Farid Maatouk

Self thought artist
Start at early age, 15 year old
Interested in drafting technique and perspectives attracted my artistic senses to start early sketching teacher and class mate
When 18 years old I had my first exebition in German cultural center in my home town in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Followed by another collective exebition in " cercle d'amitier" with in few painter .
Due to civil war I had to expatriate the country .kept working with charcoal and pencil accumulating art work during my traveling.
2016 was an diversion in my life back for full time artist .
Setting my studio at home and get back active in the art life in Lebanon
My mane subject concentrate on the women right and unfair treat in our society directly or indirectly my work put a question why?

Graduated from Polytechnics in electromechanical technologies

1975 solo exebition at "centre cultural allemagne" at Tripoli
1976 collective exebition at " cercle d'amitier" Tripoli
2016 collective art exebition at "Rabta thakafieh" Tripoli