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Palestinian artist born in Breij refugee camp, lives and works in Gaza.
Mohamed Abusal is a young artist whose time is spent between painting and giving art lessons to children. Abusal is prolific and in a few years has produced several series. One set deals with Palestinians’ love of their land and the different realities of separation and exile. The series presented in this exhibition are abstracted figures and faces either in groups or alone exploring identity through color and image. In his most recent work, strong expressive images of cactus fill up his canvas - the cactus plant being a familiar Palestinian symbol.
In Abusal’s work the cactus, which he paints in warm greens, ochre, browns and reds, are sometimes passionate and raging, and other times, stoic and resilient.
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Solo Exhibitions
2006 Boarders, Albi, France
2005 Abusall’s Cactus – Toulouse - France
2004 The Box story – Friends School – Ramallah (Al-Qattan Prize)
2001 The Identity, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah
2000 Blue Window, YMCA, Gaza
Group Exhibitions
2009 - Art Rest, PRCS Gaza, Palestine
2008 - Jus de cactus, Maison des Metalos, Paris
- "Morceaux choisis gaza" mobile exhibition, Albi, Toulouse, France
- "La Nuit Blanch", Ceter Culture France, Gaza.
- Occupied Space, Qattan foundation, London, UK
2007 - Gaza Seasons, Geneva, Switzerland
- The white night, CCF, Gaza
- Eltiqa, mobile exhibition, Albi, Toulouse, France
- Gaza shooed pieces, Albi, Toulouse, Rodez - France
2006 - The white night, CCF, Gaza
- From sands to gray, with Swiss Artist, Gaza
2005 - 10 Artists from Palestine – Mobile @ 10 Cities in France (June2004-November2005)
- June-September - PPP – Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny – Switzerland.
2004 - Palestine in Photographs – UNISCO gallery – Lebanon
- The Photographers – Hungary
2003 - Williamsburg Bridges Palestine, New York, USA
- Seeds of Art – ZARA Gallery - Jordan
- Made in Palestine – ArtCar Museum – Houston, TX, USA
- Gaza – Nazareth - Palestine
- I Remember 1948, Sidney, Australia
- Made in Palestine, Art Car Museum, Houston, USA
- 6 Artists from Gaza, CCF, Jerusalem, Palestine
- Art Across Boarder, Babylon Art & Cultural Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2002 - Williamsburg Bridges Palestine, New York, USA
- Winter 2002, French Cultural Center, Gaza
- Marwan Kassab Bachi Student Exhibition, Darat Al Funun, Jordan
2001 - Marwan Kassab Bachi Student Exhibition, Darat Al Funun, Jordan
- Arabic Jerusalem, Jordanian Artists Union, Amman, Jordan
- We Will Be, PRCS, Gaza, Palestine
- The 4th Al Sharjah Biennale, UAE
- September Harvesting Exhibition Gaza Arts Village
- An Nakba Memorial, Joint Mural Painting, Gaza
2000 In the Shadows of the Intifada Exhibition, Arts and Crafts Village, Gaza
1999 - Young Artists Exhibition, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah
- Horizons, YMCA, Gaza
- Jerusalem is a Bridge for Return, a Mural Project
- Creation of Palestinian Memory Exhibition, Gaza
1998 Free Colors, Holst Cultural Center, Gaza
1997 Friendship of UN-Japan Exhibition, UN, Gaza
1999-2001 Amman's Summer Exhibition, Arts Palace, Jordan
1994-1997 Participated in several group exhibitions
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Scholarships:
- Charles Aspry Prize for Contemporary Art - 2005
- Nominated by TDK – Senegal International Art Program - 2004
- Nominated by Qattan Foundation – Art Prize - 2004.
- Nominated by Vermont Studio Center to acquire The International Vermont Scholarship in January 2004, USA.
- Nominated by Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center to participate in Darat Al Funun Summer Academy, under the supervision of Artist Marwan Kassab Bachi, Amman, Jordan, (Years 1999, 2000, 2001)
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Education & Courses
2001
- Graphic Design Online Course, University of Macromedia, USA
1999
- Darat Al Funun Summer Academy, Amman, Jordan
- BA Degree in Accounting – IUG - Gaza
99-2003
- Course by Professor Marwan Bachi – Member of Berlin Arts Center
1998
- Illustration Workshop for Children's Stories, French Cultural Center, Gaza
- Japanese Artist Tetso Kimetany Mural Painting Course, Gaza
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