{"id":563,"date":"2019-07-08T11:48:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T11:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2019-07-08T11:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T11:49:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  <div id=\"page-header-356014859\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper is-larger flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            About          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div><!-- flex-row -->\n\n     \n<style scope=\"scope\">\n\n#page-header-356014859 .title-bg {\n  \n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div><!-- .page-title -->\n    <\/div><!-- .page-header-wrapper -->\n  \n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2139531675\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .section-bg -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1590371437\">\n\n<div class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  ><div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\n<h2><strong>Abdul Karim Faraj<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1943 \u2013 Born in Swaida \u2013Syria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1971\u2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Damascus University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1978\u2013 Masters , Graphic and Printing techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Excellent Grade , Academy of Fine Arts , Warsaw ,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Poland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1984\u2013 PhD , History of Arts , Warsaw University , Poland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  ><div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_566702372\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"438\" src=\"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/personal3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/personal3.jpg 389w, http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/personal3-355x400.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style scope=\"scope\">\n\n#image_566702372 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style scope=\"scope\">\n\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"font-size:128%;\">Activities:<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div><!-- .section-title -->\n\n<p><strong>1987 \u2013 Head of Graphic Department, Damascus University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2003 &#8211; Head of Graphic Department, Damascus University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2005- Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eight solo exhibitions , Poland , Syria , United Kingdom<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1989 \u2013 Establishing member, Graphic and Printing Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, El Fatih University, Tripoli , Libya.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1989- Represented Syria, International Symposium Of Graphic, Dresden, Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1994- Competition, international Biennial of Graphic Arts, Cairo, Egypt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1994 \u2013 Tattoo International Biennial , Tiny Plate , Chamalier , France.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1995- International Biennial ,&nbsp; Stylus Graphic techniques Uzice , Yugoslavia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1995 \u2013 I nternational Biennail , Tiny Plate , Olofastrom , Sweden.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Private Collections Possessed to the Ministry of Culture , Syria and Special collections in Syria , Jordan , Poland , Lebanon , Germany , France and United Kingdom.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1997 \u2013 Lecturer , Contemporary formation of Heritage values , Decca Academy of Arts \u2013 Bangladesh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1998 &#8211; Tattoo International Biennial , Tiny Plate , Chamalier , France.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1998 \u2013 Scientic mission , Conentry University , United Kingdom , (Six months)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2003 \u2013 Member of Artistic Group Representing Syria , Estampa Festival , Madrid-Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Puplications:<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div><!-- .section-title -->\n\n<p><strong>1993 \u2013 Graphic techniques and Typography , Education Book.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1995 \u2013 Thematic Articles , Plastic Art , Published in Journal of Plastic Life \u2013 Al Hayya Al Tashkeliya \u2013 Ministry of Culture , Syria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Editorial Member , Damascus University , Arbitral Journal of Engineering Science.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .section-content -->\n\n\t\t\n<style scope=\"scope\">\n\n#section_2139531675 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n  background-color: rgb(193, 193, 193);\n}\n#section_2139531675 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/abdulkarimfaraj.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}