About Majd Kurdieh

Majd Kurdieh is painter whose childlike drawings speak to the soul. His work is a combination of art and literature. The painter lives on the edge of a forest in Lebanon away from civilisation and closer to nature where he dreams up his paintings like an alternative world. He uses cartoon-like characters to talk about the current state of the world. Most of Kurdieh’s work are accompanied by his quotes in Arabic that translates to a positive or powerful messages. 

His works revolves around two characters, Fasaeen, one boy (Fasoon) and one girl (Fasooneh), who are always smiling despite the fact that their world is filled with hardships. Fasoon and Fasooneh are joined by a ‘gang' made of other animal characters called the 'Very Scary Butterfly Gang'. Together their main mission is to steal sadness looming over the world with their sole weapon, the flower.

His works connect with people on a deeper and meaningful level and are widely collected around the world. 

Recently, Kurdieh has featured in solo and group exhibitions at Azad Art Gallery, Cairo (2020); Egypt Art Fair (2021; 2020); BBA Gallery, Berlin (2019), Manara Arts & Culture, Jordan (2020, 2019); Fann A Porter, Dubai (2020, 2019, 2018, 2016), El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo (2019), and Athar Al Farasheh, Aleppo (2011), Sikka Art Fair, Dubai (2018) and Art Bahrain, Manama (2019, 2018). His works are housed in public and private collections in the Middle East and abroad, including HE Dr. Zaki Nusseibeh’s private collection and the Atassi Foundation. 

Born in Aleppo, Syria in 1985, Kurdieh lives and works in Amsheet, Lebanon.