Mohammad Zaza

Biography

Mohammad Zaza, Syrian artist, was born in Riyadh in 1987. Growing up in an artistic family, he started drawing and painting at an early age. After completing high school in Saudi Arabia, he moved to Syria in 2006 to study at the faculty of Fine Arts in Aleppo University. He held his first solo exhibition in 2008 and, after his graduation in 2010, was appointed as a painting teacher assistant at the University until 2012. Mohammad has held 10 solo exhibitions across Syria, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, in addition to his participation in many group shows and international art fairs. Besides painting on big size canvases mainly, he also works on illustrations and animations. He now resides in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he opened his studio.

His Work

In his paintings, Zaza focuses on the movement that lies behind fixed scenes. He redefines the preconceptions of form by removing the link between shape and function. While everything in the universe is held together by a gravitational force deriving its energy from a greater whole, Zaza boldly challenges these limitations by imagining his creations as amorphous and detached from context. Because his paintings aspire to work as a window to another dimension of life, each of his paintings offers an individual experience for viewers who find a unique connecton to his art.