Ali Hassoun

Ali Hassoun was born in Saida (Lebanon) in 1964. In 1982 he moved to Italy to continue his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. In 1992 he graduated from the city’s university with a degree in Architecture. He now lives and works in Milan. He has added Italian nationality to his Lebanese nationality, and has thus been able to fill in areas that were lacking in his own individual experience.
The most easily identifiable theme of his painting is travel, contributing different experiences and visions. Ali Hassoun’s works seem to act as a pole of attraction for various cultures, which merge to create a new, richer culture. In opposition to the clash of civilzations, Hassoun wants to highlight the idea of “humanity”; a universal and spiritual feature that is common to all folks, and that always come first, before any political or religious division.
The artist becomes a sort of cultural translator, and different traditions can coexist in the perfectly balanced space of his colourful paintings. Islamic and African characters are all caught in a game of smart quotations and indirect exchanges between the main action and the background.

Selected exhibitions:

2014

Style story 2, Maison Almax, Milano a cura di Riccardo Comi
Forward, Palazzo Panciatichi, Firenze a cura di Riccardo Ferrucci
Aqueles que vão, Fondazione Sete Sois Sete Luas, Pont de Sur Lisboa a cura di Riccardo Ferrucci
Bologna, Artefiera, Galleria Studio Guastalla
Correggio (Reggio Emilia), Palazzo Principi, “In Absentia” a cura di Margherita Fontanesi e Salvatore Trapani

2013

Il POPolo vuole, Museo Piaggio, Pontedera a cura di Luca Beatrice

Per Fondazione Bocelli, Lajatico a cura di Alberto Bartalini

2012

63° Premio Michetti,Palazzo San Domenico, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare a cura di Luca Beatrice

Art Now!, Milano, Fondazione Luciana Matalon, cura di Francesca Porreca

Beirut, War and other impossibile possibilities, Thoughts on arab and contemporary art, Gregory Buchakjian


2011

54° Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Lombardia a cura di Vittorio Sgarbi
Casale Monferrato, Libreria il Labirinto “Opere su Carta” a cura di Martina Corgnati

2010

Siena , Palazzo Pubblico Magazzini del Sale “Ali Hassoun alla confluenza dei due mari” a cura di Martina Corgnati

Siena, Santa Maria della Scala “Bozze...