Matug Aborawi CV

Born on September 15, 1967 in Libya.

ACADEMIC TRAINING:

Bachelor of Fine Arts. Faculty of Fine Arts of Tripoli.

Libya. 1993.

Phd of Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts

University of Granada, 2013.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Assistant in the Department of Painting Faculty of Fine

Arts Tripoli. Libya. 1993-1996.

Painting teacher workshops. Department of Painting

Faculty of Fine Arts of Tripoli. Libia.1993-2002.

Professor of Higher Education. Branch: Art and Technique.

"Art School and Military Technique". Tripoli. Libya. 1997- 2000.

Professor of Secondary Education. Private Education Center

High Garapuli. Tripoli. Libya.

Painting teacher workshops. Tripoli. Libya. 2000-2005.

Outdoor activities:

Central Children's Hospital Cancer Center. Women's Associations.

Disabled children.

Painting teacher workshops. Garapuli Cultural Center. Tripoli.

Libya. 1985-2001.

Painting tutoring. Granada. 2005-2008

Individual exhibitions:

1997 - French Cultural Institute. Tripoli (Libya)

1998 - Art House. Tripoli (Libya).

1999 - Latin Arts Center. Caracas (Venzuela)

2002 - Bar and restaurant La Luna (Salamanca).

2012-13 - Tribute to the missing I (Pateras) Euro-Arab Foundation Granada.

2014 - Tribute to the missing II. Arab Spring. Foundation

Euroárabe of Granada.

2014 - My Dreams in Granada. Centro Cultural Borges.Buenas

Aires Argentina.

2014-15 The South and the Dream. Arab house, Madrid.

Exhibitions:

1992 - Faculty of Fine Arts. Tripoli (Libya).

1995 - Art House.. Tripoli (Libya).

1996 - French Cultural Institute. Tripoli (Libya).

1997 - Center Salaheddin. Tripoli (Libya).

1997 - El-Mahari Hotel. Tripoli (Libya).

1998 - Gallery Istrlab. Tunisia.

1998 - International Youth Festival. Lisbon (Portugal). 2,004 -

Aglobaroma. Brussels, Belgium.

2005 - Casablanca, Instituto Cervantes, a participant in the facility

collective, Finally Dawn.

2005 - Painting Workshop Martin Hochtel. Vienna, Austria.

2006 - Painting workshop with Cuban artist Jose Bedia. Center

Damian Bayon Art, Santa Fe, Granada.

2007 - Syria, Damascus. Coordination and CEO of the

Arabic part in the installation of black basalt Voices Institute

Cervantes.

2008 - Agloba Rome. Brussels, Belgium.

2008 - The exhibition Be Free. The day of refugees. Chatillon,

France.

2009 - Collection of Contemporary Art at the University of

Granada.

2009 - In a blue emotion. Euro-Arab Foundation Granada.

2014 - The Lamma (Libyans in Malta Painters).

2014 - Al ASMAKH Symposium Doha, Qatar.

2014 - The General exhibition of Fine Arts. Misurata.

2015- Academic course of drawing and basic design Department of Architecture Mergeb University.

2015- Academic course of drawing and painting department of Painting Fin Arts University of Tripoli.

2015-16 Present for first time 8 students as artist in center gallery in the exhibition Good Evening Tripoli.

2016-17 Teach painting and drawing in Fin Arts of University of Tripoli.

publishing

Aesthetic LANGUAGES IN PAINT TASSILI Libya to modernity

- ISBN 978-84-9028-675-3. Faculty of Fine Arts, Granada, 2012-2013

Homaje to the disappeared (boats) ISBN 978-84-695-6713-5. Granada, 2012-2013

Homaje to the disappeared II (ARAB SPRING) ISBN 978-84-695-9667-8. Granada, 2014

MY DREAMS IN GRANADA - ISBN 978-84-697-0264-2. BuenosAires, 2014

THE SOUTH AND THE DREAM - ISBN 978-84-697- 1752-3. Madrid, 2014-15

https://issuu.com/matugaborawi

Considered one of Libya’s pioneering contemporary artists, Matug Aborawi’s prolific work has a language of its own. His imagery explores current global issues of conflict and the story of migration. Conceptual in nature, he uses dramatic and exotic colours and his work reveals unusual shapes, portraits of nameless people and animals, as well as other poetic content.

Born in 1967 in Libya, Aborawi graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Tripoli in 1993. He later moved to Spain and completed a PhD from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Granada in 2013. He has been an Arts teacher at various colleges in Libya and Spain.

One of his recurring themes is that of travel to distant shores and the spiritual exodus, where people on boats depart and arrive in magical lands only to return in order to make sense of their existence. The dark seas, the deep oceans and other physical terrains effortlessly connect to the state of dreams, sleep and the unconscious expanse, where the imagination, fantasy and myth combine to evoke deep emotions and contemplation.

Aborawi's work has been exhibited in many countries, including in Libya, Tunisia, Belgium, Morocco, Spain Venezuela and Austria.

Infomation from Noon Arts Projects

https://www.noonartsprojects.com/artists-2/



Natural del pueblo costero Al Gharabuli, provincia de Tripoli. Se matriculó en Bellas Artes a finales de los años 80, incorporándose al Departamento de Pintura donde establece gran amistad con sus compañeros. En este período recibe clases de Ali Jalil y Lamin Othman, por destacar algunos, aunque recibió influencias del pintor iraquí Husam Ali, al igual que el resto de su grupo, propiciadas por las múltiples reuniones realizadas entre este profesor y sus alumnos.
 Participó en numerosas exposiciones colectivas en el ámbito universitario. En 1993 se licenció y fue seleccionado como becario en el mismo departamento impartiendo clases de pintura bajo la dirección de su profesor Lamin Othman. Compaginando su trabajo como profesor universitario, impartió clases en talleres de pintura en un Centro Privado e Institucional de Educación Secundaria.
En 1996 organizó una exposición colectiva en el Instituto Cultural Francés junto a sus colegas
 Sami El-Zuli, Naser Abusuwa y Tareq Abu Hamed, llamada Entre la realidad y la imaginación.
 A partir de este momento se da a conocer en otras galerías como Dar Al Funoon, invitándolo a exponer en esta sala de manera individual en 1998, titulándose Zero. Este evento resultó muy positivo recibiendo una reconocida crítica a su trabajo. A finales de los años 90 conoció al pintor austriaco Martin Hochtel estableciendo una amistad duradera, donde compartían experiencias artísticas, quedando muy influido por los conocimientos de Hochtel.

 En 1999 viaja a Caracas invitado por el embajador de Venezuela en Libia, realizando durante su estancia en la capital una exposición en el Centro Artístico Latinoamericano “Celarg”
 En la década del 2000 fue becado por la Universidad de Trípoli para estudiar y perfeccionar su arte en España. Allí se instala en la ciudad de Granada y se matricula como alumno en el tercer ciclo. Conoce al pintor Paco Luis Baños que le dirige su tesis doctoral y lo encauza hacia otros conocimientos plásticos y le abre otros caminos, resultándole muy positivo la adquisición de nuevas técnicas aplicables a su posterior pintura.