Name Omran Al-Kaysi | ||
Omran Al-Kaysi (Born 1943) is an award-winning artist, historian and art critic. He currently writes for the daily Lebanese newspaper, Kifaharabi and is a correspondent to a newspaper in Saudi Arabia.
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Early life
Born to an Iraqi father and Lebanese mother, Kaysi studied law and art in Baghdad and Sofia, Bulgaria.
Exhibitions
He has held both individual and group exhibitions across Lebanon, in Beirut, Saida and Kaslik, as well as abroad in Baghdad, Montreal, Amman, Madrid, London, Ontario, Jeddah and Riyadh. In 2002, Kaysi was one of the main organizers for the Khiam symposium in Southern Lebanon.
Achievements
Kaysi has managed to display his paintings in Jeddah International Airport, another wall painting in Beiteddine Palace in Mount Lebanon, whilst another in Lebanon's Ministry of Education. Another two painting of his are in Tehran's presidential palace, in addition to the other being in the Boston Museum of Modern Art.
Publications
Kaysi is the author of several publications on modern Arabic art with themes of both love and war, these include: