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Latest group exhibition.
Disturbance in the Nile, an international exhibition with nine Sudanese artists by Downtown Gallery touring Europe (@downtown.gallery). First edition in Lisbon, Portugal in Broteria (R. de São Pedro de Alcântara 3) until July 28th 2023.
Latest solo exhibition at One Off Contemporary Art Gallery. Nairobi, Kenya
Beirut, Lebanon 2023
A painter who can’t cease creating, prolific by definition
Rashid Diab (1957) is an African artist and art theoretician. Born and raised in Sudan and then lived in Madrid for 20 years to then return back to Sudan. Since 1976 he has exhibited all over the world, recently in Beirut, Lebanon at the Barrak Naamani Gallery, the residence of the Spanish Ambassador in Sudan, international collective touring Europe “Disturbance in the Nile”, a special exhibition on his etchings at Red Hill Art Gallery in Nairobi 2022, at the Bahrain National Museum 2019. He has won prizes at Biennial’s in Cairo, Abu-Dhabi, Taipei and received many honors too like Ambassador for peace, Japan 2007. He was awarded the icon climate as an ambassador of environment from the British Council in Khartoum 2010 and was also awarded the Cross of the Order of civil merit by the then King of Spain Juan Carlos I in 2013.
He analyzed Sudanese art in a PhD thesis entitled “The traditional and contemporary in Sudanese art”, which he completed in Madrid early 90’s and which is the first of its kind in the world. Diab as well as other artists from his generation were concerned on how to go about formulating the structure for Sudanese and African art which then encompasses simultaneously a critical approach to African traditions and Western influence. Precisely here Rashid Diab experienced a bridge between two cultures. His art is part of his environment, his technique offers a reflection of his assimilation to the Spanish art school, his own advances, his own creation of abstract images with mystical depth. In his paintings and etchings his country’s harmony of light and color engraves itself deep in the mind, his works are like windows that grant access to his retina’s perception of Sudan. Today he has had to flee back to Spain from the ongoing war in Sudan. But he was living in Khartoum and worked both at his home studio and at the Rashid Diab Art Centre, a non-profit organization he founded in 2006 to further the opportunities of Sudanese art and artists.
Multidisciplinary artist
Painter
Sculptor
Etcher
Designer
Short C.V
1978-1999
1978 B.A. (Honors) in Painting. Khartoum College of Fine Art, Khartoum, Sudan
1984 Fine Arts Degree in Painting. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
1986 Fine Arts Degree in Etching. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
1991 Ph.D. from the Faculty of Fine Art. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Teacher at the Faculty of Fine Art. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
2000-2010 Upon his return to Sudan
2000 Established Dara Arts Gallery
2005 Selected as one of the best 100 International African personalities
2006 Selected within the international personalities in the International Organization “Who is Who”
2006 Established Rashid Diab Arts Centre in Khartoum, Sudan
2007 Ambassador of peace. Japan.
2008 Creativity award “WIPO” The International Intellectual Rights Organization
2010 Awarded the icon climate as an ambassador of environment from the British council- Khartoum
2013 Awarded King Juan Carlos award for excellent service, Knight Class.
Dara Art Gallery 