Lutfi Al Romhein

Place: Kraia

Born: 1954

Biography:

Lutfi Al Romhein is a Syrian sculptor based in France, who works with a variety of materials in his craft. Born in Kraia, he traveled to Italy in 1985 to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. He has gained recognition as one of the best sculptors in Syria and the Middle East, and also enjoys significant recognition in Italy from the art world. Installed in France since the mid-2000s, Lutfi Romhein creates precisely carved forms that arch, twirl and flow in abstracted ways, thinking poetically and philosophically about his sculptural practice.