Describing the foundations of his long career, Syrian artist Fadi Yazigi explains ”I try to explore new materials in my work, to experiment with a very wide variety of means and forms… Each new material gives a particular feeling… whether painting on canvas, cardboard, textiles or papers, using acrylic, oil and ink, I depict people and human emotions.”

Born in Latakia, Fadi Yazigi (1966) studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University. Primarily a figurative painter, Yazigi’s work revolves around human emotions with a sensitivity towards the individuals that he encounters and depicts in his work. A strong facet of his career is experimenting with materials and techniques, allowing him to continuously recreate his figures in new ways.

Often, he portrays ordinary people with their many flaws – both physical and mental. While based on individual expressions, the figures take on a similar rendering making them hard to distinguish from one another. Whether worried or naively smiling, they convey the reactions and the stories of tragedy and war, a constant reality of living in Syria.