Born in Tunisia in 1952, Abdallah Akar now works and lives in Paris. He studied under Ghani Alani, Master Iraqi calligrapher, and exhibited for the 1st time in 1986. He started teaching calligraphy at the " Institut du Monde Arabe " in 1993. In 2006, for the Festival of Sacred Music of the World, Akar installed his iron calligraphy in the Palace Tazi in Fes. A few months later his " Muallaqat " (hanging poems) are shown in the Big Library of Angers. Following the highest poetry of Arab and European countries, he offers his own vision always looking for different supports. The complexity of paper and wood, and long cotton veils seduce him. In his studio of Val d'Oise, Abdallah Akar goes on, mixing heritage and tradition, and the sensations with words, intuition and humility. In 2007, he published a beautiful book in French and Arabic entitled " Les Poemes Suspendus " where the artist extends his vision on the 7 poems founding Arabia of the 6th century.

Abdallah Akar will be exhibiting with us at Artparis - Abudhabi - 2008.