Rabi Koria
Rabi Koria (22 February 1988 – October 2022) was a Syrian born-Dutch visual artist. He lived in the Netherlands in Utrecht.
Rabi Koria | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 February 1988 |
| Died | October 2022 (aged 34) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | visual artist |
Koria graduated from the Utrecht School of the Arts. He created with oil paint tableaux of tiles. In 2015 he won the Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst (translated: Royal Prize for Free Painting) awarded by King Willem-Alexander for the tile tableau Homs, a reference to the Syrian city of Homs.[1] Koria fled Syria as a child with his family. However, the jury was not aware of that.[2]
The work has been on display at the Faculty of Law of Leiden University since 2016.[3] In 2017 he was also one of the nominees for the Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst.
In August 2017, Koria received a work grant for young talent from the Mondriaan Fund. In 2019 Koria was nominated for the biennial Scheffer Prize of the Dordrechts Museum, an incentive prize for young artists who focus on painting.[4]
In 2021 he created Circumambulatio, a work of art that rises from the ground in a cloister: a tableau of 722 tiles over which oil paint flows in colorful drips.[5]
On 25 October 2022, it was announced that Koria died at the age of 34.[6]
References change
- ↑ "Koning reikt Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst uit in Paleis op de Dam". Het Parool (in Dutch). 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "Tijd voor weerwoord op het besmeuren van vluchtelingen". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 13 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ "Leidse rechtenfaculteit geeft 'asiel' aan kunstwerk Homs". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ "Deze vijf jonge kunstenaars zijn genomineerd voor de Dordtse Schefferprijs". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 12 September 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ "Gaat de kunst in dialoog met de religieuze omgeving, dan ontstaat een zintuiglijke ervaring om stil van te worden". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ "death announcement". Galerie SANAA (in Dutch). 25 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022 – via Instagram.
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