Boutros Al Maari
Syria, b.1968
Al Maari received his diploma in Graphic Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University. He received his Master in Social Anthropology (EHESS), in 1999 in Paris, where he earned his doctorate in 2006 in the same area. From 2008 to 2012 he worked as a Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University. After having resided for many years in France, he has relocated in Hamburg, Germany. Al Maari has been a prolific author, writer and cartoonist in many arabic and international newspapers and publications. The artist has also participated in numerous exhibitions worldwide.