, he lives on a farm in Syria at the foot of Mount Hermon where he paints, farms and looks after his dog, cat, and a large collection of birds including a clever parrot.
Exhibitions:
To date, Adib Fattal has exhibited in the Middleeast, Pakistan, Europe and Canada and the USA.
Joint exhibition sponsored by Shell Company at Maktab Anbar, Damascus, May 2001;
Solo exhibition at the Istitut francis d'etudes arabes de Damas, April 2003;
Solo exhibition at the Ishtar Gallery, Damascus, December 2002;
Solo exhibition at the American University of Cairo on the occasion of "The Year of Palestine.", April 2003;
Solo exhibition at the Nassir Shawra Gallery, Damascus, June 2004;
Solo exhibition at the Orex Expo in Montreal, Canada, in July-August 2004;
Solo exhibition at the SafarKhan Gallery in Zamalek, Cairo in April 2005;
Solo exhibition at the V.M art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2006;
Solo exhibition at the Primitive Art Gallery, Cracow, Poland, September 2007;
Solo exhibition at the Otrebusy Museum of Folk Art, Warsaw, December 2007;
Solo exhibition at the Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, June 2008;
Joint exhibition at the Camden Art Gallery, London, October 2008;
Solo exhibition a t the Zamaan Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, May, 2009;
Joint exhibition at the Hammer Gallery in Holland, Amsterdam, November, 2009
Solo exhibition at the Solidere Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon, in the month of May 2010.
Solo exhibition at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington DC.USA, April2011.
Joint exhibition at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery for a special exhibit entitled “Breaching the Wall, Washington DC., USA, May 2011
Solo exhibition at the Islamic Resource Center, Greenfield Wisconsin, USA, June 2011
Joint exhibition at the Biennal Dever Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium, August 14 th 2011
Joint charity exhibit entitled "Bashayer, " alongside other Arab artists, to support children with cancer in Khobar,
SaudiArabia.November13th to 16th, 2011
Solo exhibition at the Spontanious Art Museum, Brussels, Belgium, January 12th 2012
Solo exhibition at the 4walls Gallery in Dubai, UAE. March, 2012
Joint exhibition at the Delaware County Community College, Penn. USA, March 2012
Joint exhibition at the Ecolintannuelle Open art Exhibition, Cologny, Switzerland-April 23 rd -April27, 2012
Joint exhibition at Parallax art Fair, Oct, 12th to14th, 2012, London, United Kingdom
Joint exhibition at the Peoples Gallery in Damascus, Syria-July10th-Sept. 10th, 2012
Solo exhibition at the Mardin Biennial in Turkey presented by the Museum of Everything, London.
From September 21 to October 21, 2012
Solo exhibition at Babel Theater, Beirut, Lebanon fromFebruary 19 to March 3rd.
Solo exhibition at Museum der Stadt Bad Ischi in Austria from March 1 st to end of May.
Solo exhibition at Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington DC.USA, March 15 th to May15th.
Adib's works are being presented by the Filu forum of Germany in its archive and CD forms, available at the annual Frankfort Book Fair. Contributed three ACEO prints to the Small Art From The Heart (SAFTH) international art exhibit in Newaygo, Michigan, August 11th through September 2nd, 2012." Work cited in INSITA, 2010-By the International Exhibition 0f Self-taught Art, produced by theSlovak National Gallery and chosen by an International jury.pp.44-45 Some of Adib's paintings are available in postcards sold by T.B.Z (Tarek Bin Zeyad) company in Syria, as well as other postcards printed and sold by Gutsch Verlog Company Germany. "Was selected by a jury to exhibit work at the 52nd International Exhibition of The San Deigo Art Institute, San Diego, California in 2013. The work was selected amongst 1200 other artworks from all over the world."
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