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Fathi Ghabin

Personal Info

  • Country of residence: Palestine
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1947
  • Age: 75
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Fathi Ghabin is a Palestinian plastic artist and sculptor (born in Harbya - Gaza Strip in 1947). He lives in Jabalia refugee camp. Learn art by doing. He participated in many Palestinian, Arab and international exhibitions. He has been professional art since 1965, where he makes sculptures from colored clay, and draws with charcoal or pencil. Fathi Ghabin works as a teacher at Al Nasr Islamic Model School in Gaza. He also trains students in the popular Dabkeh. Some call it Van Gogh Gaza.

his career
He started from his artistic work by drawing oil paintings that highlight the beauty of nature, in addition to traditional paintings. Then he began to move towards a meaningful content, which is to express his daily life and the suffering of his people under the occupation.

He was awarded the Hiroshima Medal, the World Federation of Societies Medal in Tokyo, the title of (Palestine Artist) for the year 1993, and the (Saif Kanaan Medal) from the (Palestinian National and Political Orientation Administration). He held ten personal exhibitions, and he is one of the founders of the Plastic Artists Association - Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian Plastic Artists Association in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

 

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