Alaa Abou Shaheen was born in 1983, and graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts,
Damascus University in 2006. He later worked as a Fine Arts Assistant professor in Aleppo during the years of 2010 and 2011. Alaa has held several solo and collective exhibitions between 2005 and 2018 in his homeland, Beirut, Amman, Bahrain, London, and Paris. His artwork was aquired by YINCHUAN Muesuem of contemporart art in China. The artists is currently living and practicing sculpting in Paris.
Artist statement
He cannot find his place in this life.
Is he disguised by this moustache? Or is it real?
Does he have a big head, or is it just swollen and bulging?
Is he a dwarf? Or is he normal?
Many are the questions about our journey in life.
Exhibitions
2020 ”Comeback 2020” Collective Exhibition, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2020 Contemporary Syrian Art Online auction, Atassi Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2019 Collective Exhibtion “Lebanon” , Art on 56th , Beirut, Lebanon
2019 Beirut Art Fair, Art on56th Beirut, Lebanon
2019 “Rising Art”, Zaitunay Bay, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2019 Summer Collective Exhibition, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2018 Solo exhibition, Europia Galeery, Paris, France
2017 Art Fair Bharain, Kozah Gallery, Bahrain
2017 Summer collective 2017, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2016 Never been seen Collective exhibition, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2015 Beirut Art Fair, Biel, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2015 Collective 2015, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2015 Art 15 London, “Emerging & Upcoming artist from Lebanon & the MEA” Art on 56th, London UK
2014 Summer Collective Exhibition, Art on 56th, Beirut, Lebanon
2013 Beirut Art Fair, Mark Hashem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2012 Beirut Art Fair, Kozah Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2011 Solo Exhibition, Dar Alanda, Amman, Jordan
Museums
Alaa Abou Shaheen’s artwork has been acquired by YINCHUAN Museum of contemporary art in China.
Awards
2011 Third prize in sculpture, Gallery Kamel, Damascus, Syria
2009 First National Youth Sculpture Symposium, Palmyra Festival, Homs, Syria