Aboud Fares

A Syrian born in 1988 in Damascus

Aboud Fares is a sculptor with a B.A. in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University, obtained in 2010. After graduating, he joined the Syrian Plastic Artists’ Union and started his own workshop beside teaching as a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts.

Now he is a full-time sculptor based in Penang, working in his private workshop, using mostly iron to create abstract forms, Lately he had been focusing more on the human forms in abstracted way.

In his urge to connect more viewers with abstract art, Aboud found that making functional sculptures is the way, turning his absolute abstract forms to be used as furniture pieces

after few years residing on the island, he has had three solo exhibitions and many group exhibitions.
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B.A Fine Arts - Damascus University

-Group Exhibition - French Culture Center 2011 (Damascus)
-Group Exhibition- Al Kamel Gallery 2011 (Damascus)
-Group Exhibition- German Culture Center 2008 (Damascus)
-Group Exhibitions- Faculty of Fine Arts from 2006 to 2011 (Damascus)
-Solo Exhibition - Hin Bus Depot art centre (Penang- Malaysia) 2016
-Revisit Exhibition - Hin Bus Depot art centre (Penang- Malaysia) 2017
-Faces Exhibition - Keeni Kessler KKG (Pinghub) (Malaysia)
-ArtEDecore art fair - Matrade (Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia) 2019
-3 Elements Group Exhibition – Penang State Gallery (State Museum) (Penang – Malaysia) 2019
-REKA Exhibition – Hin Bus Depot art gallery (Penang- Malaysia) 2019
-BOLD Exhibition – The Backyard (artist’s Workshop) (Penang- Malaysia) 2019
-The 8” x 6” Project Exhibition – Project 26 Art Space (Penang- Malaysia) 2019
-Kecik – Kecik Group Exhibition – Hin Bus Depot art gallery (Penang- Malaysia) 2019
-UNTiiTLED Solo Exhibition – China House (Penang- Malaysia) 2019