Kamal Al-Moallem
المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض SAUDI ARABIA - RIYADH
Kamal Al-Moallem is a Saudi plastic artist and sculptor, born in Sayhat in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia in 1954 AD. Al-Moallem held dozens of plastic exhibitions, completed works of sadu and sculpture, and participated in many international sculpture forums, most notably the “Changshun International Sculpture Symposium” in China.
Foundation
The teacher lived as an orphan after the death of his mother when he was three years old, then his father died while he was in the middle class. He grew up in the care of his two brothers: Abdel-Wahhab Al-Mouallem and Muhammad Al-Mouallem.
education
He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy, in 1982.
the job
Since 1983, he has supervised artistic and cultural activities in the Office of the General Presidency for Youth Welfare in the Eastern Province.
Founding member of the Saudi Society for Fine Arts.
Artistic beginnings
Kamal Al-Moallem says about his beginnings: “My beginnings were with Arabic calligraphy, then I developed into drawing. At that time, I was a lot of reading and traveling, and I brought many books with me from abroad, in addition to colours. During that period, I was traveling to Arab countries such as Egypt and Iraq. And I remember that the first booklet (calligraphy) I acquired was for the Iraqi calligrapher Hashim Muhammad al-Baghdadi, and it was in Iraq, specifically in the year in which the calligrapher al-Baghdadi died (1973), so that I kept for a long time a clipping of the news of his death in London when he was supervising the printing of the Qur’an. Before high school, my dream was to study in Florence, because this Italian city is historically the source of the Renaissance in Europe. Indeed, after completing secondary school, I tried to obtain a scholarship and sought that, and I met Prince Faisal bin Fahd, may God have mercy on him, and he responded to my request.
Art exhibitions and posts
He held the Kolavera World Fair and won one of its prizes in 1981.
He held the Autumn Exhibition in Florence (Qada) in 1982.
Plago Fair won the first place with a diploma of honor in 1982.
He supervised and organized the Saudi Cultural Festival, which was held in New Delhi, India, in 1984.
He held his first personal exhibition (Horse) in 1995 at the Youth Welfare Office in Dammam.
He also held an exhibition (Fursi) in Kuwait in 1996, in Sharjah in 1996, in Jeddah in 1997 and in Bahrain in 1998.
Participated in the 9th Changshun International Sculpture Symposium in China in 2008. During his participation, he implemented a model entitled (Horse Silk), which is about a mare giving birth to her foal with a different and distinctive configuration.
Participated in the 10th Changshun International Sculpture Symposium in China in 2009. He executed a large scale model entitled (Antar and Abla), representing two Persians, the first in black (Antar) and the second in white (Abla) in an attempt to embrace, and on one side of the model he wrote some famous verses of poetry by Antara in the languages: Arabic, Chinese and English.
He was chosen to represent Saudi Arabia at the G20 festival in South Korea in November 2010.
He participated in the 12th Changshun International Sculpture Symposium in China in 2011. And implemented a model entitled (Ordinary).
Participated in the (Khobar Inscriptions Symposium) with 10 of the most famous Saudi sculptors in 2018.
Participated in the Medina Living Sculpture Forum in 2018.
Participated in the Tetouan International Sculpture Forum in Morocco in 2019.
He represented Saudi Arabia in the third youth exhibition in Libya and won first place.
He participated in horse exhibitions in Qatar, Greece, Jeddah, Bahrain, Cairo, Dubai and Italy.
Awards
He won the first prize for sculpture at the 18th Saudi Contemporary Art Exhibition in 2014.
Kamal Al-Moallem is a Saudi plastic artist and sculptor, born in Sayhat in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia in 1954 AD. Al-Moallem held dozens of plastic exhibitions, completed works of sadu and sculpture, and participated in many international sculpture forums, most notably the “Changshun International Sculpture Symposium” in China.
Foundation
The teacher lived as an orphan after the death of his mother when he was three years old, then his father died while he was in the middle class. He grew up in the care of his two brothers: Abdel-Wahhab Al-Mouallem and Muhammad Al-Mouallem.
education
He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy, in 1982.
the job
Since 1983, he has supervised artistic and cultural activities in the Office of the General Presidency for Youth Welfare in the Eastern Province.
Founding member of the Saudi Society for Fine Arts.
Artistic beginnings
Kamal Al-Moallem says about his beginnings: “My beginnings were with Arabic calligraphy, then I developed into drawing. At that time, I was a lot of reading and traveling, and I brought many books with me from abroad, in addition to colours. During that period, I was traveling to Arab countries such as Egypt and Iraq. And I remember that the first booklet (calligraphy) I acquired was for the Iraqi calligrapher Hashim Muhammad al-Baghdadi, and it was in Iraq, specifically in the year in which the calligrapher al-Baghdadi died (1973), so that I kept for a long time a clipping of the news of his death in London when he was supervising the printing of the Qur’an. Before high school, my dream was to study in Florence, because this Italian city is historically the source of the Renaissance in Europe. Indeed, after completing secondary school, I tried to obtain a scholarship and sought that, and I met Prince Faisal bin Fahd, may God have mercy on him, and he responded to my request.
Art exhibitions and posts
He held the Kolavera World Fair and won one of its prizes in 1981.
He held the Autumn Exhibition in Florence (Qada) in 1982.
Plago Fair won the first place with a diploma of honor in 1982.
He supervised and organized the Saudi Cultural Festival, which was held in New Delhi, India, in 1984.
He held his first personal exhibition (Horse) in 1995 at the Youth Welfare Office in Dammam.
He also held an exhibition (Fursi) in Kuwait in 1996, in Sharjah in 1996, in Jeddah in 1997 and in Bahrain in 1998.
Participated in the 9th Changshun International Sculpture Symposium in China in 2008. During his participation, he implemented a model entitled (Horse Silk), which is about a mare giving birth to her foal with a different and distinctive configuration.
Participated in the 10th Changshun International Sculpture Symposium in China in 2009. He executed a large scale model entitled (Antar and Abla), representing two Persians, the first in black (Antar) and the second in white (Abla) in an attempt to embrace, and on one side of the model he wrote some famous verses of poetry by Antara in the languages: Arabic, Chinese and English.
He was chosen to represent Saudi Arabia at the G20 festival in South Korea in November 2010.
He participated in the 12th Changshun International Sculpture Symposium in China in 2011. And implemented a model entitled (Ordinary).
Participated in the (Khobar Inscriptions Symposium) with 10 of the most famous Saudi sculptors in 2018.
Participated in the Medina Living Sculpture Forum in 2018.
Participated in the Tetouan International Sculpture Forum in Morocco in 2019.
He represented Saudi Arabia in the third youth exhibition in Libya and won first place.
He participated in horse exhibitions in Qatar, Greece, Jeddah, Bahrain, Cairo, Dubai and Italy.
Awards
He won the first prize for sculpture at the 18th Saudi Contemporary Art Exhibition in 2014.
