Tareq Alghamian

Graduate of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle 

Personal details:

born on: 5 January 1988 in Damascus, Syria

Since 2010: Member of the Syrian Union of Visual Artists

Since 2020: Member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists – Saxony-Anhalt

Since 2020: Self-employed as a visual artist

Education and experience

10.2023 – 03.2024 Workshop leader for foundational art/sculpture – Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design – Halle (Saale)

10.2020 – 07.2022 Master’s programme under Prof. Rolf Wicker at Burg Giebichenstein University of the Arts – Halle (Saale)

12.2018 ‘Art in Architecture’ workshop with Ulrike Mohr, Burg Giebichenstein – Halle (Saale)

Oct 2016–Nov 2019 Completed a degree at Burg Giebichenstein University of the Arts – Department of Metal Sculpture under Prof. Andrea Zaumseil - Halle (Saale)

2005–2010 Courses in drawing, painting and sculpture with numerous artists (including Besem Dahdouh and Mustafa Ali) - Damascus, Syria

2008 Graduated from the Institute of Applied Arts (Sculpture) - Damascus, Syria

Solo exhibitions

July 2022 Master’s students’ solo exhibition “Geometric Dynamics”, Vika e.V. Gallery – Halle (Saale)

January 2022 Solo exhibition “BBKarium”, BBK Saxony-Anhalt – Halle (Saale)

November 2019 Diploma solo exhibition “The Chamber of Lines”, Giebichenstein Castle – Halle (Saale)

Participation in exhibitions and symposia:

Dec 2023 Exhibition ''Zusammenspiel'', Blech Raum für Kunst e.V. – Halle (Saale)

July–August 2023 Master’s students’ exhibition “Take-off”, Volksparkgalerie – Halle (Saale)

December2022 – 02.2023 Exhibition ‘Blickwechsel’, Kunststation – Kleinsassen

09–10.2022 Exhibition ‘Verhältnisse’, Werkstatt26 – Königstein

December 2021–January 2022 Exhibition “generell frisch”, Kulturwerk of the BBK Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. – Dessau-Roßlau

July–August 2020 ‘Diplome der Kunst 2020’ exhibition ‘Close to the Bone’, Volksparkgalerie – Halle (Saale)

November 2019 – February 2020 Exhibition “ALTES Handwerk-NEU erlebt”, Aschersleben Museum – Aschersleben

April 2019 “13th Bienal de la Habana 2019” organised by Taller de Art y Experiencia No. 019 “inter-CAMBIOS” – Havana, Cuba

August 2018 3rd European Sculpture Triennial – Neustadt in Holstein, Germany

November2017–Jan 2018 Exhibition “Please Leave It There, a Temptation”, Volkspark Gallery – Halle (Saale)

2017, 2018, 2019 The Annual Exhibition, Giebichenstein Castle – Halle (Saale)

June 2017 The Bildsauer Symposium “Sculptors in the City” – Schorndorf, Germany

2013 “The Spring Art Exhibition” – Damascus, Syria

2012 “Small Sculpture Art Exhibition”, Mustafa Ali Gallery – Damascus

2010 “Small Sculpture Art Exhibition”, Rewak Alkeshlah Gallery – Damascus

2010 The “7th Festival for Young Artists” – Gorgan, Iran

2010 National Sculpture Symposium “Dialogue between Two Generations” – Damascus

2009 International Sculpture Symposium – Damascus

2009 “Joint Art Exhibition”, Dar Elbaeeth Gallery – Damascus

2009 “The Spring Art Exhibition” – Damascus

2008 The First International Sculpture Symposium – Damascus

Grants

June–August 2023 Kultur ans Netz III Working Grant

September–11.2021 Art Residency Grant at the Röderhof Art Association – Röderhof, Germany

06–08.2021  Culture Online II Working Grant

2019 Germany Scholarship to support the project “The Chamber of Lines