Rifaae (Refaayi Ahmad), born in 1977 in Derek, Syria, showed a remarkable artistic talent at an early age. After graduating from the prestigious FINE ART ACADEMY in Damascus in 1999, he specialized further in oil painting and graduated in 2000. His participation in the Syrian SPRING exhibitions in 1999, 2001 and 2003 laid the foundation for an impressive career.
Orwell's vision in the ultrasound of time
Karim Rahoma was born in Vienna in 1978, has Egyptian and Styrian roots and lives and works in Vienna. He is a freelance actor, director and freelance accredited cinematographer at international film festivals in Cannes, Venice and Berlin.
Beyond the Limelight by Karim Rahoma. In the vibrant world of film festivals, where the spotlight shines intensely and the red carpet defines the pantheon of contemporary fame, there are moments that slip through the gaps of the flash. These are the moments that Karim Rahoma captures in his latest photo art exhibition UNSCRIPTED - Beyond the Limelight.
Ellen Semen was born in Hamburg in 1971. She studied painting at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart (1992-2001) with Prof. Peter Chevalier (1996-1999), at the Surikov Institute in Moscow (1998), at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille (1999) and art and intermedial design with Sotorius Michou in Stuttgart (1999-2001).
In June 2023, Vienna's BURN-IN Gallery invites art and literature lovers to the subtle exhibition Blumen bluten nicht. Here Ellen Semen's independent painting meets Kirstin Breitenfellner's stirring poems. This successful symbiosis of images and words creates a provocative atmosphere around the themes of war and mortality in the atypical art spaces.
"The creation of a painting is an ambivalent experience,
which is equally sweet and painful.
I work and work, the works challenge me,
but I never give up."
In May 2023, Vienna's BURN-IN Gallery invites you to the solo exhibition The Shadows Within with Osso, a painter from Syria who has lived in Vienna since 2008. The exhibition reflects the many facets of the artist. The shadows that lurk within are emblematic of the darker sides of life, which Osso addresses in his works. His paintings are a reckoning with the world and with himself. A world marked by pain, loss and alienation. A world that has forced the artist to flee his homeland and start anew in a foreign land.
The exhibition Wordless by BURN-IN artist Ladislav Černý in the Nitra Synagogue references the atrocities of World War 2. His powerful works (painting, sculpture and installations), created between 2008 and 2022, make a strong artistic statement and correspond perfectly with the spiritual atmosphere of the sacred space.
Art behind barriers - the new reality.