List of Syrian artists

This is a list of Syrian artists, artists from Syria, or of Syrian descent.

A

• Youssef Abdelke (born 1951), drawer, printmaker
• Aula Al Ayoubi (born 1973), painter, collagist
• Bengin Ahmad (born 1986), Syrian-Kurdish photographer
• Darin Ahmad (born 1979), artist, poet, and writer
• Khaled Akil (born 2000), Syrian-born Turkish multidisciplinary visual artist, photographer
• Krayem Awad (born 1948), Vienna-based painter, sculptor and poet, of Syrian origin

• Habib Al-Raii (born 1968),

Dals LÃ¥nged, Sweden PhD painter,Poet,Art Historian of Syrian origin

B

• Khaled Barakeh (born 1976), multidisciplinary artist
• Riad Beyrouti (1944–2019), painter

F

• Salwa Fallouh (1920–2008), painter and illustrator
• Ali Farzat (born 1951), political cartoonist

G

• Nihad Gule (born 1968), painter

H

• Omar Hamdi (1951–2015), Syrian Kurdish painter and designer, based in Vienna
• Mahmoud Hammad (1923–1988), painter, pioneer of modern Syrian art
• Wahbi al-Hariri (1914–1994), Syrian American sculptor, painter, architect

J

• Nazem al-Jaafari (1918–2015), painter, pioneer of impressionism in Syria

K

• Iqbal Naji Karesly (1925–1969), painter
• Mamdouh Kashlan (born 1929), painter
• Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934–2016), German-Syrian painter
• Louay Kayali (1934–1978), modern painter, drawer
• Khaled al-Khani (born 1975), painter

M

• Fateh Moudarres (1922–1999), painter, leader of the modern art movement in Syria

N

• Nazir Nabaa (1938–2016), painter

S

• Khairat Al-Saleh (born 1940), multidisciplinary artist, part of the Hurufiyya movement; born in Jerusalem, lives in Britain
• Kais Salman (born 1976), painter
• Mamoun Sakkal (born 1950), calligrapher
• Houmam Al Sayed (born 1981),
• Jason Seife (born 1989), American painter and sculptor, of Syrian and Cuban descent
• Mouneer Al-Shaarani (born 1952),

calligraphic artist

• Sara Shamma (born 1975), painter and sculptor

Y

• Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub (born 1956), cinematographer, filmmaker

See also

• List of Syrians