Rashid Diab

Rashid Diab (Arabic: راشد دياب, Wad Madani, Sudan, 1957) is a Sudanese modern painter, visual artist and art historian.[1]

Rashid Diab
Rashid Diab next to an early self-portrait in his Khartoum studio in 2015
Born1957 (age 65–66)
Wad Madani, Sudan
EducationCollege of Fine and Applied Art (BA, 1978)
Complutense University of Madrid (PhD, 1991)
Websiterashiddiabartscentre.net/sudasite/

Life and artistic career

Diab studied at the College of Fine and Applied Art in Khartoum, from which he graduated in 1978 with honours.[2] Sponsored by a scholarship from the government of Spain, he continued his studies at the Complutense University of Madrid, and submitted his PhD thesis on the ‘Philosophy of Sudanese Art’ in 1991.[3]

Back in Khartoum since 1999, Diab has been active as a painter, art teacher and director of his own artistic center.[4][5][6] His work has been widely exhibited and included in private collections.[7][8]

The Encyclopedia of African History describes Diab's colourful style as an exemplification of the generation of artists that followed Sudanese pioneers like Ibrahim El Salahi of the School of Khartoum and "developed a more universal aesthetic, that merges Western, African, and Islamic influences and expresses cultural identity in a global context."[9]

Diab in 2015 and 2016
  • Diab at the Rashid Diab Centre in 2015
    Diab at the Rashid Diab Centre in 2015
  • Staircase ceiling in the Rashid Diab Arts Center
    Staircase ceiling in the Rashid Diab Arts Center
  • View towards the sky from the narrow walkway between the two main buildings of the centre.
    View towards the sky from the narrow walkway between the two main buildings of the centre.
  • Diab in the garden of his cultural centre in 2015
    Diab in the garden of his cultural centre in 2015
  • Diab in his living room reading The Citizen with an essay by Magdi Elgizouli and photos by Tobias Zielony for the German Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale.
    Diab in his living room reading The Citizen with an essay by Magdi Elgizouli and photos by Tobias Zielony for the German Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale.
  • Diab in his studio in Khartoum-Amarat in 2016.
    Diab in his studio in Khartoum-Amarat in 2016.
  • Diab in his studio in Khartoum-Amarat in 2016.
    Diab in his studio in Khartoum-Amarat in 2016.

See also

References
  1. "Rashid Diab". AFRICANAH.ORG. 8 February 2015.
  2. Hassan, Salah M.; Enwezor, Okwui (1995). New Visions: Recent Works by Six African Artists: Rashid Diab, Angèle Etoundi Essamba, David Koloane, Wosene Kosrof, Houria Niati, Olu Oguibe. Eatonville: Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts. p. 11.
  3. "Rashid Diab Painting". Saatchi Art. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  4. "Sudanese Painter Holds Exhibition in Korea". 17 April 2009.
  5. "Rashid Diab, el pintor sudanés que explica España más allá del fútbol". 14 October 2015.
  6. "Sudanese Artist Draws from a Nation's Agony". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  7. al-Soudeir, Zaki (2020-01-12). "Sudanese artist brings lifelong experience to Manama". AW. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  8. Hassan, S. M. (1994-09-01). "Fragments of Poetic Memory: The Art of Rashid Diab". Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. 1994 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1215/10757163-1-1-19. ISSN 1075-7163. S2CID 192196032.
  9. Shillington, Kevin (2005). Encyclopedia of African History. New York / London: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 109. ISBN 978-1579584559.

Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rashid Diab.
  • Daum, Werner and Rashid Diab, Modern Art in Sudan, In Hopkins, Peter G. (ed.) (2009) Kenana Handbook of Sudan. New York: Routledge, pp. 453–516, ISBN 0-7103-1160-5
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