Ghasan Saaid

Ghasan, born in 1973, graduated with First Class Honours in Painting from the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum in 1995. He then taught Fine Arts at the Al-Ahfad University in Sudan, and also applied his talents to Theatre and Dance. In December 2005 he graduated - with distinction - in the Advanced Diploma in Fine Art (2003-2005), from The Gallery School, Sydney. He is currently enrolled in a Masters Degree at Sydney College of the Arts.

Before emigrating to Australia in 1998 he exhibited extensively overseas - in Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Nairobi, Paris and London. In Sydney, he has had five Solo Exhibitions at Harris Courtin Gallery since 2000 and will exhibit again in July 2007. Ghasan returned to Sudan in 2004 and 2006 and held successful Solo shows at various galleries and Cultural Institutions.

His unique style has been greatly appreciated by the hundreds of collectors who have purchased his work, in Australia and overseas. Ghasan’s paintings use colourful symbols that combine the esoteric with images drawn from daily life.

In his own words:

 "I am constantly attempting to paint real life, which happens and revolves around the secretive and obscure relationship between the individual, the group, and the environment they live in. This is the life that takes place in the half-light and it constitutes the motives of the image that I want to reflect. I am trying to explore the physical production of the artwork through the use of an abstract and symbolic outlet. I create a number of inhabited and fractioned cells, and their interaction produces a multitude of life games - sometimes a simple story, sometimes a journey and sometimes an enigma with an infinite number of possible meanings...."

His paintings are in Collections that include: University of New South Wales (Mathematics Dept.); Zaf Centre for Plastic Art, Istanbul; Erivetaria Art Centre, Rome, Italy; New Look Centre, Prague; Kemnkensweg Gallery, Holland; Shibrain Museum Gallery, Sudan; National Museum Gallery, Sudan; Balirmo Gallery, Toronto, Canada; French Cultural Centre in Sydney, Sudan, Syria & Kenya; Goethe Centre, Sudan and Jordan; and Alliance Française de Sydney.    

Private collections are in: Australia, USA, India, UK, South Africa, France, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Italy, Russia, Egypt, Norway, Canada, Netherlands, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Qatar.

University of New South Wales (Mathematics Dept.)

Zaf Centre for Plastic Art, Istanbul

Erivetaria Art Centre, Rome, Italy

New Look Centre, Prague

Kemnkensweg Gallery, Holland

Shibrain Museum Gallery, Sudan

National Museum Gallery, Sudan

Balirmo Gallery, Toronto, Canada

French Cultural Centre in Sydney, Sudan, Syria & Kenya

Goethe Centre, Sudan and Jordan

Alliance Française de Sydney

Australia, USA, India, Spain, UK, South Africa, France, Germany, Denmark,

New Zealand, Italy, Russia, Egypt, Norway, Canada, Netherlands, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Qatar.

Sudanese Plastic Artists Union, Sudan

Contemporary African Artists Union, Kenya

Information Cultural Exchange (ICE), Australia

Multicultural Art Alliance (MAA), Australia

NAVA International Association for the Visual Arts, Australia

African Artist Association, USA

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