A Journey Between
East and West SYRIAN-BORN PAINTER · ATHENS, GREECE JAMAL JORATLI
 THE SILK ROAD SERIES Paintings of the Silk Road
Benaki Museum, Athens · Dalian Modern Museum, China EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT · BRUSSELS 2025 Life Distribution –
Immigrant Souls
Art that builds bridges, not borders THE ARTIST Syrian-born painter (b. 1961) Living and working in Athens SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Benaki Museum, Athens Asian Art Museum, Corfu Dalian Modern Museum, China European Parliament, Brussels VIEW THE GALLERY Portrait of Syrian-born, Athens-based artist Jamal Joratli in front of his Silk Road painting Arabian horse with a flowing violet and pink mane, Silk Road painting by Jamal Joratli Network of branches with red accents on an ochre ground, painting by Jamal Joratli

Contemporary Art Connecting East and West

Jamal Joratli is an internationally exhibited contemporary artist whose work brings together Middle Eastern heritage, Mediterranean culture, Asian artistic traditions and modern European influences. Based in Athens, Greece, his artistic practice spans painting, drawing, mixed-media work and calligraphic expression. His compositions are recognised for expressive colour, movement, symbolic forms and recurring references to horses, nature, civilisation and the historic Silk Road.

EXHIBITIONS

Exhibition Highlights

2025 · BRUSSELS

Life Distribution – Immigrant Souls

Solo exhibition at the European Parliament (Paul-Henri Spaak building), on migration, memory and the dialogue between civilisations.

2018 · DALIAN, CHINA

Silk Road Flowers

32 oil paintings and sketches at the Dalian Modern Museum, co-organised with the Benaki Museum – the Silk Road series’ first showing in China.

2016 · CORFU

The Silk Road

The Silk Road series travels from Athens to the Museum of Asian Art in Corfu.

2016 · ATHENS

Jamal: The Silk Road

Fifteen paintings at the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, with sketches, audiovisual material and a catalogue.

EXPLORE ART

Selected Works

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Contact

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