Born in Syria, Mahmoud currently resides in the UAE / Elements of dystopian figures can be found throughout Mahmoud's works, triggering a thought provoking interaction between the artwork and the observer / Mahmud has exhibited internationally across the globe, showcasing his works in Mexico, France, Syria, The Netherlands and more /

Education

2005 BFA in Painting, Fine Art faculty at Damascus University, achieving a first class Degree

2001 Soubhy Shouaib institute, Homs, Syria

Solo Exhibitions

2014 Alianza Francesa Gallery, Mexico

2012 Maktab; Creative Zone Gallery, Damascus, Syria

2011 Gallery Beeld, The Hague, Netherlands

2007 French Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria

Group Exhibitions

2018 Sikka Art Festival, Dubai, UAE

2017 "I'm lost " World Culture Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden

2017 "I will Never Get Used to Wait" Skanes Konstforening, Malmo, Sweden

2016 Pro Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2016 "Museum of Preserving City" Botkyrka Konsthall (Fittja apartment) Stockholm, Sweden

2015 Hinterland Gallerie, Vienna, Austria

2015 "City in Transformation" video art program screened in Videoformes festival, Clermont Ferrand, France

2015 Magmart Festival, Naples, Italy

2015 Les Instants Festival, Marseille, France

2015 Hangmen Kunsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2015 TYS Udstillingsstedet, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015 "At the Plague" Supermarket art fair" Stockholm, Sweden

2014 "How Are You Going, Are you Okay" Gotham arts studio, Western Australia

2014 AIVA festival, Finspang, Sweden

2012 "Mosaic" visual project about ethnic religious coexistence in Syria and the future, AllArtNow, Syria

2011 "Studio1" AllArtNow, Damascus, Syria

2011 "Open Day" AllArtNow, Damascus, Syria

2010 "In Silence" AllArtNow space, Damascus

2009 "Days of photographs" French Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria

2009 1st sculptural symposium "From Palmyra to Hesiah", Syria

2008 "Days of photographs" French Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria

2008 "International Festival of the Plastic arts" Mahares, Tunisia

2007 "Days of photographs" French Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria

2006 "The annual Exhibition for Syrian Artists" Khan Asaad Basha, Damascus, Syria

2006 Exhibition of Graduated artists in French Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria

2005 "Annual youth exhibition", Al-Rewak Gallery, Damascus, Syria

2004 "Annual youth exhibition", Al-Rewak Gallery, Damascus, Syria

2002-2003 Several collective exhibitions in Homs, Syria

Artist residency

2006 "Artistes Dans La Ville" In Memory of Paul Cezanne, Marseilles, France

• 2017 "I'm lost " World Culture Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 2014 Solo show, Alianza Francesa Gallery, Mexico