Tammam Azzam
Biography
Born in the Syrian capital in 1980, Tammam Azzam graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus with a concentration in oil painting and subsequently obtained a Fine Arts Certificate from Darat al Funun’s Al Kharif Academy, an esteemed artist workshop series, under Syrian master Marwan Kassab Bashi in 2001. Since joining the Shabab Ayyam young artists program in 2008, he has been featured in several significant events including the group show “Stories from the Levant,” Scope Art Fair (Basel) 2009, and Art Miami 2010.
Azzam’s approach to painting focuses on the tactical application of media—how a variety of components can be employed to create depth, texture and space, achieving a striking balance between the ordinary objects that he portrays and the grand terrain that he evokes. Clothes line with actual pins are often depicted with quick brushwork so that his compositions are infused with a playful yet enigmatic narrative. In the same regard these inanimate items work to emphasize the vigor of the space around them, as the remainder of the composition is rendered with vivacious strokes and bold markings that imply a sense of movement and energy.
Artist Press
The Colours of the Earth April 2008Download PDF (0.8 MB)
Artist Exhibitions
Tammam Azzam, Dirty Laundry 19 Dec, 2011 - 26 Jan, 2012View Exhibition
Tammam Azzam - Metallica, Ayyam Gallery, Damascus 26 Jun - 5 Aug, 2010
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Basel (SCOPE) 8 Jun - 14 , 2009
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Stories From the Levant, Tammam Azzam, Samia Halaby, Nadim Karam 22 Jan - 14 Feb, 2009
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Artist Publications
Tammam AzzamView Publication
Selected Works
TA87 Tammam AZZAM ‘Laundry Series’ 74 X 74 X 18 cm. Mixed Media on Wood 2011
TA62 Tammam AZZAM ‘Metallica Series’ 60 X 180 cm. -3 canvases- Mixed Media on Canvas 2010
TA81 Tamma AZZAM 'Laundry Series' 108 X 313 cm. Mixed Media on Canvas 2011