Yamen Yousef

Born in 1982 and a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 2006, Yamen Yousef is a Syrian sculptor artist. Having previously participated in many sculpture symposiums, art workshops, art fairs and exhibitions in Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, France, USA, UAE and UK. His work researches the ability to give expression to the human form, to transmit and translate its language into sculpture form, working to combine traditional sculptural knowledge and technical skills with contemporary issues and thereby trying to create works that are reactions to daily life. Yamen has worked with many materials including bronze, wood, metal, plaster, stone, and recycled paper. He uses several medias for his artistic expression such as digital media, printmaking and painting. He also worked as set designer in drama series.