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The Black Plait
Mohammed Al-Hawajri
11/7/2001-26/7/2001
The artist:
Al-Hawajri was born in Breij refugee Camp, Gaza in 1976. In 1990 he
studied drawing and painting at the YMCA in Gaza. In addition to two local
personal exhibits, Al-Hawajri has participated in numerous local and
international group exhibits. In 1997 he participated in the Palestinian
Spring Cultural events in Marseilles, and Paris, France. He was also
awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Arab League in 1998. In 1999-2000
Al-Hawajri was nominated by the Sakakini for two consecutive years to
participate in the Summer Academy for Young Arab Artists at Amman's Darat
al Funun, under the direction of Syrian artist Marwan Qassab Bashi. In
2000 he was short listed in for the 1st Abdel-Mohsin Qattan Foundation
Artist of the year, Ramallah. Al-Hawajri currently works as one of the
supervisors of the Visual Arts Program at the Red Crescent Society in Gaza
City. He also works regularly as an art instructor in many local schools
and summer camps.
The exhibit:
"My inks are the black plait that connects me to the earth, my colors are
inspired from the soil, my letters from history's lessons. I write words
on animal bones, I draw symbols and letters recollecting archaic history
where human's primitive instinct was that of an artist." (Mohammed Al-Hawajri)
http://www.sakakini.org/arts/exibits/hawajriexib.html
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