Born in the far south of Tunisia in 1952, Abdallah went to Paris in the late 1960s, where he met and trained under the master Ghani Alani. Akar has worked on the art of calligraphy for nearly thirty years and has taught at the 'Institut du Monde Arabe' since 1993. Abdallah as a painter and calligrapher, draws his inspiration from Arabic and Western poetry (Mahmoud Darwish, Omar Al Khayyam) using a luminous palette with a balanced mix of writing and colour, on materials as diverse as textile, wood and iron.
Born in Tunisia in 1952, Abdallah AKAR arrived in France to pursue Science studies at Paris VII University. In 1980, he met an Irakian calligrapher, Ghani ALANI. In the following years, he exhibited in France as well as in Tunisia. Since this period, he has shared his time between the Calligraphy, multiple collaborations such as the INSTITUT du MONDE ARABE, Paris, many seminaries in France and around the world and personal creation in his Val d'Oise studio, close to Paris.
During the early 2000, he realized an Installation which stood out: 16 textiles richly decorated with calligraphy, tribute to the Pre-Islamic poetry and tribute repeated in 2007 by a publication of Po'mes Suspendus (Muallaq'at) edited in both languages, French and Arabic, (cf.Editions Alterbatives, Paris). Abdallah as a painter and calligrapher, draws his inspiration from Arabic and Western poetry (Mahmoud Darwish, Omar Al Khayyam) using a luminous palette with a balanced mix of writing and colour, on materials as diverse as textile, wood and iron.
Always researching a renewed demonstration of the calligraphic language, exploring mediums such as fabric, canvas, wood and even glass, he exhibits his work in Europe and simultaneously on the Middle-East art scene.
