Born in 1951, Qamishli, Syria.
EDUCATION
1972 - 1976 Bachelor degree in Etching, Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus - Syria.
1982 - 1986 Diploma in Etching, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts Paris, France.
1986 - 1989 PH. D in Plastic Arts, University VIII of Paris, France.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Abdelké, Folk Art Space, Manama, Bahrain.
2023 Youssef Abdelké, Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon.
2023 Youssef Abdelké, George Kamel Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
2022 Mashrabiya Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2018 Schwartz, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Germany.
2018 Youssef Abdelké. Une donation contre la mort en Syrie, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France.
2017 Nudes. Recent charcoals, Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris, France.
2017 Nudes, George Kamel Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
2016 Bleak and Black, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany.
2014 Recent Works. Charcoals, Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris, France.
2014 Claude Lemand Gallery, at Art-Fair Paris, Grand Palais, France.
2014 Youssef Abdelké: New Works, Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon.
2010 Al Shaab Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
2010 Recent Drawings. Charcoals, Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris, France.
2008 Ayyam Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
2006 Henki Hall, Helsinki, Finland.
2005 Khan Asaad Pasha, Damascus, Syria.
2005 Al-Funun Gallery, Kuwait.
2004 Zamalek Art Center – Akhnatoun Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2003 Dar Al-Anda Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2003 Prebendale Gallery, Saint Paul, France.
2003 Sixth Chamalières International Triennial for Etching, France.
2002 Claude Lemand Gallery, Paris, France.
2002 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2002 L’Atelier Art Gallery, Alexandria, Egypt.
2001 Al-Riwaq Art Gallery, Manama, Bahrain.
2000 Hall of Faculty of Law, Sfax, Tunisia.
1999 Green Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
1999 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
1998 Atassi Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
1997 Kallyst Gallery, Tunisia.
1995 Beirut Theater Hall, Beirut, Lebanon.
1995 Second Sharjah International Biennial for Plastic Arts, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
1995 Atassi Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
1993 Al-Balqa Gallery, Jordan.
1992 Aram Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
1989 Al-Alif Gallery, Tunisia.
1988 LAtelier Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
1987 Ornina Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
1978 Al-Shaab Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
1978 A tour in Homs, Hama, Salamieh, and Raqqa, Syria.
1974 Al-Shaab Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
1973 Al-Houriya Hall Damascus, Syria.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Art Fair Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2019 Art Fair Basel, Switzerland.
2019 Frieze Art Fair London, United Kingdom.
2019 Al-Dalbah Cultural Forum, Mashta Al-Helou, Syria.
2019 Towards the Sublime, Beirut, Lebanon.
2018 Frieze Art Fair London, United Kingdom.
2018 Art Fair Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2018 Art Fair Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2017 Art Fair Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
2016 Art Fair Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
2015 Art Fair Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
2015 Exhibition at Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan.
2014 Art Fair Beirut, Lebanon.
2014 Art Fair Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2013 “Art Syria”, Meem Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2013 Arab Masterpieces exhibition, Claude Lemand Gallery, Paris, France.
2012 “Artists from Syria Today”, Tanit Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
2012 «Arab Masterpieces», Claude Lemand Gallery, Paris, France.
2012 «Artists from Syria Today», Gallery Mashrabiya, Cairo, Egypt.
2008 Opening of Espace Claude Lemand, Paris, France.
2008 Opening of the Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2007 Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
2006 Graphic Symposium Khartoum, Sudan.
2005 “Imagining the Book” Biennial - Bibliotheca of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
2003 Syrian Contemporary Art exhibition, Leiden, Netherlands.
2003 “Europe’ Art” exhibition Geneva, Switzerland.
2002 “Imagining the Book” exhibition - Bibliotheca of Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.
2005 “Imagining the Book” exhibition - Bibliotheca of Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.
2001 Arab Ateliers exhibition, Beirut, Lebanon.
2001 Arab Ateliers exhibition, Damascus, Syria.
2001 8th International Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt.
2001 Sharjah International Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2000 Chamalières International Triennial for Etching, France.
1999 Syrian Ateliers exhibition, Beirut, Lebanon.
1998 8 Arab Artists exhibition - Arabesque Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany.
1997 Cracovia International Biennial for Etching, Poland.
1997 Chamalières International Triennial for Etching, France.
1995 7th International Etching Biennial, Taiwan.
1995 Collective exhibition with Maher Al-Baroudi, Lyon, France.
1994 Chamalières International Triennial for Etching, France
1994 6 Syrian Plastic Artists exhibition - Grambihler Gallery, Paris, France.
1993 Egypt’s First International Triennial of Graphic Art Cairo1993
1991 6 Syrian Artists exhibition - Monika Beck Gallery Homburg, Germany.
1991 5th International Etching Biennial Taiwan.
1990 5 Artists exhibition at Al-Nadwa Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
1990 5 Artists exhibition - Ebla Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
1989 6th International Etching Biennial - Digne-Les-Bains Museum, Paris, France.
1988 Arabic Graphics exhibition, London, United Kingdom.
1987 French Artists Art Fair - Le Grand Palais, Paris, France.
1987 Painting and Graphic exhibition - Am Weiden-Dame Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
1987 Arabic Graphics exhibition, Le Havre, France.
1987 One-Painting exhibition, Cairo, Egypt.
1987 Inter-graphic Triennial, Berlin, Germany.
1986 5th International Etching Biennial - Digne-Les-Bains Museum, France.
1986 15 Arab Artists exhibition - Al-Moutanabbi Hall, Paris, France.
1985 Le Trait exhibition, Paris, France.
1976 Inter-graphic Triennial, Berlin, Germany.
1974 The First “Two Years” Arab Exhibition, Baghdad, Iraq.
1973 Sai’d Al-Taha, Damascus, Syria.
RESEARCH
2010 Research on the artist Mohieddin Al-Labbad.
2009 Research on the artist Nazir Nabaa.
1989 A Study about Arab Caricaturists and their Techniques.
1975 History of Caricature in Syria.
AWARDS
2018 Winner of the Nile Award for Arab Creators - Arab Republic of Egypt.
MUSEUM AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2007 The British Museum collected 2 works, London, United Kingdom.
2004 The National Museum of Kuwait collected 4 works, Kuwait.
2003 Amman Museum of Modern Art, Amman, Jordan.
1993 The British Museum collected 2 works, London, UK.
1990 & 1995 Institut du Monde Arabe collected 2 works Paris, France.
1986 Digne-Les-Bains Museum collected 2 works France.