Iris, 2008
Youssef Abdelké
Iris, 2008
Charcoal on paper
110 x 145 cm
Collection of the Artist
Image courtesy of the Artist
Biography
Youssef Abdelké obtained a doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Paris VIII. His work includes posters, book designs, illustrations for periodicals and children’s books and caricatures.
Abdelké has participated in several exhibitions including the Sharjah Biennial (1995 and 2001); Arab Studios (Khan Asaad Pasha presented by Atassi Gallery, Damascus and Beirut(2001); Cairo Biennial (2001); the Ayyam Gallery opening (Damascus, 2006 and Dubai (2007) among others.
Abdelké’s artworks are part of the British Museum Collection, the Arab World Institute, Amman Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of Kuwait.
He has published several caricatures and writes regularly for Arab and international magazines and newspapers.
This person was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
Relted
Six etchings, five charcoal on paper drawings
Both his etchings and charcoal drawings are carvings of light from within darkness, representations of silence.
Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial
Accompanying and complementing the main premise of Sharjah Biennial 10, Plot for a Biennial explores the concept of a ‘conversation’ through printed matter.