Youssef Abdelke (; born 1951) is a Syrian visual artist, he works in drawing, and printmaking. He is one of SyriaâÂÂs leading artists, and the husband of Syrian filmmaker Hala Al-Abdallah Yacoub.
Abdelke attended Damascus University and graduated in 1976. He was a political prisoner for two years before being forced into exile to France in the late 1970s. He graduated from the ÃÂcole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts; and from Paris XIII with a PhD in Fine Arts.
On July 19, 2013, the Syrian government forces arrested him after he signed a declaration calling for the departure of President Bashar al-Assad.
Abdelke's artworks can be found in public collections, including the British Museum, Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the Amman Museum of Modern Art, and the National Museum of Kuwait.