–Despair And Hope– By Palestinian Artist Shafik Radwan

“Despair and Hope” (2014, 80 x 60 cm) is an original acrylic on canvas by Palestinian notable artist Shafik Radwan.

Shafik Radwan (Najd, Gaza, 1941) is a Palestinian artist and graphic designer who lives and works in Gaza. He received his BA degree in Graphic Design from Helwan University (Cairo, 1959) and completed his Phd in Art Critic from Surikov Art Institute (Moscow, 1989).

His art has been displayed in a number of solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally, and are part of the permanent collections of both Baghdad Museum of Modern Art and Moscow State Museum of Oriental Art.

Radwan has taught arts in Libya, Sudan and Palestine and has been a prolific writer, publishing numerous articles and papers. He was the Director of the Fine Arts Department in the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, the Head of the Fine Arts Department at Derna University in Libya and the Dean of Fine Arts Faculty at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza.