MALVA
(OMAR HAMDI MALVA)

Omar Hamdi Malva was born in Syria in 1951. A professional artist of over 30 years, his impressionistic oil paintings encompass romantic ocean views, greek villages with olive trees and other European views. He is represented in the finest galleries from Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Japan, Russia, Dubai UAE, Canada, New York and in Virginia. Malva currently lives and paints in Vienna.

Worked as a graphic artist for the Syrian Press, where he also wrote articles an Artistic Critism. - Settled in Vienna since 1978 and now holds the Austrian Nationality. Member of the General Federation of Austrian Artists and the UNESCO. - Member of the Künstlerhaus - Wien. His works of Art are widely exhibited in several art Galleries, including in particular, Arnot Gallery New York, which act as a representative of his works. His works are acquired by art collectors and dealers, art galleries and exhibitions, museums, banks and Ministries of Culture, in addition to a large number of private property acquisitons in America, Canada, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Japan, Sri Lanka, Russia. His life is devoted to full-time artistic work. Omar Hamdi Malva lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

He is now celebrated
world wide as an artist of immense stature.

  • One-Man Exhibitions "Selection":

    1976-1977 - People's Art Hall at Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo.
    1987 -Vienna, Palffy Palace "Art Salon"
    1989 - Vienna, Austrian Central Bank; Art Gallery Chicago; Lyzon Art Gallery Tennessee,
    Nashville; Gallery Kral, San Francisco; Gallery Arnot, New York; Gallery Ambassador, New York.
    1990 - Gallery L'Atelier, Vienna; Gallery Celeste, Vienna; Art House, Göttingen, Germany.
    1991 - Gallery Frankenstein, Berlin.
    1992 - Wally Findlay Galleries, New York and Paris.
    1993 - Gallery Art Forum, International Contemporary Art, Vienna; AI-Sayed Art Gallery/Assad Library, Damascus.
    1994-1998 - Wally Findlay Galleries, New York, Chicago, Palm Beach, Florida.
    2000 - Green Art Gallery - Dubai.
    2000 - Wally Findlay Gallery - Palm Beach. 2002 - Rochan Gallery - Jeddah.

    • International and Group Exhibitions "Selection":
      1980-1992 - Exhibitions of the General Federation of Austrian Artists, in Austria and abroad.
      1985 - World Exhibition of the United Nations Office, Vienna.
      1989 - Art Festival Messepalast, Vienna; The First Arab Art Festival; Art House, Göttingen, Germany.
      1985-1993 - The Annual World Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
      1989 - International Fair of Contemporary Arts (Madrid Arco 89), Spain.
      1990 - International Fair of Contemporary Arts (Milano EXPO 90), Italy
      1991 - Art Jonction International, Nice, France.
      1992 - Bolognafiere (Contemporary Art Festival), Bologna, Italy; Auro Art, Verona; Künstlerhaus, Graz; EXPO Sevilla, Spain; Friendship and Peace Festival, Latakia, Syria.
      1993 - International Fair of Contemporary Art (Budapest Art Expo 93). 1993 - Gallery Breitenbach, Una, Germany.
      1994-1997 - International Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany; Second International Festival of Sharjah. 1999 - Informelle Tendenzen im "Künstlerhaus", Vienna.
      2001 - Cairo, Biennale.
      2001 - Artuell, Beirut / Atassi Gallery Damas 2002.
      2002 - History Museum Vienna - Rathaus / New York Art Fair. 2003 - National Museum Cracow, Poland
      2003-Tehran Museum of Modern Arts -
      2004 Art NY - USA

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