1951   
Born in Qameshli, Syria

Education
1989   
PhD in Plastic Arts, University VIII , Paris
1986   
Diploma in Etching, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts Paris, Paris
1976   
Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University, Damascus

Solo Exhibitions
2010   
Claude Lemand Gallery, Paris
Art Dubai, Dubai
Gallery Al Shab, Homs
2009   
Dar Al-Anda Gallery, Amman
2006   
Henki Hall, Helsinki
2005   
Al-Funun Gallery, Kuwait
Khan Asaad Pasha – organized by Atassi Gallery, Damascus
2004   
Zamalek Art Center – Akhnatoun Gallery, Cairo
2003   
Prebendale Gallery, Saint Paul,
6th Chamalières International Triennial for Etching
Dar Al-Anda Gallery, Amman
2002
Claude Lemand Gallery, Paris
Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo
L’Atelier Art Gallery, Alexandria
2001
Al-Riwaq Art Gallery, Manama
2000
Hall of Faculty of Law , Sfax
1999
Green Art Gallery, Dubai
Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo
1998
Atassi Gallery, Damascus
1997
Kallysté Gallery, Tunisia
1995
Beirut Theater Hall, Beirut
2nd Sharjah International Biennial for Plastic Arts, Sharjah   
Atassi Gallery, Damascus
1993
Al-Balqa’ Gallery, Jordan     
1992
Aram Gallery, Damascus   
1989
Al-Alif Gallery, Tunisia
1988
L’Atelier Gallery, Cairo
1987
Ornina Gallery, Damascus
1978
A tour in Homs, Hama, Salamieh, and Raqqa,
Al-Shaab Gallery, Damascus
1974
Al-Shaab Gallery, Damascus
1973
Al-Houriya Hall    Damascus

Group Exhibitions
2009   
Crisscrossed visions , Paris - Damascus
2008
Art + Design International , New York
2007
Salon d’Automne, Paris
Ayyam gallery opening , Dubai
2006
Graphic Symposium Khartoum
Ayyam gallery opening , Damascus
2005
«Imagining the Book” Biennial - Bibliotheca of Alexandria Alexandria
2003
Syrian Contemporary Art exhibition, Leiden
“Europ’ Art” exhibition, Geneva   
2002
«Imagining the Book” exhibition - Bibliotheca of Alexandrina Alexandria
2001
Arab Ateliers exhibition, Damascus & Beirut
8th International Cairo Biennial, Cairo
Sharjah International Biennial, Sharjah
2000
Chamalières International Triennial for Etching, France
1999
Syrian Ateliers exhibition, Beirut
1998
8 Arab Artists exhibition - Arabesque Gallery, Heidelberg
1997
Cracovia International Biennial for Etching, Poland
Chamalières International Triennial for Etching, France
1995
7th International Etching Biennial Taiwan
Collective exhibition with Maher Al-Baroudi, Lyon, France
1994
6 Syrian Plastic Artists exhibition - Grambihler Gallery, Paris
Chamalières International Triennial for Etching, France
1993
Egypt’s First International Triennial of Graphic Art Cairo
1991
5th International Etching Biennial Taiwan
6 Syrian Artists exhibition - Monika Beck Gallery Homburg
1990
5 Artists exhibition at Al-Nadwa Gallery, Beirut
5 Artists exhibition - Ebla Gallery, Damascus
1988
6th International Etching Biennial - Digne-Les-Bains Museum    Paris
Arabic Graphics exhibition, London
1987
French Artists Art Fair - Le Grand Palais, Paris
Painting and Graphic exhibition - Am Weiden-Dame Gallery, Berlin
Arabic Graphics exhibition, Le Havre, France
One-Painting exhibition, Cairo
Inter-graphic Triennial, Berlin
1986
5th International Etching Biennial - Digne-Les-Bains Museum    France 
15 Arab Artists exhibition - Al-Moutanabbi Hall, Paris
1985
Le Trait exhibition, Paris
1976
Inter-graphic Triennial, Berlin
1974
The First “Two Years” Arab Exhibition, Baghdad
1973
Collective exhibition with Sai’d Al-Taha, Damascus

Museum Collections
Digne-Les-Bains Museum
Institut du Monde Arabe
Amman Museum of Modern Art
The National Museum of Kuwait
The British Museum

Graphics
He has taken part in many different areas of graphic art since 1968, including posters, logos and book covers.
He has authored over 30 children books.
He has published several caricatures and motifs in numerous magazines and newspapers including L’Humanité, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Elmawkef Al-Arabi, Al-Shorouk, Al-Khaleej, and Annahar Supplement.
Since 1970, he has taken part in several caricature festivals including: Caprovo, Bulgaria - Knokke-Heist, Belgium - Montréal, Canada - Épinal, France - Havana, Cuba - Saint Estève, France - Courrier International, France - Saint-Juste le Martel, France - Rouen, France - Milan, Italy - Istanbul, Turkey.