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Burhan Zahra'i
calligraphy, painting, sculpture, jewellery, Qatar / Canada
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Paradise is under the footsteps, painting by Burhan Zahra'i, 2006.
| Burhan Zahra'i was born in 1963 in Qatar and he moved to Canada in 1986.
He has a Bachelors degree in Sculpture from Concordia
University, Quebec, Canada. Since the age of 12 he has practiced the
art of calligraphy, teaching himself from books, newspapers, and from
reproductions of calligraphy by famous calligraphers of the Arab world.
He has done numerious private commissions. A major work of his was a
calligraphic rendering of the Kitabi-Aqdas by Bahaś'llah, at the
request of the Universal House of Justice. The transcription of the
Aqdas was printed as the first authorised publication of the Book.
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Have Insight, painting by Burhan Zahra'i, 2006.
| He has done numerious private commissions. A major work of his was a
calligraphic rendering of the Kitabi-Aqdas by Bahaś'llah, at the
request of the Universal House of Justice. The transcription of the
Aqdas was printed as the first authorised publication of the Book.
Burhan Zahrai has had many calligraphy shows in Canada.
His style is classic and traditional. Recently he started making
digital work in color, using photoshop.
Burhan sells reproductions or
originals of his calligraphy and his calligraphic jewellery via his
website:
www.splendidart.com
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