Emad Korkis
(Syria-Germany)
I’m not a war refugee. As a war refugee you are looking for a life in safety, without fear and with enough to eat. I came here for political reasons, my opinion was different. I had to leave my country. But I was looking for new worlds and — un- consciously —, the Western world‘. It was a step into the unknown. Some people feel the need to go into the unknown. Sometimes I wonder why I am here in this place, in this corner of the world. Was the reason for my leaving my situation or was it myself?
Maybe we build our lives with our thoughts. So my paintings go further than the series, Step into the unknown. The isolated groups of men who appear in my paintings are not refugees. They are people fleeing the everyday for various reasons from one situation to another. They are German, Syrian or perhaps Spanish, who make their way off to start a new beginning.
By changing a place a lot of things change. The perception of time is changing, the colors of the surrounding area have a different sound. Germany has brought me many new things. Some things were bad. Others were good. I have learned a different view of the world and other ways of life now. My horizon has expanded, as well as my view of other people. This is reflected in the various stages of my painting.
— Emad Korkis
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BIO
Emad Korkis
*1979, Alhasakah, Syria
2005 Bachelor of Arts, University of Fine Arts, Damascus, Syria.
1999-2005 Bachelor of Arts (Interior Design) University of Fine Arts, Damascus, Syria.
Living and working in Wiesbaden since 2015
Group Exhibitions
2016 Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) – Intellectual Free Trade Zone,
Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden (Germany)
2016 Winter Art, Galerie Pokusa, Wiesbaden (Germany)
2015 Heimat, Galerie Kuhn, Berlin (Germany)
2015 Art im Zentrum, Künstlerbund, Böblingen (Germany)
2014 Weltsichten, Kunstetage, Heilbronn (Germany)
2013 Annual Exhibition, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn (Germany)
2012 Annual Exhibition, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn (Germany)
2011 Südwest-West, Euregio e.V., Aachen (Germany)
2011 Blau /Annual Exhibition, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
2011 Lust auf Leben, Kunstetage, Heilbronn (Germany)
2011 Finale Regionale, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn (Germany)
2010 Drei Sprachen in Wort und Bild, Kunstetage, Heilbronn (Germany)
2006 The Annual Exhibition, Contemporary Syrian Art, Damaskus (Syria)
Exhibitions
2016 Offenes Atelier, Studio 3, Georg-Buch-Haus, Wiesbaden (Germany)
Tatorte Kunst, Studio Kleiststraße, Wiesbaden (Germany)
2015 Zeitklang, Atelier/ Studio Theo Kemen, Wiesbaden (Germany)
2013 Schritt ins Ungewisse, Atelier/ Studio Theo Kemen, Wiesbaden (Germany)
2012 Lust des Anfanges, Deutschhof, Heilbronn (Germany)
1997 Namenlose Gesichter , Kulturzentrum der Stadt Alhasakah (Syria)
Projects
2016 Students Discover Contemporary Art 2016,
Exhibition with works of 177 young students,
Concept and implementation Curator
Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden (Germany)
*Documentary film on the creation of artworks
by young students
2011 Live on 4,5 Square, Architectural project,
Heilbronn (Germany)
2005 Socioculturell project Nabada 2005,
University of Fine Arts Damascus, (Syria)
Group projects
2015 Stories of Escaping and Arriving, Theater project
(Kultureller Zwischenraum), Heilbronn (Germany)
2014 Erzählwerkstatt der Diaphania, Europäischer Verein
für Politik, Kultur, Soziales e. V.
Workshop on story telling organized by Diaphania,
European Society for Political, Cultural and Social Issues,
Heilbronn (Germany)
2011 WOHNZEIT, theater project, Heilbronn (Germany)
Emad Korkis lives in Germany since 2008.