Curriculum Vitae

Adon Elmir is a professional artist and designer with higher education as an architect. He has had several individual and collective exhibitions and written various essays and books. He has worked with assorted artistic media since 1988. Visual art, design and architecture were at the centre of his artworks.

Moreover, he has many years of experience within graphic design and calligraphy, and likewise as an author and editor. He works as creative director in the centre of design and architecture Conception, which acts as a significant link between the different fields of his creative project.

Adon Elmir (Portrait)

A brief CV for Adon Elmir

Updated: 1 October 2006

Personal information

  • Born: 29 March 1968
    Salamiyah, Syria
  • Address: Skolevegen 12
    N-6630 Tingvoll, Norway
  • Phone: +47 71 53 46 88
  • Mobile: +47 417 68 537

Education and training

  • Awarded title: Architect
  • Qualification: Bachelor of Science, Architectural Engineering
  • Institution: Faculty of Architecture
    Damascus University, Syria

Work fields

  • Art fields: Painting, drawing, graphic and digital art
  • 2000–(...): Digital art and visual communication
  • 1994–(...): Architecture, design and architectural theory
  • 1993–(...): Visual art, graphic, literary and editorial work
  • 1987–(...): Graphic design, calligraphy and photography

Individual exhibitions in a choice

  • 2006: Associations, Net-Exhibition, World Wide Web
  • 2005: Associations II, Sarpsborg, Norway
  • 2005: Associations I, Moss, Norway
  • 2004: Something about woman, Kristiansund, Norway
  • 2003: The art that affects everything, Sunndalsøra, Norway
  • 2002: About the invisible, Tustna, Norway
  • 2001: Spiritual spaces, Tingvoll, Norway
  • 2001: Spiritual spaces, Kristiansund, Norway
  • 2000: Freedom, Trondheim, Norway
  • 1999: And wheat, Tingvoll, Norway
  • 1996: Abstract, Damascus, Syria
  • 1995: Damascus in photos, Damascus, Syria

Collective exhibitions in a choice

  • 2004: Tingvoll Art Association, Norway
  • 2000: Trondheim Art Association, Norway
  • 2000: Tingvoll Art Association, Norway
  • 1999: Tingvoll Art Association, Norway

Purchase of art in a choice

  • 1999–2006: Private persons and companies
    Norway and other countries
  • 2006: Author Ingar Knudtsen, Norway
  • 2004: Onkel og vennene hans, cultural venue, Norway
  • 2001 and 1999: Tingvoll Local Council, Norway
  • 2001: Humaniora, cultural venue, Norway

Lectures and tuition in a choice

  • 2005–2006: Media and communication
  • 2004: Woman in thematic art – From Ishtar to Freya
  • 2003: The art that affects everything
  • 2003: Art and globalization
  • 2002: The invisible in art
  • 2001: Art in a multicultural perspective
  • 2000: Culture from Latin America

Membership

  • 2006: Association of Norwegian Visual Artists
  • 2004: GRAFILL (Organization of Visual Communication)
  • 2004: The Young Artists Society
  • 2004: Centre of Norwegian Contemporary Artists
  • 1997: Syrian Engineers Association
  • 1996: Syrian Journalists Union

Customers in a choice

  • 2006: Damascus University, Syria
    Philipp University in Marburg, Germany
  • 2005 and 2006: Tingvoll Local Council, Norway
  • 2005: Federation of Syrian-European Communities and Associations, Europe
  • 2004: Schibsted Publishers AS, Norway
  • 2003: Sunndal Cultural Festival, Norway
  • 2003: Human-Ethic Association, Norway
  • 2000: Amnesty International, Norway

Publications

  • Arabic: Articles, essays, studies and books
  • Norwegian: Articles in Norwegian newspapers and periodicals
  • Electronic: Contributions in electronic media

Additional information

For updated information visit the artist's new web site