20 Facts About Sami Mohammad

Sami Mohammad Ahmed Saleh was born on October 1,1943 and is a Kuwaiti sculptor and artist.

Sami Mohammad is most known for his Box series, Sabra and Chantila, Hunger and Mother.

Sami Mohammad has written a book about his work and career, entitled The Art of Sami Mohammad, which was published in 1995.

When Sami Mohammad was of 20 years, he left the school to start working at the Ministry of Interior.

Sami Mohammad joined the Atelier and went to the Atelier regularly.

In 1973, Sami Mohammad got a scholarship for a course of study in the USA to study at the College of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

Sami Mohammad spent his first year at the Vermont college to improve his English language.

Sami Mohammad held his first travelling exhibition in 1994, which included both paintings and sculptures.

Sami Mohammad closed his studio at The Free Atelier in 1999.

Sami Mohammad's work was presented at 55th Venice Biennale in 2013, the first time that Kuwait participated in the event.

The subject of most of Sami Mohammad's work has been human and Arab revolution.

Sami Mohammad often made sculptures that were related to the crisis of the time.

Sami Mohammad started working on Boxes series, in 1979, which became one of his major works.

Sami Mohammad was commissioned by Al-Aam Newspaper in 1971 to make a statue of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who was the ruler of Kuwait from 1950 to 1965.

The subject of majority of work by Sami Mohammad has been humans and the Arab revolution.

Sami Mohammad has made many sculptures that were about the tragedies of his time: the tragedy of Sabra and Chatila, political oppression, economic difficulties and human aggressiveness.

Sami Mohammad's art has been influenced by the Arab awakening of the 70's and the liberalism that came about subsequently.

Sami Mohammad's work was the subject of The Prometheus Myth in the Sculptures of Sami Mohammad and the Plays of Aeschylus and Shelley, a paper published in 2012, that explored semiosis in four of his works Paralysis and Resistance, The Challenge, The Tied Man, and The Earthquake.

Sami Mohammad was interviewed by Selections Magazine and was published in their Winter 2018 issues titled "Sanctuaries".

Sami Mohammad's work has received critical acclaim in Kuwait as well as internationally.