Born in 1972 in Hassakeh, Syria.
Self-taught, Sabhan Adam began painting at the age of 17. He is also interested in philosophy, poetry, and sociology. In 1999, he lived at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Since 2003, the gallery has exhibited his work in solo and group shows, within and outside of the gallery walls. He has become one of the leading artists of the Middle East. At 38 years old, Sabhan Adam has accomplished an impressive amount without losing any of his intensity. He has revealed himself as a perceptive explorer of the human soul.
Sabhan Adam lives in Syria, and he has exhibited in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Nothing is steady for Sabhan Adam, who throws tar and pigments on canvas with passionate energy. He brings to life hybrid creatures that are portraits of the secret metamorphoses of the inner body as it is transformed into wild, animalistic beauty.

EXHIBITIONS

2015-2016
Kitsch ou pas Kitsch ?, Institut des Cultures d'Islam, Paris

2015
Vive la peinture !, Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris  

2014
Sabhan Adam, recent works, Polad-Hardouin Gallery, Paris 

2012
Mark Hashim Gallery-Lebanon
Mark Hashim Gallery-Paris
Mark Hashim Gallery-New York
2011
Zara Gallery-Jordan
Sotheby Gallery - London
International Venice Biennale- Venice
British National Museum-UK
Mark Hashim Gallery-Lebanon
Tilal Gallery-Kuwait
George Kamel Gallery-Damascus (Syria)
Mark Hashim Gallery-Paris
Mark Hashim Gallery-New York
Zara Gallery- Jordan
2010
Christie's – Dubai
2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery-USA
2009
Galerie kreo-Paris
London Gallery-UK
Uffizi Gallery –Florence (Italy)
Dimensions Gallery- USA
Arab World Institute –Paris
G.K Gallery –Damascus- Syria
2008
Saeb Eigner –London
Le Rat Mort Gallery –Brussel-Belgium
Art Holber, Portugal
Mezze Art, New York
Cavin Morris Gallery, New York-USA
Cherfan Gallery Janine Rubeiz, Beiruit -Lebanon
Mattis Gallery, Morocco
Art House Gallery, Damascus –Syria
Le Violon Bleu-London –UK
French Cultural Centre, Damascus -Syria
Polad-Hardouin Gallery-Paris
Centre CCF Damas, Syrie Damas, Syria
« Mendiant ou roi ? » - Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris
Art Space, Dubaï
2007
Galerie Oms, Perpignan, France
XVA Gallery, Dubaï
« Dans la nuit du temps » - Collégiale Saint-Pierre-la Cour, musée des Beaux-arts du Mans
Galerie idées d’artistes, Paris
Galerie Meyer-le Bihan, Paris
Espace culturel André-Malraux, le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Foresight Art Center Lama Hourani, Amman, Jordan
Art House, Damas, Syria
2006
Galerie Fallet, Geneva, Switzerland
Cavin Morris Gallery, New York
Galerie Mathias Beck, Hamburg, Germany
Home’Art, Perros-Guirec, France
Chapelle Sainte-Anne, Tours
Art Space, Dubaï
Galerie Karim Françis, Cairo, Egypt
2005
Centre culturel André Malraux, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
« Entre noir & or » - Galerie idées d’artistes, Paris, France
« Dessins » chez Rouer, Bernard, Bretout et Yearlings Corporate Finance, Paris, France.
« Grands formats » - Chocolaterie du Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Cavin Morris Gallery, New York, USA
2004
Espace SD, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Galerie Zara, Amman, Jordan
Galerie Daniel Duchoze, Rouen, France
Galerie Art Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Galerie Lillebonne, Nancy, France
Galerie Off-Ample, Barcelone, Spain
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA
2003
« La comédie humaine », Galerie idées d’artistes, Paris, France
« One man show », médiathèque François Mitterrand, Les Ulis, France
Centre Culturel Français, Damas, Syria
2002
Galerie Agial, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Galerie Zara, Amman, Jordan
Centre culturel français, Damas, Syria
Atrium du Faubourg, Tripoli, Lebanonb
Espace Commines, Paris, France
National Musuem of Jordan
2001
Centre culturel français, Damas, Syria
2000
Galerie Orient, Amman, Jordan
1999
Espace de Lille, Nice, France
Galerie Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Galerie Transversale, Paris, France
1994
Institut Goethe, Damas, Syria
1995
Centre Cervantès, Damas, Syria
Centre culturel français, Damas, Syria
Galerie Agial, Beyrouth, Lebanon
1996
Centre culturel français, Damas, Syria
1998
Hôtel Cham-Palace, Alep, Syria
Galerie Bruno Frey, Arnay-le-Duc, France

FAIRS

2015 
Outsider Art Fair, New York 
Art Paris Art Fair, Paris 

2014
Outsider Art Fair, Paris 

2003
Salon d’Angers, galerie idées d’artistes, France
2004
« Désirs Bruts », Ville des Ulis, France
« Outsider Art Fair », Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA
Festival Art&Déchirure, Rouen, France
Art Paris, galerie idées d’artistes, France
2005
Invité d’honneur au festival « A3 », place Saint Sulpice, Paris, France
Invité au Salon de Mai, Paris
2006
Salon de Lyon, France
Salon Comparaisons, Paris
2007
Salon du dessin contemporain, Paris, galerie Polad-Hardouin
2008
Salon du dessin d’art contemporain, Paris, galerie Polad-Hardouin

PUBLICATIONS
2004
Catalogue Galerie Daniel Duchoze, Rouen, France
Catalogue Galerie Off-Ample, Barcelone, Spain
2005 
Editions Fragments (ouvrage bilingue), préface du poète Adonis
2006 
Portfolio with original mounted drawings
2007
Sabhan Adam, The Museum Collection, galerie Ayyam, Damas, Syria
2008
Monographie (215 pages, 130 illustrations)

COLLECTIONS
2007
Achat par le CNAP, Ministère de la Culture, France