Jamal Joratli
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Jamal Joratli (b. 1961) is a Syrian painter and businessman based in Greece.
Jamal was born to Ismaili parents in Salamiyah in 1961 and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Aleppo. He now[when?] resides and works in Greece, Athens, which he first visited in 1988.[1] He chose Greece "for its natural light and colors, which cannot be imitated even by the best photoshop application, and for its culture".[2]
Work
Exhibitions of his work have been held in the United States (New York), Germany (Düsseldorf), Lebanon, Jordan, Dubai, China, and Greece.[3] He held a solo exhibition (The Silk Road) in 2016, first in Athens at the Benaki Museum and then at the Museum of Asian Art of Corfu.[4] In October 2018 the exhibition was transferred to China, at the Dalian Modern Museum.[5]