Artist-in-Residence

Issam Kourbaj comes from a fine art, architecture and theatre design background. He was born in Syria, and trained in Damascus, Leningrad and London. Some of his work is in the Collection of the Department of the Middle East and of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum; he has exhibited in three continents. Since 1989 he has lived in Cambridge and is now a Bye-Fellow at Christ’s College and Artist in Residence here.

For last five years he has drawn inspiration from the world of science. Click here to see Issam's images of Christ's College taken through camera obscura.

More information about Issam can be found on his website: www.issamkourbaj.co.uk