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- Jwan Yosef employs his art as a conduit for expressing the multifaceted experiences of cultural identity. As an artist who navigates the world through the lens of a Syrian immigrant in Sweden, his work reflects a spectrum of cultural narratives, encapsulating both his lineage and the broader discourse on immigration.
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Jwan Yosef (born 6 September 1984) is a Swedish-Syrian painter and artist. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England.
May 14, 2024 · Jwan Yosef is known for his painting, often employing oil on linen, to create works that despite their scale, convey a sense of subtlety. His art is characterized by a muted palette and themes that explore identity and social issues, often without overtly loud expressions.
Mar 16, 2021 · Born in Syria, raised in Sweden, and based in London, Jwan Yosef is constantly engaging themes of identity through his art. He describes himself as an immigrant of the world, an immigrant in every country he’s lived in.
Jun 11, 2023 · Jwan Yosef is a Syrian-born artist who grew up in Stockholm. In an interview with the pan-Arab LGBTQ+ magazine MyKali, Yosef reminisced about his childhood: "I was born in Syria, and immigrated to Sweden with my family in the 1980s, when I was 2 years old.
Nov 10, 2016 · Syrian painter and plastic arts artist Jwan Yosef sits down with Vogue Arabia to talk about dualism, identity, and his exhibition Masking in Stockholm. Who is Jwan Yosef? A young man with larger than life plans coated in a somber façade?
JWAN YOSEF is a Syrian-born, Swedish-patriated visual artist who lives and works between London, UK and Los Angeles, CA. Yosef holds an MFA from Central Saint Martins, London, UK and a BFA from Konstfack University College of Arts, Stockholm, SE, where he studied plastic arts. Founding member of The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK.
Jun 21, 2019 · This is why my question about the importance versus unimportance of belonging is crucial to both my artwork and collecting. There are so many layers to me being an outsider: my sexuality, heritage, religious point of view. Somewhere along the way I just learned to embrace it in my own practice.
