Tamim Sibai

b 1991 Syria. Lives and works in Berlin.

ARTIST STATEMENT

For the painter Tamim Sibai, born in Damascus 1991 and currently working and living in Berlin, art is a means to confront one’s own thoughts and feelings. Influenced by dialogue with the other(s), encountered behaviours, masks and mirror images, Tamim’s portraits reflect a mixture of the painted person’s image and the artist’s own feelings towards that person. His paintings style is colourful and he favors thick layers of oil paint as a technique. The colours are aggressive and applied out of free movement. Tamim’s paintings are lively and serious at the same time. Despite the wild and expressionistic tone, the figures transpire a certain sense of calm. Their faces are motionless and rigid.

He has shown his artworks in many exhibitions, including in Damascus, Berlin, and Khartoum. His work is included in a private collections in Beirut, Khartoum, Graz, Montreal, Paris and Berlin.

Vita

  • Education
  • 2018 Masters Degree - Fine Arts & Painting - Universität der Künste - Berlin - DE
  • 2014 Bachelor Degree - Arts & Painting - Faculty of Fine Arts - Damascus - SY
  • Solo Exhibitions
  • 2018 One Day - Voodoo 55 - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 Fake Perfection - Institut Français - Khartoum - SD
  • 2014 Body Expressionism - Faculty of Fine Arts - Damascus - SY
  • Group Exhibitions
  • 2018 
  • Mutare - Mutare Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • Conversation - Institut Français - Khartoum - SD
  • 2017 
  • A Journey of Belonging - Positions Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • H2 - SEZ - Berlin - DE
  • What the Weekend is Gallery 2 - Alte Münze - Berlin - DE
  • Enter Art Collection by Enter Art Foundation - Stilwerk - Kassel - DE
  • 50 Contemporary Artists by Enter Art Foundation - Multipolster - Berlin - DE
  • 2016 
  • Common Ground - Universität der Künste - Berlin - DE
  • Schau08 - Schauwerk - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 
  • Mariane - Institut Français - Khartoum - SD
  • 2013 
  • Vision - Nassar Gallery - Damascus - SY
  • 2012 
  • Sketches - Mustafa Ali Gallery - Damascus - SY
  • 2012 Group - Faculty of Fine Arts - Damascus - SY

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Works by Tamim Sibai