Born in Sweida in 1977, contemporary Syrian artist Ghaylan Safadi is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University. His works focus on the cartoon imagery in order to produce sketch-like social vignettes. The compositions are teeming with diverse figures, each playing a role in narrating these disquieting scenes. Whether the pictures touch upon social, political, environmental or even personal issues, they each tell a story and unveil an uneasy truth about the troubled climate of today’s world. Safadi’s works skilfully emanate a certain irony, as the childlike representations come into contrast with the obscure and mature themes.
His works have been shown in several solo-exhibitions in his hometown, and in Beirut - Lebanon. He has also participated in numerous collective exhibitions, both locally and internationally, including the Royal Center in London, the Aran Cultural Center in Paris, the Lighthouse Mobile Gallery in London, Paris, Germany and Japan, Beirut Art Fair, Bahrain Art Fair and many others. His works are housed in collections that span accross Damascus, Beirut, Paris, London, Dubai and the United States.
Exhibitions:
2020 ”Comeback 2020” Collective Exhibition, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2020 Contemporary Syrian Art Online auction, Atassi Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2019 Collective Exhibition “Lebanon” , Art on 56th , Beirut, Lebanon
2019 Syrian Art exhibition, Fine Art college gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 Sleeping with the Enemy, Beirut Cafe Gallery, Lebanon
2018 Collective exhibition, Kav Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2018 Collective exhibition, Hope gallery, Kuwait
2018 Arab World Map exhibition, Dubai, UAE
2018 Arab World Map exhibition, Kuwait
2018 Arab World Map exhibition, Washington, USA
2017 Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
2017 Syria in Focus, Atassi Circle, Dubai, UAE
2015 Bahrain Art Fair, Bahrain
Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
Lighthouse Mobile Gallery, London/ Paris/ Germany/ Japan
2013 Syrian Art exhibition, The Instituate of the Arab World, Paris, France
2013 Syrians Under War, Royal Center, London, UK
2011 Syria Art exhibition, Art Now gallery, London, UK
2009 Exhibition with the French Cultural Center as cultural exchange between
Syria & France Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria
2008 Khan Assa Pasha, Damascus, Syria
2003 ALUMNI of the faculty of Fine Arts, French Cultural Center, Syria