Abdul Rahman Suleiman A Saudi plastic artist, born in Al-Ahsa in 1954. He held many art exhibitions inside and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He headed the plastic arts department in the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts. He published a number of books that chronicle plastic art in Saudi Arabia and the eastern region, most notably the book (The Journey of Saudi Plastic Art) and the book (Saudi Plastic Art). in the eastern region). He won the Sharjah International Biennial Award in 1997.
beginnings Al-Suleiman says about his beginnings with fine art: “In primary school, the first steps were through educational materials, where drawing, calligraphy, and various participations in activity groups, I would sometimes write the wisdom of the day on a blackboard hanging in the schoolyard, and I would write newspapers and write some of them as well as draw a contributor In the social events in which the school participates, inside and outside, I remember that while I was still in elementary school, I drew my brother Muhammad while he was younger than me on a sheet of paper from one of my school notebooks. Drawing was my passion and my early love, the teachers would mark me as an exceller and they would assign me to plan the wall newspapers and write their titles and sometimes their content.”
He also says about the beginnings stage: “The boyhood stage was full of activity, especially when the Al-Ittifaq Club started to establish a studio at its headquarters in the Al-Adamah neighborhood during a summer vacation. I joined it in 1971. 24 oil paintings, so the club held a joint exhibition for four artists or amateurs. I was one of them with a colleague of my career, the artist Ali Issa Al-Dosari, may God have mercy on him, and two others. The exhibition ended with a prize that was a valuable wristwatch for me, and it is the first prize I got after the middle school awards... after the end of the exhibition The participant in the agreement club, and the colleagues withdrew their works, and they did not exceed six works. It was an opportunity for me to add to the exhibition my remaining works that were not shown, and this personal presentation of my works lasts for three days. It was like the first exhibition of my works.
education He holds a Diploma in Art Education from the Teachers Institute in Saudi Arabia. He studied and graduated from Teachers College in Dammam, specializing in Art Education in 1991 the job He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Society for Fine Arts during the period 2007-2012 He worked as a teacher for art education in Dammam. Head of the Fine Arts Department at the Culture and Arts Association from 1987 AD to 2012 AD. He worked as Director General of Activities and Head of the Media Department in the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts. He worked as an editor for the plastic arts pages in Al-Youm newspaper from 1983 AD. Prepared the program (The Fine Arts Magazine) for Saudi Radio. A founding member of the Gulf Art Friends Group, 1985. Galleries and paintings During his artistic career, Al-Sulaiman held more than 10 personal exhibitions in various Arab countries, starting in 1983 AD in Dammam, in Tangiers in 1989 AD, and in Riyadh in 1991 at the Palace of Culture in the Diplomatic Quarter. 2013 at Naila Gallery, 2021 at Misk Art Gallery, Prince Faisal bin Fahd Hall, Capital Model Institute. And in Cairo in 2002, and in Kuwait in 2004 at the Arts Hall in the suburb of Abdullah Al-Salem, and in Paris in 2011. He also exhibited his works collectively in many countries of the world (Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France, Germany, the Dominicans, the United States of America, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Turkey and Russia) and others. Among his most famous paintings are the painting (Worshipers Leaving the Mosque) 1981 AD, which Sotheby's auction house in London announced that it sold for $ 178,599 in 2018 AD, and the painting (Duha Time Session) 1980 AD. An anointing painting on the head of an orphan and a nap were sold at Sotheby's in London in 2019 and 2020. versions (The Journey of Saudi Fine Art) was issued in 2000. It is a reference research for the history of plastic art in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Fine Art in the Eastern Province) was published by the Center for Arab Literature. The book documents the plastic movement in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia since its beginnings in the sixties of the last century. Tashkeel was published by Al-Faisal Cultural House in 2018. Lectures and participations Lecture (Fine Art in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Initial Signs) delivered at the Kuwaiti Society for Fine Arts in 2006. A lecture on (artistic appreciation and children's drawings) organized by the Abha Literary Club in cooperation with the Department of Education on the occasion of the Asir Biennale in 2010. A lecture (manifestations of modernization in Saudi plastic art) delivered within the activities of the first Najran Forum for Visual Arts in 2013. Lecture (Fine Art in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a display of paintings from it) delivered at the Baghdad International Book Fair 2019. The history of Saudi art among the lectures of the Diriyah Biennial 2022 awards He won the Sharjah Biennial Award in 1997 for all his works. Won the first prize of the ninth exhibition of contemporary Saudi art in 1989. Won the third prize in the General Exhibition of Collectibles in Riyadh in 1986. He was honored by the Culture and Arts Association in Dammam in 2018 AD in a celebration that spanned four nights under the title (The color of the place...the fragrance of memory). Abd al-Rahman al-Sulaiman for artistic readings of plastic works), and he also issued a book entitled (The Color of the Place.. the Perfume of Memory) on the occasion of his honor. The Misk Institute honored him among the pioneers of Saudi art 2018
