Issam will be giving an illustrated talk tracing his journey as an artist from early childhood in Southern Syria to family life in Cambridge. He gave this talk to to the University Newcomers and Visiting Scholars at the University Centre.

Born in Syria in 1963, Issam was a child calligrapher and signwriter. On moving from his city to Damascus, his ambition was to be a fine artist, but his direction changed towards architecture (in Leningrad) and then, in London, to theatre design, both of which disciplines continue to inform his working practice. He came to Cambridge in 1990 and is currently affiliated, as Lector in Art, to Christ’s College, helping academic students to discover their visual voice.

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