The forum was organized under the title “Cypress Memory”, organized by the Jordanian National Museum of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Jordan and supported by the Greater Amman Municipality on the campus of the University of Jordan with wide international participation of artists from France, Germany, Spain, Morocco, Bahrain, Palestine, Iraq.
This forum came to allocate the wood material only to the artists participating in the work, which was available in time with a lot of cypress trees and pine after the snowstorm that hit the Kingdom that year. And resulted in the break of a lot of trees within the campus of the University of Jordan.
Participating Artists:
Abdel-Hay Al-Daydai – Morocco
Ahed Younes – Jordan
Ahmed Kanaan – Palestine
Anna Hill – Germany
Ayoub Al Balushi – Sultanate of Oman
Faisal Al-Omari – Jordan
Fouad Khasawneh – Jordan
Francesca Marati – Spain
Ghassan Mafdala – Jordan
Hala Abu Bakr – Jordan
Hala Al-Twal – Jordan
Hussam Wahba – Jordan
Idris Al Jarrah – Jordan
Jan Nikolai Niels – Germany
Kuram Al-Nimri – Jordan
Khairy Herzallah – Jordan
Lojain Nahhas – Jordan
Omar Al-Najjar – Jordan
Samia Zaru – Jordan
Shinyar Abdullah – Iraq
Jamal Juqqa – Jordan
Yazan Salman – Jordan
The Symposium was held under the title “Ayla Symposium for Urban Art” organized by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in cooperation with Ayla Oasis Development.
Artists from Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Mexico, Spain, China, Argentina, France and Germany participated in the Symposium. Where the participating artists interacted with the picturesque nature of Ayla project’s facilities and the sea. The works were distributed in different areas within the project
Participating Artists:
Fadi Yazigi
Francesca Marti
Katia Al-Tal
Nadine Amireh
Sina Atta
Said Badr
Rana Bishara
Elmer Dumlao
Khalid Khreis
Anja Krakowski
Alfia Leiva
Anees Maani
Rajwa Ali
Deva Sand
Leonidas Spinelli Capel
Hala Twal
Rocio Villalonga
Khaled Wahal
Kun Xiu
Hala Abu Baker
Artists from Jordan, Sweden, Spain, Bahrain, Egypt, Syria and Iraq participated in the Symposium.
Participating Artists:
Abdel Aziz Abu Gazaleh – Jordan
Ahed Younis – Jordan
Ali Al Mahmeed – Bahrain
Anees Maani – Jordan
Fadi Al Jabour – Syria
Francesca Marti – Spain
Hazem Nemrawi – Jordan
Hazem Zubi – Jordan
Jalal Ariqat – Jordan
Jamal al Sayed – Egypt
Khairy Hirzallah – Jordan
Mohamed Abdulla – Iraq
Pal Svensson – Sweden
Raed Dahleh – Jordan
Rajwa Ali – Jordan
Samia Zaru – Jordan
The sculptors were distributed on some of Amman’s squares, the National Gallery’s Park and the park located in front of the Greater Amman Municipality buildings in Ras Al-Ain.
Participating Artists:
Andrea Ortega Frutos – Chili
Anees Maani – Jordan
Augstin Ruiz de Almodovar – Spain
Josep Cerda – Spain
Kenji Takahashi – Japan
Khalid Khreis – Jordan
Maha Abu Ayyash – Jordan
Mohammad Haroun – Egypt
Mustafa Ali – Syria
Nabil Basbous – Lebanon
Rajwa Ali – Jordan
Ruslan Tsrimov – Kabardino Balkaria
Suhail Hindawi – Iraq
In addition to Jordanian artists; artists from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Spain, Japan, the Republic of Kabardino Balkaria and Chile participated in the Symposium. The Symposium was held in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality and the Ministry of Public Works.
Participating Artists:
Andrea Ortega Frutos – Chili
Anees Maani – Jordan
Augstin Ruiz de Almodovar – Spain
Josep Cerda – Spain
Kenji Takahashi – Japan
Khalid Khreis – Jordan
Maha Abu Ayyash – Jordan
Mohammad Haroun – Egypt
Mustafa Ali – Syria
Nabil Basbous – Lebanon
Rajwa Ali – Jordan
Ruslan Tsrimov – Kabardino Balkaria
Suhail Hindawi – Iraq
Amman, The Arab Cultural Capital 2002 hosted the Arab Sculpture Symposium in cooperation with the Royal Society of Fine Arts. A group of celebrated Arab sculptors took part in this symposium.
This meeting inspired an interactive dialogue where the sculptors exchanged knowledge and experience. Art students were invited to assist the sculptors therefore gaining a hands-on training experience with professional sculptors.
Since the workshop took place in a local park in Jabal Weibdeh , this gave the public the chance to be a part of the creative endeavor.
The sculptures will be placed in different areas of Amman. The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts hopes to make this sculpture symposium an annual event as Amman may host the continuing creative dialogue between artists.
Participating Artists:
1 – Ahmad Kanaan (b. 1965), Palestine.
2 – Hassan Khater (b. 1954), Syria, The Occupied Galilee.
3 – Rabii Akhras (b. 1951), Syria.
4 – Rachid Koraichi (b.1947), Algeria.
5 – Abdul Aziz Abu Ghazaleh (b.1967), Jordan.
6 – Kuram Nimri (b. 1944), Jordan.
7 – Mohammad Shammary (b.1962), Iraq.
8 – Mansour Mansi (b. 1956), Egypt.
