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, in Cracow, Poland. He also held a solo exhibit at the Mardin Biennial in Turkey in 2012, presented by the Museum of Everything (London). 

Solo Exhibitions: 

Solo exhibition Museum of Naïve Art Moscow, Magistically Mogul, October 2021 to January 2022;  

Solo exhibition Kondas Center, Estonia, Magistically Mogul, May to August 2021;

Solo exhibition at Atelier Fateh Mudaress, Damascus, Syria, February to March 2019;

Solo at Street Gallery at Exeter University, UK, Exeter, September to December 2019;

Solo exhibition at S.V.Gallery, Subject Moorish Spain, Saifi Village, Beirut, Lebanon, in November 2017; 

Solo exhibition at S.V.Gallery, Subject: Palestine, Saifi Village, Beirut, Lebanon From from April to May 2016; 

Solo exhibition at Babel Theater, Beirut, Lebanon, February to March 2013;  

Solo exhibition at Museum der Stadt Bad Ischi in Austria, March to May 2013; 

Solo exhibition at Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington DC., USA, March to May 2013; 

Solo exhibition at the Mardin Biennial in Turkey presented by the Museum of Everything, London, September to October 2012;

Solo exhibition at the 4walls Gallery in Dubai, UAE, March 2012; 

Solo exhibition at the Spontaneous Art Museum, Brussels, Belgium, January 2012; 

Solo exhibition at the Islamic Resource Center, Greenfield Wisconsin, USA, June 2011 

Solo exhibition at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington DC., USA, April 2011;

Solo exhibition at the Solidere Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon, May 2010;

Solo exhibition at the Zamaan Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, May 2009; 

Solo exhibition at the Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, June 2008;  

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 V.M art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2006; 

Solo exhibition at the Safrkhan Gallery in Zamalek, Cairo in April 2005; 

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 Istitut francais d'études arabes de Damas, April 2003; 

Solo exhibition at the American University of Cairo on the occasion of "The Year of Palestine.", April 2003; 

Solo exhibition at the Ishtar Gallery, Damascus, December 2002; 

Collective Exhibitions:

Joint online exhibition at The Gallery of Everything at Intersect 21, London, UK, February 2021;

Joint exhibition at Nabad Gallery, Amman, Jordan, December to February 2019-2020; 

World Naïve Art Under COVID-19 Influence. MIANM & FIAN online exhibition. 5th/7/2020 to 8/8/2020 

Joint exhibition at 4th Naïve & Singular Art Biennial the 4th Naïve & Singular Art Biennial at the castle of Waroux, Belgium, September to October 2020;

Joint exhibition Litehouse Gallery on Syria, at the Freeman Foundation, London, Contemporary Stories Through, Artists’ Eye, October 2020

Joint exhibition at the LiteHouse, London, UK, March 2019; 

Joint exhibition at the 11th Art Naif Festival in Szyb Wilson Gallery, Katowice, Poland, June to August 2019;

Joint exhibition at Nabad Gallery, Amman, Jordan, August to September 2019; 

Joint exhibition at the French Cultural Center, Ankara, Turkey, organized by ArthereIstanbul, subject: Syria, January to February 2019;

Joint exhibition titled Exhibit “Homes: Syrian Stories Through Atrtists’ Eyes at the Museo Della Cultura (MUDEC) Milan, May 2018, organized by The Cultural Association L'Art9 together with the London-based Litehouse Gallery;

Joint exhibition at the Armenia Art Fair, Yerevan, Armenia, represented by Litehouse Gallery, Subject: Syria, May 2018;

Joint exhibition at the 11th Art Naif Festival in Szyb Wilson Gallery, Katowice, Poland, June to August 2018; 

Joint exhibition at the Fall Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture at Khan Asaad Basha, Damascus in November 2015;  

Joint exhibition,” My Neighbours” Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey, From January to May 2014;

Joint exhibition, All India Art Exhibition, Jaipur, India January 2014; 

Joint exhibition at Gallery Espaces Ephémères, Beirut, Lebanon, May to June 2014; 

Joint exhibition, organized by the Parivesh Kala Sansthan, Jaipur, India, December 2013;

Joint exhibition at the Delaware County Community College, Penn., USA, March 2012; 

Joint exhibition at the Ecolintannuelle Open art Exhibition, Cologny, Switzerland, April 2012; 

Joint exhibition at Parallax art Fair, London, United Kingdom, October 2012;

Joint exhibition at the Peoples Gallery in Damascus, Syria, July to September 2012;  

Joint exhibition at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery for a special exhibit entitled “Breaching the Wall, Washington DC., USA, May 2011;

Joint exhibition at the Biennal Dever Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011;

Joint charity exhibit entitled "Bashayer," alongside other Arab artists, to support children with cancer in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, November 2011; 

Joint exhibition at the Hammer Gallery in Holland, Amsterdam, November 2009;

Joint exhibition at the Camden Art Gallery, London, October 2008;

Joint exhibition sponsored by Shell Company at Maktab Anbar, Damascus, May 2001.

Art Achievements:  

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

through September 2012.

Work cited in INSITA, 2010-By the International Exhibition 0f Self-taught Art, produced by the Slovak 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." 

His works are currently exhibited at the Musée Art Brut Montpellier.