Zaki Al Maboren

Born 1959 in Artul (Sudan)

Education
1987-93 M.A. in fine arts, Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel, Scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
1987 German Language Courses at the Goethe Institute Iserlohn.
1983-86 Interior designer and graphic designer in Al Qasim, Saudi Arabia.
1982 Graphic designer, American Cultural Center, United States Information Service, Khartoum, Sudan.
1979-83 Graphic designer, Al Sahafa Newspaper and other newspaper in Khartoum.
1978-82 B.A. in Graphic Design, College of Fine and Applied Art of Khartoum, Sudan.

Artistic Work in Germany (selection)
since 1993 Self-employed artist with own studio in Kassel, Germany.
since 1987 Creation of more than 8 cycles of paintings. Originals: Pictures, Noah's Ark, Migration of the Symbols, Prophetic Visions, Desert Surface, Big Cake. Working with oil, Attachments and Vanishing Symbols. These paintings have been shown in over 40 exhibitions in Germany, USA, Switzerland, Finland and Denmark.

Selection of Exhibitions
- Swiss Artists Forum `99, St. Gallen.
- Gallery of the Research Institute of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn
- Kunstsalon, Cologne
- Glashaus, Derneburg
- DÜ Overseas Service Organization, Hamburg
- Joined EU-Man (Finland) exhibitions in Europe
- Gallery of Ethnological Institute, University of Göttingen
- Gallery am Parktheater, Iserlohn.
- Gallery Vision and Studio Kausch, Kassel
- Iwalewa-Haus University of Bayreuth
- Küppersgalerie Ulm
- Evangelische Akademie, Hofgeismar
- Rathaus, Hann Münden
- Gallery Dialog Leeste,
- Culture and Communications Center TUFA, Trier

Language
native speaker of Arabic
near-native in German
fluent in English