Dammam, Easter Province, Saudi Arabia
Salman’s artistic talent fuelled his passion to become an architect, which he studied at King Faisal...
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About the artist
Joined In 2021
(65 Followers)
Salman’s artistic talent fuelled his passion to become an architect, which he studied at King Faisal University, College of Architecture and Planning in Saudi Arabia, later gaining an MFA in interior design at Syracuse University, NY in the USA. Although drawing and painting for leisure had to be put on hold, he used this as a means of communication in his career as an architect and interior designer. Art was always going to be his future career and knowing that the best source of learning is the real world, he wanted to learn realism just as the old masters had learned. Salman therefore undertook academic training in Florence at Florence Art Studio and Rome at Washington University. Following this he taught drawing in several art ateliers and institutes in Saudi Arabia and exhibited in many art galleries both locally and internationally. After being a successful architect and interior designer for nearly 25 years, and having spent a lifetime traveling, and passionately studying art and architecture all over the world, he had the dream of teaching drawing and painting.
His appreciation of modern art that ranges from impressionism to abstract expressionism is clear in his work. Salman’s obsession with philosophy motivates him to...
Oil Painting, Florence Art Studio, Florence, Italy, 2019
Intensive Drawing Class, Florence Art Studio, Florence, Italy, 2018
*Figurative Art under Dramatic Light Workshop, Rome, Washington University, 2017
*MFA, Interior Design Major, Syracuse University, NY, 1996
*B. Arch and Planning, College of Architecture & Planning, King Fasial University, Dammam
*Dawi Gallery art show, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 2020
*Solo Art Exhibition, Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts, 2019
*Aramco Wing Art festival, Dhahran Community, 2018
*Dammam Airport art show, 2018
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Aishtar Art and Cultural Festival,Istanbul, 2018
*SITECH 18th Art Show, 2017
*Iconic Portraits, Solo Art show, Tarout, 2017
*Several art shows in Al-Bustan, Khobar, 1998-2001
*Art Show, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1994
*Art and Cultural Festival for GCC University, UAE, 1985 *Art and Cultural Festival for GCC University, Kuwait, 1983
*Several art shows sponsored by Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts, 1980-1984
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