I was born and raised in Egypt where I later attended the Fine Arts Academy in Cairo and earned my BA with high honors. Immediately after graduating from the academy I relocated to Amman, Jordan with my wife where I began my career as an artist. During this time I was also involved in art education and I taught art for ten years in the school district and I also offered private art lessons. In addition, I published a number of art education and drawing books which were incorporated into the curriculum of many schools in Jordan. I wrote and published many art critiques in local newspapers as my contribution to the public and art community. While living in Jordan I established my own gallery in 1986, Akhenaton Gallery, to encourage the revitalization of the art movement until I immigrated to the United States in 1989.
Since the time I began exhibiting my paintings in Jordan my art immediately appealed to the Jordanian community. I held many solo and group exhibitions some of which I mentioned in my biography. Her Majesty, Queen Noor Al Hussein of Jordan, sponsored an exhibition of eight Jordanian artists of which I was included and also purchased one of my paintings. Her Royal Highness Princess Wijdan Ali has also been a patron of my artwork and has sponsored many of my exhibition openings.
My art work has been collected by the National Museum of Jordan, different branches of the Arab Bank, and a lot of private collectors in Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and other countries such as Britain, France, Holland, Spain, and also in the United States. I have also held exhibitions in New York, Florida, Washington DC, Carmel, and San Francisco. And I am currently exhibiting some of my work in Jordan and in the Arab Gulf States.

Artist Statement

As an artist, I express my perceptions of life through my paintings. I approach each blank canvas always keeping in mind that I have the ability to communicate visually and emotionally to so many people all around the world. Unlimited by a single perspective, the style of my work holds no constraints but instead opens a new gateway towards artistic freedom and expression. I do not hold myself to certain techniques, beliefs, or boundaries instead it is a journey of exploration and discovery. Attempting to create something great and captivating from nothing is of course not an easy process. I can however describe it as an attempt to expose my inner feelings through a means of color, texture, patterns and subject matter. My current collections include an acrylic medium on canvas and black and white lithography on paper. All my work embodies a burst of energy and liveliness with combinations of positive subject matter and rich brushwork with a bold style of self-expression. Through individual and direct visual interaction with my work, the viewer has a chance to embrace and harmonize with my art to obtain a specific emotional response, making it unique to their own personal interpretations and emotions. May you view my work and let the energy and strength of each painting evoke pleasant emotions and unconscious inner feelings.
Education
1977 • Bachelor’s Degree with high honors from the Fine Arts Academy, Helwan University – Cairo, Egypt

Education
1977 • Bachelor’s Degree with high honors from the Fine Arts Academy, Helwan University – Cairo, Egypt

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 • Capital Art Gallery – Zamalek
• Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2017 • T-GAW Gallery, Kiev-Ukraine
2017 • Nout Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2016 • Boushahri Art Gallery – Salmiya, Kuwait
2016 • Demouzy Contemporary – Long Island NY
2015 • (XOL) Gallery – Baltimore, MD, USA
2014 • FA Gallery – Kuwait
2013 • Foresight Art-Gallery – Amman, Jordan
2012 • Wadi Finan Art Gallery – Amman, Jordan
2002 • Darat Al Funun – Amman, Jordan
2000 • Dar Alanda Gallery – Amman, Jordan
1997 • Hairpin Alley – Carmel, California
1996 • Darat Al Funun – Amman, Jordan
1987 • Petra Bank Gallery – Amman, Jordan
• French Cultural Center – Amman, Jordan
1986 • Royal Cultural Center, Graphic Art Exhibition – Amman, Jordan
1985 • Royal Cultural Center – Amman, Jordan
• Petra Bank Gallery – Amman, Jordan
1984 • Alia Art Gallery – Amman, Jordan
1982 • Spanish Cultural Center, Graphic Art Exhibition – Amman, Jordan
• British Council – Amman, Jordan
1976 • Helwan University, Two black & white Graphic exhibitions – Cairo, Egypt

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 • ArtsMart Gallery – Samah art gallery – Azad Art Gallery Eg – Arteology Eg
2017 – 2018 • ArtsMart Gallery – Cairo Art Fair
2016 – 2018 • Group Exhibition – Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2015 • Group exhibition – (XOL) Gallery – Baltimore, MD, USA
2012 -15 • Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Group Exhibition – Amman, Jordan
• Foresight Art Gallery, Group Exhibition – Amman, Jordan
2011 • Group exhibition at Gallery 14 – Amman, Jordan
• Nabad Gallery, Group exhibition – Amman, Jordan
93-09 • Darat Al Funun, Contemporary Arab Artists Exhibition – Amman, Jordan
1993 • Darat Al Funun, Contemporary Arab Artists Exhibition – Amman, Jordan
1992 • Abdul Hammeed Shoman Foundation, Group show with Ghada Dahdaleh and Larissa Najjar
– Amman, Jordan
• Alif Gallery, Arab American Cultural Foundation Group show – Washington DC, U.S.A
1991 • Borchart Gallery Group Show – Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.A
1990 • Ariel Gallery, Group Exhibition – Soho, New York, U.S.A
1988 • Abdul Hammeed Shoman Foundation, Group Show which featured the work of eight
painters under the auspices of H.M. Queen Noor Al Hussein of Jordan – Amman, Jordan
1981 • Alia Art Gallery, Group Show with Omar Hamdan – Amman, Jordan
1977 • Atelier Gallery, Group show – Cairo, Egypt

AKHENATON GALLERY
1987 • Established a private gallery called Akhenaton Gallery in Amman, Jordan
• Supervised the Jordanian Fine Arts Festival Exhibition featuring 38 Jordanian Artists
– Amman, Jordan
• Supervised an exhibition featuring 28 painters – Amman, Jordan

MY ART COLLECTIONS
• Jordan National Museum, Amman, Jordan
• Arabic Bank Collection, Amman, Jordan
• Petra Bank, Amman, Jordan
• Private collections: Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Malaysia, Holland, Brittan, Spain, France, and USA

AWARDS
1977 • honorable award
Art Lovers Society – Cairo, Egypt