Born in 1978 in Damascus, Syria, Walaa Dakak holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Damascus. Later on, he studied Contemporary Art and New Media at the University of Paris La Sorbonne.
His minimalist yet cautious figures, marked by their vague silhouettes and featureless faces - except for wide set eyes that stare out anxiously and suspiciously at the viewer - to the psychological depth captured in his works.
Using bold primary colours that act as background to his black and white figures – oftentimes using only monochromatic tones – Dakak’s simple yet effective painterly style is easily distinguishable.
His installation work "Paranoia Eye and I" was included in the exhibition Syrie: Cris – Action (2014) at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris.
He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Paris La Sorbonne in Art and Sciences focusing on aesthetic art.
Personnal exhibitions
2021 : Galerie Europia New-Culture, Paris- France
2020 : "Suspendu", Galerie du Génie de la Bastille, Paris, France
2019 : "Labyrinthe du Temps", Regard Sud Gallery, Lyon, France
2018 : Dedicated exhibition at the Abbaye Royale, Musée des Cordeliers, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Charente Maritime, France. Du 4 au 24 mai 2018.
2018 : Personnal exhibition at la Galerie du Génie de la bastille, Paris, France
2017 : Personnal exhibition at Karim Galerie, Amman, Jordany
2017 : Personnal exhibition (installation, peinture), at La Cartoucherie, Paris, France
2013 : Personnal exhibition at la galerie at ART LIGRE Gallery , Paris, France
2007 : Personnal exhibition at Centre Culturel Arabe-Syrien, Paris, France
2006 : Personnal exhibition at la galerie ARTECONTE, Paris, France
Collective exhibition
2021 : Galerie HUB, Koweït
2021 : Biennale d’art contemporain (Le Génie Des Jardins), Paris- France
2019 : Galerie Premier Regard, Paris-France
2019 : Feelings, The HUB Gallery, Kuwait
2019 : La Maison des arts de Malakoff (Installation), Malakoff, France
2018 : Espace Commines, Paris, France
2016 : Biennale d’art contemporain (Le Génie Des Jardins), Paris, France
2016 : Collective exhibition (Norway, France, Spain)
2015 : Collective exhibition (Norway, Germany, France)
2014 : MUCEM museum of the civilizations of Europe and then Mediterranean (La caravane syrienne)
2014 : The Palace of Fine Arts, Bruxelles (La caravane culturelle syrienne).
2014 : Collective exhibition (installation, peinture, sculpture) à l’Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), Paris
2013 : Collective exhibition (installation) à l’Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
2012 : Collective exhibition in Doha, Qatar
2009 : Collective event « Prayer Flags Around the World » à Strasbourg, France
2003 : Participation au salon du printemps avec des jeunes artistes en Syrie
2003 : Design et mise en œuvre du prix de l’art dramatique Syrien
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