Osman Waqialla

Osman Waqialla ( bɛ dɔɣɔ la yuuni 1925− ka o kani silimiingoli January dabaanahi dali, yuuni 2007), o nyɛla ŋun daa nyɛ yuun 20th century Sudanese peenta mini calligrapher, ka bɛ daa mi o ka o sabirila Arabic letter o tuma shee, ka di daa nyɛ din zaŋdi nangban yini na African mini Islamic cultural traditions n leeri contemporary art din be Sudan sunsuuni.

O biɛhigu mini o tuma sɔli

Waqialla nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so tiŋyuli booni Rufa'a, n be Central Sudan, Al Jazirah state yaɣili din miri Blue Nile. O nyɛla ŋun naagi shikuru yuli booni School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum be Sudan tingban ni yuuni 1945. Yuuni 1946 ni, o daa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ scholarship chaŋ England n ti pahi Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts din be London la ni, ka daa naagi ni yuuni 1949. Din nyaanga o daa nyɛla ŋun labi Cairo, Egypt, ni ka o daa bɔhim calligrapher tuma , tuma.kpem yuli booni master Sayyid Muhammed Ibrahim ( ŋun daa kani yuunib1994) tiŋyuli booni Cairo School of Arabic Calligraphy la sani .

List of selected artworks

• Kaf ha ya ayn sadd, 1980 British Museum
• Kufic calligraphy, yuuni 1991
• Calligraphy Coming to Life, date unknown
• Portrait of a Man, date unknown

Selected exhibitions

• Yuuni 1952: Osman Waiquialla, Cultural Centre, Khartoum (solo exhibition)
• Yuuni 1969: Osman Waiquialla, Camden Art Centre, England (solo exhibition)
• Yuuni 1995: Seven Stories Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (exhibition of modern African art)
• Yuuni 1995: Signs, Traces and Calligraphy Show, Barbican Art Centre, The Curve Gallery, London
• Yuuni 1996: Seven Stories Exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York
• Yuuni 1999: Writing Arabic, British Museum's touring exhibition
• Yuuni 2006: Word into Art, British Museum

Maan lihi pahi

• Visual arts of Sudan
• Islamic art
• Arabic calligraphy

Karimbu nim yaha

• Porter, Venetia. Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East. British Museum Press, 2006, p. 141 ISBN 9780714111643

External links

• Paintings by Osman Waqialla on Sudan Memory