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Bio

Born in Hasaka, Syria
Lives & works in Morton Grove, IL

 

dankhazomaya@hotmail.com

Education
 

1982-1987

Bachelor in fine arts – Department of Sculpture - Damascus University

1997-1998

High studies diploma in fine arts - Damascus University

 

Awards & Nominations 

1- Taha Taha Museum - Al Raqqa, Syria 1999.

2-  Montreal, Canada 2002

3- Nominated for the Arab Elite award  2006

4-  Hasaka, Syria 2007

5- Al Qamishly, Syria 2007

6-  Houssien Al Baher Symposium-Tartus, Syria2008.

7- Artist of the Year, Assyrian American Chamber of Commerce 2015

 

Exhibitions
Solo
 

1-Ebla  Gallery for Fine Arts - Aleppo, Syria 1990

2- Cultural Center of Abu Rummana - Damascus, Syria 1991

3- Cultural Center - Hasaka, Syria 1991 and 2001

4- Roaming exhibition in different provinces in Hasaka, Syria in 1993

5- Aram Gallery for Fine Arts - Damascus, Syria 1993, 1998 and 2004

6- Al Khanjee Gallery of Fine Arts - Aleppo, Syria 1999

7-Damascus Gallery of fine arts – Damascus, Syria 2000

8-Cultural Center-Al Hasaka, Syria 2001

9- Aalbal Gallery - Damascus, Syria 2001 and 2005

10- The Art Project Gallery - Canada, Ontario 2002

11- The Arab Gathering for Painting and Plastics Art's Gallery - Canada, Montreal 2002

12- Roaming exhibition in different cities in Sweden 2002

13- UNESCO building -  Beirut, Lebanon 2004

14- Urmia, Iran 2004

15-Cultural Center-Al Hasaka, Syria 2004

16- Ishtar Gallery - Damascus, Syria 2005

17- Gallery of the Syriac Archbishopric - Hasaka, Syria 2005

18- Alpha Gallery of Fine Arts - Al Sweida, Syria 2007

19-Troyan, Bulgaria 2007

20- People's Gallery - Union of Syrian Artists - Damascus 2008

21-Assyrian National Council of Illinois-Skokie, US 2010

22-Assyrian American Association -Chicago, US 2012 

23- Chaldean Community Foundation- Detroit, Michigan 2020-2021

24- YV Art Museum - Massachusetts, US 2024

Joint Exhibition 

1- Many joint exhibitions sponsored by the Department of Culture and the Union of the Syrian Plastic Artists

2- With Basheer Al Ansari at Aram Gallery of Fine Arts - Damascus, Syria 1992

3- With Barsum Barsuma and Musa Malkeh at Aalbal Gallery - Damascus, Syria 2000

4- With Totol Gathering for Plastic Arts - Al Raqqa, Syria 2005

5- With Siham Mansur and Gheith Abdullah at the Russian Cultural Center - Damascus, Syria 2007

6- With other artists at the Skokie Art Library, US 2011

7-With Mimi Peterson and Catherine Cajandig at Emily Oaks Nature Center, US 2012

8- ACA Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 2018 

Symposiums, Seminars & Festivals

1- Marmarita's 1st and 2nd festivals of art, Syria

2- Sadad's 3rd festival, Syria 2007

3- Symposium of sculpture and ceramic - Troyan, Bulgaria 2007

4- Houssien Al Baher Symposium - Tartus, Syria 2008

5- Organized a painting exhibition for 10 well known syrian artists at the Cultural Center of Al Hasaka city, Syria 2009

6- Sculpture symposium in Latakia, Syria 2009

7-Edge Water Festival, Chicago 2010

- Many analytic seminars are held about his artistic researches and experiments in Hasaka, Damascus and Al Sweida.

- SRAM Part Project 2011 (World Bicycle Relief) Las Vegas/ Chicago, US 2011

8- The Andres Institute Art International Sculpture Symposium in Brookline, New Hampshire 2022

9- International Sculpture Symposium YV Art Museum in Massachusetts 2024

 

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