Opening at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts on 23 July 2009, an exhibition to honor the pioneer Artist Rafik Lahham “60 years of Art”, showing a collection of his graphic and painting artworks through out his life. The exhibition will run through 23 September 2009.
Rafik Lahham graduated from ENALC (Ente Nationale Addestramento Lavoratori Commercio) and San Jacomo Institute in Rome (1962). He continued at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York (1967) where he trained in painting and etching and became the first Jordanian artist to work in printmaking. Lahham is also the first Jordanian artist to use calligraphy in his work.