Syrian Plastic artist Randa Hijazi wins golden award in an exhibition in Canada 

The Syrian expatriate plastic artist, Randa Hijazi, won the golden award in the annual spring exhibition competition held by the Quebec Province of Artists and Sculptors in Montreal, Canada.

The artist Hijazi won the golden award for a painting entitled “Sympathy”, due to its originality in idea, strength in technique and artistic style, and sobriety in composition with color harmony. She surpassing 36 male and female artists who competed with about 67 paintings.

Regarding the award she received at the Leonardo da Vinci Gallery, the artist Hijazi said in a statement to SANA correspondent: “Any success achieved by a Syrian person in the expatriate country is a double success, as it embodies the civilization and culture of his people and his country abroad, and contributes to the global creative human movement, especially since the Syrians, today, are the focus of the world.”

Regarding the idea of the painting, Hijazi noted that she expressed sympathy through hands and fingers that symbolize multiculturalism in societies and the importance of positive and supportive relationships between individuals to build a healthy human society. She indicated that the idea of painting on fingers is not new, but she used it to convey her idea in a new way that carries color harmony and power of expression.

Plastic artist Randa Hijazi was born in Damascus in 1978. She Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in 2000 and the Department of Media in 2008. She participated in many collective exhibitions and has several solo exhibitions inside and outside Syria. She received more than one award, including winning a competition to choose the design of a memorial belonging to the International Association of Lions Clubs, to be placed later at one of Canada’s public squares.

Inas Abdulkareem