Abed Abdi

Visual artist, illustrator, painter, graphic designer and creator of numerous monuments and environmental sculptures. Additionally, have been teaching art since 1975. Artworks are included in the collections of numerous public institutions such as the British Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Barjeel Art Foundation, and more.

1958 - 1961 Professional School, Haifa.
• 1958- 1962 Painting and sculpture in the workshops of the art teachers: Avraham Yashkil, Zvi Meirowitz And the sculptural Mordechai Kafri, Haifa.
• 1964-1965 Preparatory Year for the German Academy of Art, Leipzig, Germany.
• 1965-1971 Fine Arts Academy in Dresden, Germany. Specialization in mural and graphical Art . Teachers, among others, Lea Grundig, Gerhard Kettner and Gerhard Bondzin. Diploma M.A. with honors in 1971.
• 1971-1972 Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden, Germany. Specialized in mural for another year.

participated in over 80 group exhibitions worldwide, more recently:
2022 Haifa Museum of Art (Northern Wind)
2021 The British Museum (Reflections, Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa )
2021  Haifa Museum of Art (The Haifa Way)

2018 "Homes", gallery at the Walled off Hotel, Bethlehem. Curator: Dr. Husni Shahada.
2015 MAP OF THE NEW ART, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton’s global art project, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Italy.
2017 Third Identity , Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait Curator: Rulla Alami Valerie Reinhold .

Recent solo exhibitions:

• 2013 Exhibition "A Tribute to My Sister Lutfiya", Beit Hagefen Gallery, Haifa. Curator: Dr. Ayelet Zohar.
2010 The retrospective exhibition, "50 Years of Creation", Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery. Curator: Dr. Tal Ben Zvi.

(see full list of exhibitions at https://abedabdi.com)