ABSTRACT ARTIST
ARTWORKS
Resume
Fadhel Al Dabbagh
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Born in Iraq-Baghdad 1974.
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2000 B.Sc in painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad University / Baghdad.
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1985 Diploma in painting, Fine arts.Institute. Baghdad
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Live and work in the United States of America
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Solo Exhibitions
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(Journey of Roots), Orfali Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan, 2015.
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Solo Exhibition in Darbounah Art Gallery, intercontinental hotel, Amman, Jordan, 2008.
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(Tree) Dar Al Anda Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan, 2006.
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Collections
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He has a collection of artworks at Tangram Hotel. Erbil, Iraq. 2013.
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He has a collection of artworks at Coral International Hotel'' Cape Town, South Africa, 2010.
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He has a collection of artworks at Ishtar Kempinski hotel’s rooms, VIP meeting areas, and Royal Suites. Dead Sea, Jordan, 2006 / 2007.
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Group exhibitions
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Dar Al Anda Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2014.
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Foresight Gallery, Dead Sea Exhibition, Jordan 2014.
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Orfali Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2009.
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Dar Al Anda Art Gallery, Jordan 2009.
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Delaware art museum "Bridge of Hope" USA. Delaware 2008.
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(Iraqi Feeling) Exhibition with artist Ghassan Muhsen in Al Bareh Art Gallery, Bahrain, 2007.
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Arabian Art in Japan, Chuwa Gallery, Tokyo, 2007.
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The Annual exhibition. Hewar Gallery, Baghdad 2005.
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Iraqi Modern Arts Exhibition, Syria, Damascus-Halab, 2004.
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Iraqi Modern Arts, Sulaymaniyah Museum Gallery 2003.
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3rd Baghdad Festival, National Art Museum, Baghdad, 2002.
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Akkad Art Gallery. Baghdad, Iraq. 2002
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Iraqi Artists society exhibitions, 2000, 2001, 2002.
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Al Mezan Gallery, Baghdad, 2000-2003.
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Baghdad Gallery, Art Day Anniversary, 2001-2003.
ABOUT
My paintings are not merely an extension of me; they are me. In them, I travel through the dreamscapes and fantasies that, having bid their farewells to yesterdays, still linger in my heart, holding fast to the beloved memories of my sweet childhood.
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My deep admiration for natural beauty springs to life in my paintings through organic shapes and natural colors. Trees, leaves and branches, flowers, and fruit combine to create an emotional dreamscape of spiritual rhythm.
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Love and longing, loneliness, and fulfillment; are the feelings of my paintings, and they are, to me, personal and honest.
Triggered by a single image, my imagination draws me into my inner world. For me, the experience is like reaching into the darkness, discovering alien worlds, and exposing them onto my canvas through my brush strokes.
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Combining these shapes from a far distant universe with the deformed reality we’re living each day, the paintings feel as if they exist on their terms, torn between the poles of pain and hope. I let the process flow.
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In each case, however, it is evident that the darkness is offset with images of beautiful flowers, cheerful colors like the innocence of a small boy dreaming away in peaceful countryside, long ago and far away.
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A story with no words told in color, folding all the collected elements into a moment of spiritual bliss, exposing the enthusiasm and courage I hold deep within my soul. A dream? Perhaps. Once I am through, while my brushes are soaking in water, the painting speaks for itself, and I can only listen.
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