Fadhel Dabbagh

The Art of Fadhel Dabbagh

My name is Fadhel Dabbagh, and I am an artist.

My paintings are not simply an extension of me; they are me. In them, I travel through the dreamscapes and fantasies that, having bid their farewells to yesterdays, still linger in my heart, holding fast to the beloved memories of my sweet childhood.

My deep admiration for natural beauty springs to life in my paintings using organic shapes and natural colors. Trees, leaves, branches, flowers, and fruit combine to create an emotional dreamscape of spiritual rhythm. Love and longing, loneliness and fulfillment are my paintings' feelings. They are, to me, personal and honest.

Triggered by a single image, my imagination draws me into my inner world. For me, the experience is like reaching into the darkness, discovering alien worlds, and exposing them onto my canvas through my brush strokes. Combining these shapes from a far-distant universe with the deformed reality we're living each day, the paintings feel as if they exist on their terms, torn between the poles of pain and hope. I let the process flow.

In each case, however, it is evident that the darkness is offset with images of beautiful flowers and cheerful colors like the innocence of ...

• Academy of Fine Arts,
Baghdad University, Baghdad.
Bachelor of Science in painting,
• Fine Arts.Institute, Baghdad
Diploma in painting

EXHIBITIONS

• Solo Exhibition -Orfali Art Gallery - 2015
Journey of Roots
Amman, Jordan

• Dar Al Anda Gallery - 2014
Amman, Jordan

• Foresight Gallery, Dead Sea Exhibition - 2014
Jordan

• Orfali Gallery - 2009
Amman, Jordan

• Dar Al Anda Art Gallery - 2009.
Jordan

• Delaware Art Museum - 2008
Bridge of Hope
Delaware, USA

• Al Bareh Art Gallery - 2007
Iraqi Feeling
Joint Exhibition with artist Ghassan Muhsen in
Bahrain

• Chuwa Gallery - 2007.
Arabian Art in Japan
Tokyo, Japan

• Baghdad Gallery - 2001- 2003
Art Day Anniversary
Baghdad, Iraq

• Iraqi Artists Society Exhibitions - 2000 - 2002.

• Darbounah Art Gallery
Solo exhibition-Intercontinental Hotel, Amman,
Jordan, 2008.

• Solo Exhibition-Dar Al Anda Art Gallery - 2006
Tree
Amman, Jordan

• Hewar Gallery,- 2005
The Annual Exhibition.
Baghdad, Iraq

• Iraqi Modern Arts Exhibition - 2004
Halab, Damascus, Syria

• Sulaymaniyah Museum Gallery - 2003
Iraqi Modern Arts

• National Art Museum - 2002
3rd Baghdad Festival,
Baghdad

• Akkad Art Gallery - 2002
Baghdad, Iraq. ...