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Rida Hus Hus (1939 - 2016) was a Syria n painter, graphic artist, film set designer and writer. ...

Biography
Hus Hus was born in Homs, Syria, and graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University in 1966. In 1970, he travelled to Paris on a scholarship to study tapestries and illustration at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, followed by studies of painting at the University of Kansas in the US from 1983–85. Later, he also studied printmaking in Berlin with German artist Jürgen Parusel.

After his return to Syria, Hus Hus taught as a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. Apart from his extensive work as visual artist, he also created set designs for feature films, wrote about art for journals and translated publications about art and philosophy into Arabic.

Major exhibitions
Collective exhibitions Personal exhibitions

Collections

 * Syrian Ministry of Culture, Damascus
 * National Museum of Damascus
 * Atassi Foundation, Dubai, UAE