MARWAN (Marwan Kassab-Bachi) (Syrian, –2016)

Timeline

1934
Born in Damascus, Syria
1955–1957
Studies Arab Literature in Damascus
1957
Painting studies in Berlin (with Prof. Hann Trier)
1966
Winner of Karl-Hofer-Award
1999
Founder of the Summer Academy of Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Darat al Funun in Amman, Jordan
2002
Fred-Thieler-Prize
1977–2003
Professor at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
Lives and works in Berlin

Exhibitions

2014
Here and Elsewhere, New Museum, New York, USA
2014
MARWAN: Paintings and Drawings (1962–1972), Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal (solo)
2013
Kunst in Berlin 1945 bis heute, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2013
Marwan, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut (solo)
2012
Marwan, Galeri Artist, Istanbul
2011
760 914 cm2 Druck, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
2009–2010
Taswir – Islamische Bildwelten und Moderne, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
2009
11. Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
2009
Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
2009
Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (solo)
2009
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut (solo)
2008
Museum für islamische Kunst, Berlin (solo)
2005
Damascus – Berlin – Damascus, Damascus (solo)
2005
Lindenau Museum in Altenburg, Altenburg, Germany (solo)
2004
Khaled Shoman Foundation, Amman (solo)
2002
Kunsthalle Emden, Germany (solo)
2001
Richard-Haizmann-Museum, Niebüll, Germany (solo)
2001
Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah (solo)
2000
Brechthaus Weissensee, Berlin (solo)
1998
Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Darat al Funun, Amman (solo)
1996
Al Hanager Hall, Cairo (solo)
1995
Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Darat al Funun, Amman (solo)
1993
Bibliothèque National de Paris (solo)
1993
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (solo)
1991
Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne (solo)
1991
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo)
1987
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Kiel, Germany (solo)
1985
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany (solo)
1984
Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany (solo)
1983
Overbeck-Sociecty, Lübeck, Germany (solo)
1981
Schloss Bellevue, Documenta-Archiv, Kassel, Germany (solo)
1980
Museum of Modern Art, Bagdad (solo)
1976
Gruenenbaum Gallery, New York (solo)
1976
Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin (solo)
1972
Galerie Lietzow, Berlin (solo)
1970
Arab Cultural Center, Damascus (solo)
1967
Galerie Springer, Berlin (solo)
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