A Syrian plastic artist wins a silver medal at an art exhibition in Paris

On January 2nd, the Syrian plastic artist expatriate in Canada Randa Hijazi was able to achieve a prominent presence by winning the silver medal for her participation in an art exhibition held in Paris.

Hijazi said: “Two years ago, I was accepted into the Department of Artists and Sculptors of Quebec Province, Canada, to be the first Syrian artist to be accepted in this department, and after the activities and events stopped in the last period due to the Corona pandemic, the annual exhibition of the department’s artists in the French capital, Paris, returned in a month September of last year in its 51st session.”

Hijazi explained that the exhibition’s jury, consisting of seven international judges, chose the three winning works in the first places to win the silver medal for a painting in a surreal style that talks about the restrictions that limit the development of women. 

The exhibition was held in the Royal Hall of the Church of Saint Madeleine in Paris and included 90 artworks, including paintings and sculptures, by 65 male and female artists. 

In 2020, the Syrian artist, Randa Hijazi, won a competition to choose the design of a monument belonging to the International Lions Club Association, to be placed later in one of Canada’s public squares.

O. al-Mohammad