ali jabbar

ALI JABBAR

Ali Jabbar has executed fourteen public sculptures in Turkey, Iran, Bahrain, Oman, Lebanon, UAE and Germany and has previously participated in more than 85 exhibitions. Despite huge demand for his work, the artist has never neglected his academic aspirations: He teaches fine art and multimedia design in several of Copenhagen's high schools, lectures on art at Oman University, whilst contributing to numerous symposiums and conferences.

My paintings show a vivid contrast between what is covered and naked, innocent and corrupt, old and new, tender and coarse. They are created both in an abstract and expressionist as well as in a realistic and surrealistic style. There are always distortions, contradictions, arguments, sarcasm and fear about the unknown. My paintings display the comparison between the perpetuity of things and the disappearance of the instant sensation which was created accidentally.

Ali Jabbar was born in Iraq in 1963. Determined to make his name as a professional artist, he dedicated himself to eight years of study at the Institute of Fine Arts and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad. In 1992 Jabbar moved to Denmark where he continued to study as a painter and sculptor. 2002 marked the artist’s graduation from the Graphic Design School in Copenhagen and he started to make his living as a designer, producing artists’ catalogues, illustrations and realising a number of independent projects. The most highly regarded of these graphic projects was a series of minimalist illustrations of celebrities and politicians, reduced to shapes and colours whilst remaining recognisable.

From Where Are We And Where Are We? Oil and acrylic on canvas 200 x 250 cm

Rotation About Self Oil and acrylic on canvas 120 x 170 cm

The Drunken Boat Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Blind Mask Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

The Wind Of Change Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Digital Sunlight Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Boring Discussion Oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm

A Portrait Of A Generation Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Silenced Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Illuminated Days Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Lover From Soho Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Exchange Roles Acrylic on canvas 130 x 120 cm

New World Into Existence Acrylic on canvas 120 x 130 cm

At The Dawn Acrylic on canvas 130 x 120 cm

Nobody Can Surprise You Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Last Drop Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Last Step Oil on canvas 99 x 99 cm

After The Feast Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm

A Destiny Day Oil on canvas 115 x 95 cm

Artist’s Studio Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Bus Stop II Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Day At The Port Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Evening At The Door Oil on canvas 120 x 81 cm

First Step To Travel Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

In Between Two Masses Oil on canvas 100 x 120 cm

Loose Desire Oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm

Love Letter Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Lovelorn II Oil on canvas 100 x 120 cm

Marvelous Night Oil on canvas 100 x 120 cm

Paper Clothes Oil on canvas 100 x 118 cm

Secret Oil on canvas 120 x 81 cm

Space And Desire Oil and charcoal on canvas 100 x 120 cm

The Royal Carriage II Oil and pencil on canvas 120 x 120 cm

Two Lovers Oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm

Unexpected Occurrence Oil and charcoal on canvas 120 x 120 cm

Selected Exhibitions 2014 Padedah International Sculpture Symposium, Mashhad, Iran 2013 Group show, The Gallery, Cork Street, London, UK 2012 Art in Iraq today exhibition, Exhibition Centre Beirut, Lebanon 2011 Solo exhibition, Hay Hill Gallery, London, UK Art in Iraq today exhibition, Meem Gallery, Dubai Solo exhibition, Karim gallery, Dubai 2010 City Hall, London, UK 2009 Fiumano Art Gallery, London, UK 2008 Izmir International Sculpture, Symposium, Turkey 2007 Istanbul International Sculpture Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey 2005 Herning Art Museum, Hernig, Denmark Autumn Salon, Krakow, Poland 2004 Emaar International Sculpture Symposium, Dubai, UAE 2003 Sculpture Symposium, Al Manama, Bahrain 2002 Torre Vella Museum, Salou, Spain Roskilde Museum, Roskilde, Denmark Dubai Sculpture Symposium, Dubai, UAE

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