Initially focused on Syrian architecture, Koushaji’s work evolved to include portraits of cherished individuals from his past, deepening the emotional resonance of his pieces.
Beshr Koushaji is a Syrian visual artist whose practice explores the intersections of memory, resilience, and the human condition. Working primarily in painting, his layered compositions weave together past, present, and future through intersecting strata of imagery, where fragmentation and ambiguity open a space for reflection and hope.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Damascus and has exhibited widely across the Arab world and internationally in solo and group exhibitions, biennales, and contemporary art fairs.
His visual language draws on symbolic imagery such as lemons, pomegranates, and anemones that are deeply rooted in Damascene cultural memory, while the central presence of women emerges as an archetype of strength and endurance. Through these recurring motifs his work balances the weight of pain with the radiance of beauty, generating a poetic energy that speaks to the collective human experience.
Koushaji’s works are included in private and institutional collections across the Middle East, Europe, and beyond, underscoring his established position within the contemporary art landscape.