ALNASSAR was born into a Christian family in Damascus in 1975. He comes from a family of artists, both his maternal uncles are famous sculptors. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Damascus and in 1999 he arrived in Italy to finish his studies at the Accademia di Carrara. He was never to return to Syria. Like many other sculptors before him, he chose the Apuan mountain as the ideal place to work and develop his artistic talent. His studio is at the foot of the same mountains in which the quarries used by Michelangelo, “le Cave di Michelangelo”, are located. A magical place, in the midst of an evocative landscape. It was here that Alnassar constructed an amphitheatre sculpted from marble where he organizes concerts, performances and other artistic events. He gives lessons in sculpture at his open air studio, which have a continuing success with students from around the world.
Alnassar is an eclectic artist, sculpting in wood, bronze and of course marble. His work reflects his experience as a migrant, coming from Syria to Europe, and bringing with him a world of stories and images. The constant theme of his work is that of the “encounter”: between people, societies and cultures.
Art and love are the means by which we overcome the barriers between individuals: physical barriers, such as geographical distance, as well as socio-cultural ones that obstruct a dialogue or relationship with others, with the Other. In his work Alnassar aims to overcome these barriers and to show that encounters need not be obstructed by difference.
The series entitled “Amore e Gravità “ (Love and Gravity) shows a man and a woman who manage to “encounter” each other despite being without “gravity”, and despite the fact that they are suspended in mid-air, and going in opposite directions.
Alnassar has exhibited in Scotland, Norway, Switzerland, Florida, Germany, Australia, Syria and in Italy.
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1999 ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI CARRARA, ITALIA
2000 CARRARA FAIR OF CONTEMPORARY ART “DAY OF ART”, ITALIA
2000 COMUNE DI IMPERIA, ITALIA
2001 “BIENNALE” ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI, CARRARA, ITALIA
2001 COMUNE DI CARRARA, ITALIA
2002 MUSEO DEL MARMO, CARRARA, ITALIA
2002 GALLERIA "FULGFONIX", ETNE, NORVEGIA
2003 MIUR CENTRO UNIVERSITARIO, ROMA
2003 SIMPOSIO INTERNAZIONALE “NANTO PIETRA”, VICENZA, ITALIA
2004 "THE ROYAL INSTITUTE KELLY GALLERY", GLASGOW, SCOZIA
2004 SIMPOSIIO DI SCULTURA, WUNSIEDEL, GERMANIA
2004 "EASTERN MARBLE AND WESTERN MARBLE" MOSTRA, MILANO, ITALIA
2005 MOSTRA “KULTURUTVIKLING ASSOCIATION”, OS, NORVEGIA
2007 GALLERIA STÒA, HOLMSBU, NORVEGIA
2008 PRIMO SIMPOSIO INTERNAZIONE DI PITTURA IN SIRIA
2008 MOSTRA DI PITTURA NEL MUSEO NAZIONALE DI DAMASCO, SIRIA
2009 MOSTRA DI SCULTURA, NAAS MARBLE CAVE, NORVEGIA
2009 “GRAVITA'”, GALLERIA ATHENE, DRAMMEN, NORVEGIA
2010 "ARTSCAPE BIENNALE" MOSTRA DI SCULTURA, BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA
2010 RETROSPECT GALLERIES, BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA
2010 MOSTRA DI PITTURA E SCULTURA, RIVA SAN VITALE, TICINO, SVIZZERA
2011 "THE HEART FOR LIFE IN JAPAN", THE EXHIBITION ARTE CHARITY, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORY ART, ITALIA
2011 "ROUNDSCULPTURETRIP" MOSTRA, ALNASSAR STUDIO, CARRARA, ITALIA
2012 "AUSTEVOLL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ART", AUSTEVOLL, NORVEGIA
2012 "ALNASSAR MESSAGES" MOSTRA, GALLERY ATHENE, DRAMMEN, NORVEGIA
2013 "CORPI SILENZIOSI", LA STANZA DEL VENTO, MONTEMARCELLO, ITALIA
2014 "AUSTEVOLL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ART", AUSTEVOLL, NORVEGIA
2014 "ALNASSAR - TRACCE D'ARMONIA", GALLERIA ARTETOTALE, PIETRASANTA, ITALIA
2014 "ALNASSAR- TRA I DUE MONDI", RISTORANTE CAPANNINA CICCIO, BOCCA DI MAGRA, ITALIA.
2016 oro bianco Castelnuovo val di Ceccina
2017 Vognhallen, Os , Naorway
2019 Hugget i steen, Akershus festning, Oslo, Norway