Kassim Al-Refai

Kassim Al-Refai (born May 6, 1967 in Ar Ramtha) is a Jordanian artist, specialising in the plastic arts.

Biography

He studied at Yarmouk University in Irbid and received a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in 1989. In 1994 he obtained his master's degree in Educational Management and Supervision at Yarmouk.^[1]

Since 1985, Kassim has made many group and solo exhibitions in Jordan and his artwork is found in many of the museums and private institutions in Jordan.^[1] In the late 1990s his art gained interest in the Netherlands and Belgium and in September 2007 he won first prize at the Art in Progress exhibition in Damme, Belgium.^[1]

He is a member of the Jordanian Plastic Artist Association, Jordan Association of Fine Arts and the Arab Centre of Culture and Arts.