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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Muhammad Bushnaq (1934 - May 26,
2017) is a Palestinian plastic 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, and he won a number of awards.
his biography
Muhammad Bushnaq was born in the
village of al-Sheikh in the Haifa district in 1934. After the Nakba of 1948, he
moved to the West Bank and joined the Kadoorie Institute in Tulkarm, where he
obtained a diploma in the field of "educational rehabilitation".
He traveled to Kuwait in 1954,
where he worked as a teacher in a number of schools there, and in 1956 he held
his first exhibition to be the first plastic exhibition to be held in Kuwait.
Kuwaiti. 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.
They said about him
Former President of the Jordanian
Plastic Artists Association, Ghazi Enaim, saying about Muhammad Bushnaq: “One
of the few Arab artists who combined culture and conscious artistic thought,
and 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 enriched the
Jordanian and Kuwaiti plastic arenas One of the works that contributed to
laying the first building blocks in them.
The Syrian art critic Ratib
Ghouthani said: "The artist Muhammad Bushnaq has been guided to sculpt a
special style, avoiding repeating the references of other creators, avoiding
falling into the chaos of hybrid forms, and his experience possesses a
self-privacy that is independent of other direct influences."
Achievements and Awards
awards
Bushnaq received a number of awards
and honors, including:
Silver Medal for Sculpture, 1972,
for the sculptural work in which he participated in the fourth public
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 of the Sixth
Kuwait Exhibition for Arab Plastic Artists, for his participation in the Statue
of "Resilience and Resistance".
The second prize of the Seventh
Kuwait Exhibition for Arab Plastic Artists, for his participation in the
painting "The Scream".
Third Prize for Painting at the
Alexandria Biennale, 1984
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