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- Country of residence: Palestine
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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 . [2 ] He was known for his abundant artistic production . [3] He has won a number of awards.
His biography
Muhammad Bushnaq was born in the village of Sheikh in the Haifa district in 1934 , and after the Nakba of 1948 he moved to the West Bank , and joined the Khadoori Institute in the city of 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. 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 , [2] 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 .
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 plastic arts critic Rateb Ghouthani said: “The artist Muhammad Bashnaq was guided to sculpt a special style, by which he avoided repeating the references of other creators, avoiding falling into the chaos of hybrid forms, and his experience possessed a personal specificity independent of other direct influences.”
Achievements and Awards
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 .
His death
Muhammad Bushnaq died in the Jordanian capital, Amman , on May 26, 2017 , at the age of 83.
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