Adib Fattal was born in 1962 in Washington D.C. He spent most of his life in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. He graduated with a B.B.A in International Marketing from the City University of New York. He began his career in business but soon abandoned it to dedicate his life to graphic art. Since 2001, Adib has exhibited his work in many places around the world. Adib’s work has been cited by the International Exhibition of Self-Taught Art (INISTA) in 2010, produced by the Slovak National Gallery and chosen by an international jury. His work was shown in 2012 at the Museum of Everything, curated by James Brett, at the Mardin Biennial. Other exhibits include:

• Art Gallery, in Krakow, Poland (2007)
• Safarkhan Gallery, Cairo (2005)
• Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut (2008)
• Spontaneous Art Museum, Brussels, Belgium (2012)
• Museum der Stadt Bad Ischi, Austria (2013)
• All India Art Exhibition, Jaipur, India (2014)
• Museo della Cultura (MUDEC) Milan, Italy (2018)
• Kondas Center, Estonia (2021)
• Museum of Russian Lubok and Naive Art (2021-2022)
• Biennale Internationale d’Arts Naïf et Singulier, France (2022)

At present, Adib lives in a town outside Damascus, Syria, where he paints and looks after his family, which includes his son, Dia, a dog, cat, and a large collection of birds, including a clever parrot. While the situation in Syria continues to pose difficult living conditions for Adib and his family, his incessant optimism has not stopped him from pursuing his passion for art and for believing in a better and sunnier future.