About — Khaled Matar

Born in 2001 in Iasi, Romania

Education/training:

2022 - 2023 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

2020-2021 The Swedish Academy of Realist Art, Simrishamn, Sweden

2021 Portrait painting workshop with Nicholas Chaundy, Florence, Italy

2021 Silverpoint workshop with Dr. Alan Pascuzzi, Florence, Italy

Selected Exhibitions:

2025 Almenara Art Prize (group exhibition), Real Círculo de la Amistad, Córdoba, Spain

2024 MoBU Art Fair, represented by Ronteberg-Uzunov Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2023 MoBU Art Fair, represented by Ronteberg-Uzunov Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2022 Call to Adventure (solo exhibition), Rotenberg-Uzunov Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2021 PortraitNow!2021 (group exhibition), Frederiksborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019 14th International ARC Salon (group exhibition), Sotheby’s, New York, USA

2019 14th International ARC Salon MEAM Museum, (group exhibition), Barcelona, Spain

Awards and Honors:

2026 18th International ARC Salon Finalist

2025 Almenara Art Prize, Finalist and SmartCoach Award

2025 Portrait Society of America, The Future Generation, Honorable Mention

2025 Tartget Prize, Teens Category, Finalist

2023 16th International ARC Salon, Teens category, 2 Honorable Mentions

2022 22nd ARC Scholarship Competition, 2nd place award

2021 Summer scholarship winner, Florence Academy of Art

2021 Portrait Society of America, The Future Generation, Honorable Mention

2021 PortraitNow! Finalist

2020 15th International ARC Salon Finalist

2019 14th International ARC Salon, The Da Vinci Initiative, 3rd place award

2019 14th International ARC Salon, The Da Vinci Initiative, Honorable Mention

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