Abdallah Akar –  was born in Tunisia, he moved to France in the late 1960’s to pursue his studies in science at Paris VII University. In 1980 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. As a painter and calligrapher, Akar 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. Akar exhibited for the first time in 1986. Since his first exhibition his work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions.

During the early 2000, he realized a powerful installation of 16 textiles richly decorated with calligraphy, a tribute to Pre-Islamic poetry, which he followed in 2007 with a publication of Po’mes Suspendus (Muallaq’at), edited in both French and Arabic languages, (cf. Editions Alterbatives, Paris).

As a painter and calligrapher, Akar 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 new ways to creatively present calligraphic language, Akar explores mediums such as fabric, canvas, wood and even glass, he has exhibited his work in Europe and the Middle East in several solo and group presentations.