2005 “ Making of the Master”, the story of the Ijaza tradition in Islamic Calligraphy, curated by Nassar Mansour in corporation with Venetia Porter, The British Museum, London.2007 “ Muhaqqaq and More”, Arabic Calligraphy Artworks, The Prince's School of Traditional Arts Gallery, London.2010 Curated the exhibition “ The Ultimate Journey” at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts on the occasion of the celebration of al- Quds (Jerusalem) Capital of Arab Culture.2017 HUWA, Arabic Calligraphy Artworks, Tabari ArtSpace, Dubai.2017 From the Heart to the Pen, Arabic Calligraphy Artworks, in collaboration with his pupil Sir Mark Allen, Calligraphy Museum, Sharjah.He has participated in numerous calligraphy conferences, workshops and exhibitions in the Middle East, Europe, USA, Australia, Canada, Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran, Russia and Japan. Nassar's Art works are to be found at the permanent collections of many world museums such as: The British Museum in London, The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow, The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman and in many private collections around the world. His works are not limited to ink on paper, they extend to other media such as stone, ceramic, mosaic, glass, wood, metals and more. His artworks demonstrate beauty and simplicity. Nassar's calligraphy works reflect the content and the meaning of the words and text, a style he has developed over the last 20 years of practice and research. Kun, 2003, permanent collection at The British Museum, London. Nassar currently is the professor of Islamic Calligraphy and Qur’anic manuscripts at the department of Islamic Arts, at the College of Islamic Arts and Architecture, W.I.S.E University, Jordan, and a researcher in The Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA), Cambridge, project of cataloguing the Mamluk and Ilkhanid Qur’an manuscripts at Dar el-Kotob in Cairo. Nassar lectured at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts from 2002 to 2007 when he was working on his PhD. Nassar was mainly in charge of redrawing and designing the entire inscriptions and ornamentation of the Minbar. This institute was responsible for the reconstruction of the twelfth-century Saladin's pulpit ( minbar) (منبر صلاح الدين) which was later in 2006 installed in its original place at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. In 1998, he became a member of Al-Balqa` Applied University in Jordan where he contributed to the setting up of the Institute of Traditional Islamic Arts in 1998.
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The exhibition also includes workshops for all ages, where visitors and calligraphy enthusiasts can learn, first-hand, about different calligraphy styles and techniques.įor Registerations please send an email click here to download the catalogue.Ĭlick here to download the Workshop Schedules.Ĭlick here to download the Workshop Schedules for kids.Nassar started his academic career straight after graduation as a lecturer (1988-1995) of Arabic Calligraphy at the Faculty of Education and the Language Centre at the University of Jordan.
This ensures that calligraphy reaches the largest possible audience across various international cultures, while remaining true to its classical origins.
ĭIACE aims to shed light on the use of calligraphy in contemporary design and frame the art form in a modern context to enhance its appeal for today ’ s Islamic and Arab communities and artists.
Organised every two years, the exhibition celebrates calligraphy as one of the most powerful art forms for highlighting the brilliance of the written word and putting forth powerful ideas that are related to Islamic heritage, as well as the region ’ s cultural and social identity. The exhibition will serve as a closing event for the season, showcasing the myriad facets of Arabic calligraphy and works produced by accomplished international calligraphers. Dubai International Arabic Calligraphy Exhibitionĭubai Art Season 2019 will witness the 10th edition of the Dubai International Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition (DIACE), which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council.
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