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Muhammad Bushnaq ( 1934 – May 26 , 2017 ) was a Palestinian visual artist . He is considered one of the symbols of the plastic movement in Palestine , Jordan , and Kuwait . He was known for his abundant artistic production. He has won a number of awards.
His biography
Muhammad Bishnak was born in the village of Sheikh in the Haifa district in 1934. After the Nakba of 1948, he moved to the West Bank and joined the Khadouri Institute in the city of Tulkarm , where he obtained a diploma in “educational rehabilitation.”
He traveled to Kuwait in 1954 , where he worked as a teacher in a number of schools there. In 1956, he held his first exhibition, making it the first art exhibition to be held in Kuwait . Then he held another exhibition in 1958 , and in 1960 he contributed to establishing the Art Gallery in Kuwait. Al-Marsam Al-Hur Foundation, affiliated with the Kuwaiti Knowledge Department. In 1990, he moved to reside from Kuwait to the Jordanian capital, Amman .
His death
Muhammad Bushnaq died in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on May 26, 2017 , at the age of 83.
What they said about him
Former head of the Jordanian Fine Artists Association, Ghazi Inaim , said about Muhammad Bushnaq: “One of the few Arab artists who combined culture and conscious artistic thought, and he has a long artistic history full of works that represent a special case in the Arab sculpture movement, and he is among those who greatly influenced the Jordanian and Kuwaiti plastic arts scenes.” One of the works that contributed to laying the first building blocks for them.”
Syrian art critic Rateb Ghouthani said: “The artist Muhammad Bishnak has found a unique style, in which he avoided repeating the references of other creative people, avoiding falling into the chaos of hybrid forms, and his experience possesses a unique character independent of other direct influences.”
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Awards
Bushnak received a number of awards and honors, including:
Silver Medal for Sculpture, 1972 , for the sculptural work in which he participated in the Fourth General Exhibition in Kuwait.
Bronze Medal for Sculpture, for his participation in the first art exhibition of the Kuwait Teachers Association.
Bronze Medal for Sculpture, 1974 , for his participation in the Fifth Exhibition in Kuwait.
The second prize at the Sixth Kuwait Exhibition for Arab Plastic Artists, for his participation in the “Resilience and Resistance” statue.
The second prize at the Seventh Kuwait Exhibition for Arab Plastic Artists, for his participation in the painting “The Scream.”
Third Prize for Painting from the Alexandria Biennale, 1984 .
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