Oussama Diab Artist

Oussama Diab applies a conceptual approach to painting by exploiting the stylistic variants of the medium as emotive prompts in order to explore how form can articulate the urgency of sociopolitical issues. 

Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, since 2015, Syrian-Palestinian artist Oussama Diab has made a name for himself through several collective exhibitions in the Emirates, in Egypt and in Canada. His dynamic, expressive work seeks to engage in humanity’s progress, which is why he focuses on perpetuating predecessors, who he admits have influenced him. 

As such, one may notice a touch of Picasso, but also Basquiat and Munch. “Why, he says, doesn’t history repeat itself?”. In this artistic spiral, Oussama Diab, who was born living and breathing art, establishes a link here, presenting, for example, this piece, which is both complex and highly realistic, and which he christened “Kings, Masks and Other Things”.