Mouneer El Shaarani

• Born on the 6th of September 1952, Syria.
• Student of the Syrian master calligrapher, Badawi Al Dirany.
• Graduated 1977, Faculty of Fine Arts. Damascus University.
• Worked as a calligrapher since 1967, then as a Designer of books and various printed matters as well as a designer of typefaces characters.
• Designed more than 2000 covers and tens of  logos.
• Published educational booklets of six kinds of Arabic calligraphy, Dar Aleef- Tunis.
• Wrote several articles in Arabic Calligraphy, critique and Arabic Islamic art.
• Contributed as an artistic consultant to the work of the International Arab Encyclopedia and edited the entries of Arabic Calligraphy and its biographical names.
• 1988: A book about his works, with a study edited by the artist Youssef Abdelke, was published in Arabic and French. Dar Aleef - Tunis.
• 1992: A book about his works, with an analytical study by Ali Al Lwati, was published in Arabic and French. Dar Al Fonoun - Tunis
• 1996: A picture book of his works, with two reviews by Y.Abdelke and Hussein Bikar, was published. Cairo
• 2004: A picture book of his works with a study by Y.Abdelke.
• 1977:  Posters exhibition (the repression and the military despotism in the world) - many cities in Syria.
• Participated in many group exhibitions, regional and international forums and conferences about Arabic Calligraphy and the Arabic typefaces characters.
• He was honored in many Arabic art's societies. Does not participate in contests. Gained the Modernization Award in the first Arabic Calligraphy Biennial – al Sharija.
• Jury member of the Arabic Calligraphy Biennial – al Sharija. 2016.
• Museums collections of his works:
• Museum of Modern Art - Cairo - Egypt.
• Museum of the International Committee of the Red Cross - Geneva - Switzerland.
• Sharjah Museum of Arabic Calligraphy - Sharjah - United Arab Emirates.
• Arabic Calligraphy Museum, Alexandria, Egypt.
• Museum of Islamic Art - Malaysia.
• Museum of Islamic Art (Bergamon) Berlin - Germany.
• Ministry of Culture - Tunisia.
• Private collections of his works:  Syria , Tunis , Jordan , Lebanon , Egypt ,  Algeria , Morocco , Bahrain , U.A.E , Sudan , Oman , Qatar , Iraq , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Switzerland , France , Germany , Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Malaysia, Spain, India, Russia, Canada, USA & the UK, Australia.

Exhibitions

• 1987, Cairo atelier, Egypt...
• Al Sawi hall, Cairo.
• 1988, Aleef hall, Tunis.
• Bourgiba center, Tunis.
• 1990, Cairo Atelier.
• 1992, Cairo Atelier
• French Cultural Center. Heliopolis, Cairo.
• Dar Al Fonoun, Tunis.
• 1993, Cairo Atelier.
• 1994, cultural house, Abu Dhabi.
• 1994-1995, Mobile exhibition in cooperation with international Red Cross, Morocco,
• Tunis and Jordan.
• 1995, Al Saiyd Gallery, Damascus.
• 1996, Rewaq Belal, Tunis.
• Cairo Atelier.
• 1997, Thervantes center, Cairo.
• 1998, Cairo- Berlin Gallery, Cairo.
• Reitberq Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
• Shawqi Museum, Cairo.
• 1999, Cairo Atelier.
• Honorary exhibition (Opera house) Cairo.
• Dar Albareh Gallery, Bahrain.
• A Stand in 7 Hills exhibition (Dream Hill), Berlin, Germany.
• 2001,  a Stand in the Audiovisual Exhibition, Sharjah Art Museum, UAE.
• Ishtar Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
• 2002, Green Art Gallery, Dubai.
• Al Sham Gallery, Aleppo, Syria.
• Al Rouaq Al Baladi - Sefax, Tunis.
• Monza House- Mascat, Oman.
• Al Jezirah Art Center, Cairo.
• 2003-2005," Mobile Exhibition" ongoing, USA.
• 2004, Green Art Gallery, Dubai.
• 2005, St. Johns college, Oxford, UK.
• Attassy Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
• 2006, Al Jezirah Art center, Cairo.
• International center for poetry, Marseille, France .
• Participation in "Word into Art", the British museum, London.
• Art Space gallery, Dubai.
• 2007 Dar Al Anda, Amman, Jordan.
• 2008 Ayyam Gallery - Damascus - Syria.
• 2009 Art Gallery - Forth - Germany. (Shared exhibition).
• Ayyam Gallery - Damascus - Syria. (Shared exhibition)
• 2010 Rafia Gallery - Damascus - Syria. (Shared exhibition)
• 1985- 2010 Participations in Arabic and International exhibitions.
• 2011 Al Shaab Gallery - Homs - Syria.
• Freedom and innovation. Arab contemporary calligraphy- Casa Arabe -Madrid - Spain. (Shared exhibition)
• Freedom and innovation. Arab contemporary calligraphy -Casa Arabe - Cordoba - Spain. (Shared exhibition)
• 2013 Art on 56th Gallery  - Beirut – Lebanon.
• Art Space Gallery  - Dubai – UAE
• 2014  Art on 56th Gallery - Beirut - lebanon 
• 2015  Art Space Gallery - Dubai – UAE
• 2016 Mils Gallery - Australia
• 2016 Europia Gallery – Paris
• 2016 Dar Al Anda, Amman, Jordan.
• 2017 Goethe Institute - Sydney – Australia
• 2018 Design Retrospective – sharjah art gallery AUC – Cairo
• 2018 Box-Freiraum Gallery  - berlin – Germany