02 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Rafat Asad's Haifa, with Footnotes, #62

Rafat Asad, Palestinian, b. 1974

Haifa II, c. 2018

Acrylic on canvas

23 3/5 × 23 3/5 in, 60 × 60 cm

Private collection

Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of 285,316 in 2019. The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. 

Over the millennia, the Haifa area has changed hands: being conquered and ruled by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, Persians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, and the British. More on Haifa

Rafat Asad, Palestinian, b. 1974

Haifa I, c. 2018

Acrylic on canvas

23 3/5 × 23 3/5 in, 60 × 60 cm

Private collection

Rafat Asad was born in Nablus in 1974 and was awarded a Bachelors degree in fine art from Al Najah University in 1998. Altough he is a multi-disciplinary artist- producing sound and light installations, video and performances- Asad describes himself as a painter first and foremost. Starting as an abstract painter, his work has evolved to focus on Palestinian Landscape. This had made his recent work unique, brilliant and somewhat “reductionist” in style.

He has participated in group exhibitions in Palestine, Europe, Japan, the US and the Arab world. Asad’s works have been shown in five Solo Exhibitions at a variety of venues including Nablus (1999), Ramallah (2006) And London (2006). More on Rafat Asad

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