Fares Rizk

Born in 1961 in Cairo, Egypt, lives and works in New York City.

Rizk is a Palestinian-Jordanian multidisciplinary artist, working in painting, video and performance. His poetic style and colors are inspired from his travels around the world, including visits to cities such as Rome, Paris, Cairo, Beirut and Amman. The late Fahrenissa Zeid called him "PeintrePoete" while reviewing one of his early pieces.

Rizk studied at University of Southwestern Louisiana with a BFA in Painting and at Parsons School of Design with an MFA in Fine Arts. In 1983 Fares spent a Summer in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and studied with Pierre Bayle.

Rizk’s work is in international collections including The National Gallery of Jordan, the Palestine Museum US, The Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA China), Patricia Field, Participant Inc, and Salma gallery. Press features include NYTimes, New York Post, Next Magazine, wNYC, NPR, ILoveNY, Page Six and Arts Westchester Magazine. Fares Rizk is represented by Wadi Finan Gallery in Jordan, and Patricia Field in NYC. Quoted in a recent interview, Rizk stated his belief that "Painting has a lot to do with moments. It has a lot do with moments and memory. The perfect moment arises unexpectedly and as quickly it escapes."