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A dedicated artist, Akil was born in 1988 in Syria. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine arts in Aleppo and currently lives in Beirut, Lebanon. His passion for Arabic calligraphy began at a young age and until now he has been developing this skill through philosophical and intellectual means related to the letter’s Arabic and Islamic culture. He has participated in several exhibitions worldwide and his artworks can be found in private collections in Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, USA, Austria, Germany, Britain and Ireland. Akil’s artworks are based on Arabic musical ‘Maqams’, where he converts them from their audio pattern to an optical pattern. He explains, «When I hear a voice inside of me, I try to hold all these moments of ecstasy and invert them into a letter, a word, an optical language.” Akil searches for an optical modern language for the Arabic letter. In Dubai 2018, he was awarded the First place winner of Al-Burda Prize
- 2018 First Prize Award winner in “Global Burda” Award, 15th
round, Abu Dhabi
- 2016 Fifth Prize Award winner in “Global Burda” Award, 13th round, Abu Dhabi.
- 2021 Solo exhibition (maknun in many letters ) with Mrs. Fatina Al-Sayed (Art Curator) at Dar Al Funoon Gallery , Kuwait
- 2019 A solo Interactive exhibition within the events of the Arabic and German poetry festival in The Arabic library, Berlin
- 2018 Solo exhibition (Forty maqamt of Love) with Mrs. Fatina Al-Sayed (Art Curator) at Dar Al Funoon Gallery , Kuwait
- 2017 A solo Interactive exhibition “In the Presence of the Letter” at Dar El-Nimer for
Arts and culture, Beirut, Lebanon
- 2016 A solo exhibition “Maqamat” in souk aldahab gallery,
Downtown, Lebanon
- 2015 A solo exhibition “ From the heart we reach the sky” , City Theatre, Nuha al-Radi
Hall, Beirut, Lebanon.
- 2021 - Exhibited my artwork titled “Drowning” (acrylic on canvas
79 by 118 in.) with Burning Man Project and Sotheby’s for the Boundless Space: The Possibilities of Burning Man, a charitable online auction and in collaboration with Fatina Al Sayed (Art Curator).
- 2021 Participation with Galerie Belvedere Artspace at (luod) exhibition in Dubai at Galleries Lafayette
- 2019 Participation in “Art for Al Balad” Auction with Christie’s, Saudi Arabia
Collective exhibition in Belvedere Art Space gallery, Downtown, Lebanon
- 2018 Participation in «Beirut Art fair», Downtown, Lebanon Participation in A Charity
Auction “ An Art Collection To Support Whom The World Calls The Lost Generation” with
Taalim, London Participation in the “Sharjah Calligraphy” Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
- 2017 Participation in «Beirut Art fair», Downtown, Lebanon
- 2016 Participation in the “Sharjah Calligraphy” Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
- 2015 Collective exhibition in «Art on 56th» gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Participation in
«Art Fair Bahrain”, Bahrain
- 2014 Participation in the “Sharjah Calligraphy” Biennial, Sharjah, UAE Participation
in the International Contemporary Beirut Art Fair in «Artheum» gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
- 2010, 2009, 2008 Participation in “The Annual Exhibition”, Damascus, Syria
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