Adib Fattal
Born in 1962 in Washington DC, Adib Fattal has lived in
Europe, the United States and the Middle East. He graduated with a BBA in
International Marketing from the City University of New York. About twenty
years ago, Adib abandoned a career in business and banking to dedicate himself
full-time to his real passion: graphic art. At present, Adib lives in a small town outside Damascus,
Syria where he paints and looks after his family. While the situation in Syria
continues to pose difficulties for Adib, his incessant optimism has not stopped
him from pursuing his passion for art and for believing in a better and sunnier
future. Adib has had many exhibitions spanning three
continents. Besides holding many
exhibits in the Arab World such as Syra, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and
the UAE. In 2007, he held a show at the Primitive
Art Gallery, Cracow, Poland. He also held a solo exhibit at the Mardin Biennial
in Turkey in 2012, presented by the Museum of
Everything (London).
Exhibitions:
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 Safrkhan
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,May2011
Solo exhibition at the
Islamic Resource Center,Greenfield Wisconsin,USA,June 2011
Joint exhibition
at the Biennal Dever Art Fair,Brussels,Belgium,August 14th 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 All of March,2012;
Joint exhibition at the
Delaware County Community College,Penn. USA,March2012;
Joint exhibition at the
Ecolintannuelle Open art Exhibition, Cologny,Switzerland-April 23rd-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,2013;
Solo exhibition at Museum der Stadt Bad Ischi in Austria from
March 1st to end of May,2013;
Solo exhibition at Woodrow Wilson Institute
in Washington DC.USA,March 15th to May15th,2013;
Joint exhibition, organized by the Parivesh Kala
Sansthan,Dec.20th toDec.22
,2013,an NGO which supports and promotes the Indian visual arts
culture, Jaipur, India.;
Joint exhibition,”My Neighbours”Museum of Modern
Art,Istanbul,Turkey,From January 8th
To May 8th,2014.;
Joint exhibition,All India Art
Exhibition,Jaipur,IndiaJanuary31st,2014;
Joint exhibition at Gallery EspacesEphemeres,Beirut,Lebanon,May 8th to
June 30th,2014;
Joint exhibition at the Fall Exhibition organized by the Ministry
of Culture at Khan Asaad Basha,Damascus from November 16th,2015 to November 26th,2015
;.
Solo exhibition at S.V.Gallery,Subject:Palestine,Saifi
Village,Beirut,Lebanon From from April 19th to May 7th ,2016;
Solo exhibition at S.V.Gallery,Subject Moorish Spain ,Saifi
Village,Beirut,Lebanon, From November 6th to November the 18th,2017,;
Joint exhibition titleld Exhibit
“Homes: Syrian Stories Through Atrtists’ Eyes at the Museo della Cultura (MUDEC)
Milan, May 05-May 20, 2018 organized by The Cultural Association L'Art9 together with
the London-based Litehouse Gallery;
Joint exhibition at the Armena Art
Fair,Yerevan,Armenia,represented by Litehouse Gallery,Subject: Syria,May 11th
Sto May 14th 2018
joint exhibition at the 11th Art
Naif Festival in Szyb Wilson Gallery, Katowice, Poland,from 8th June to
10th August 2018.
Joint exhibition at the French Cultural
center,Ankara,Turkey,organized by ArthereIstanbul,subject: Syria from the 31st of January to
Feb the 10 th,2019;
Solo exhibition at Atelier Fateh Mudaress,Damascus,Syria,from Feb
25,2019 to 4th of March 2019; Subject: Spain
Joint exhibition at the LiteHouse,London,UK,the 14th of
March to March 24th,2019;Subject:Syria
Joint exhibition at the 11th Art
Naif Festival in Szyb Wilson Gallery, Katowice, Poland,from 6th June
to August 25TH 2019
Joint exhibition at Nabad Gallery,Amman,Jordan,from 26th
August to the 26th of September,,2019 ;Subject: Places of the Heart
Solo at Street Gallery at Exeter University,UK ,Exeter, from
September 19th to December 20th , 2019 Subject:My
beautiful Andalusia
Joint exhibition at Nabad Gallery,Amman,Jordan from 15th
December to the 27th of February, 2019-2020,“Winter season”
World Naïve Art Under COVID-19 Influence. MIANM & FIAN online
exhibition. 5th/7/2020 to 8/8/2020
Joint exhibition at Naïve and
Singular art Biennial From 11th September 2020 to 25th October 2020
the 4th Naïve & Singular
Art Biennial the 4th Naïve & Singular Art Biennial
at the castle of Waroux
(Belgium).
Joint exhibition Litehouse Gallery on Syria
9th – 10th
October 2020 At the Freeman Foundation,London. Contemporary Stories Through
Artists’ Eye.
Joint
online exhibition at The Gallery of Everything at Intersect 21 from Tues 16th
to Mon 22nd February,2021,London,UK
Solo exhibition Kondas Center, Estonia. Magistically Mogul From
Monday ,May 24,2021 to Sunday ,August 22, 2021
Solo exhibition Museum of Naïve Art Moscow, Magistically Mogul From October 14th,
2021 to January 22nd, 2022.
Art Achivements:
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.
Prints made from
select paintings at CreativeDee.com,
Collection at the Art Brut Museum Montpellier ,France
"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."
Works of mine are
exhibited at the Musee Art Brut Montpellier at the present.
