Farid Abu Shakra - Artist Info

About Farid Abu Shakra

  • Biography

    Farid Abu Shakra, painter, born 1963, Umm el-Fahm. Brother to Said and Waled Abu Shakra, cousin of Assim Abu Shakra.

    Published poetry books in Arabic and Hebrew. Also works as an interior designer and co-manager of the art gallery he constructed with his brothers in Umm El-Fahm.

    Education
    1984-88 Kalisher School, Tel Aviv.

    Teaching
    Art, Jaffa. Art Inspector for the Arabic sector.

    Awards And Prizes
    1986 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Sharett Fund Scholarship
    2006 Encouragement of the Arts Prize, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport

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