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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Osama Diab (1977-) is a Palestinian visual artist , born in Damascus. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 2002. His family is from Safad and took refuge in Syria as a result of the Nakba in 1948. He worked as a lecturer at the Faculties of Fine Arts and Architecture at the University of Damascus, until he was forced to move to Lebanon after the Syrian war . In 2015, he took refuge in the Netherlands, where he and his family resided in Nijmegen . In 2020, he received a grant from the Dutch National Mondrian Foundation. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions and has been honored for his works with many awards.
His life
Osama Diab grew up in a family of ten children, but the poor living conditions did not stand in the way of the father dreaming of his children completing their university education. His father volunteered in the Syrian Arab Army in 1952 to carry out fedayeen operations, and he had a profound impact on Osama’s life and was his first motivation to complete his education. He took refuge in Lebanon, escaping the scenes of death and destruction that surrounded him.
His drawings
The artist Osama Diab paints with realistic expressionism that is closer to the recipient, and characters filled with sadness and simplicity, using his tools and free connotations that are compatible with the essence of what he feels in a vision that is filled with astonishment in the composition and the strength of the color , and brings back to the recipient his questions about what he sees, as the first lines, rehearsals and sketches are a prelude to subsequent works that are subject to the artist’s idea or a specific concept or a stylistic technique that he prefers to be present in his work. He held his first exhibition, which was a reference to what is happening in Syria and what the screens are showing of scenes of violence, killing and destruction in other places as well.
opposition
He held several solo exhibitions in Damascus and Latakia and several art forums for the Ministry of Culture, such as the Photography Forum in Sweida in 2017. He participated in the annual exhibitions of the Syrian Ministry of Culture, such as the Autumn Exhibition, and participated in exhibitions and symposiums in Venice, Italy, and Germany.
An exhibition entitled "Room" in 2005 at the Mustafa Ali Gallery in Damascus, an exhibition at the Canada Biennale for small paintings in 2006, and an exhibition at the First Plastic Arts Forum of the Palestinian Center for Culture and Arts in 2007 in Damascus. Zoom Contemporary Art Exhibition in Miami in 2010, Art Dubai Exhibition in 2013, Syria Out of Frame Exhibition in Jeddah in 2014, participated in the Netherlands Art Festival in 2017, and the Stedelijk Museum Exhibition in Amsterdam in 2018.
Achievements and Awards
His awards
Diab has won many awards, including:
First prize in the fifth Young Artist Exhibition, Khan Asaad Pasha Space, Damascus, 2004.
Syrian Jury Prize at the Fourth Young Artist Exhibition, Damascus, 2003.
Syrian Jury Prize at the Third Young Artist Exhibition, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, 2002.
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