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Rashid Diab
On 24 January 2006, the Rashid Diab Arts Centre (RDAC) was officially introduced to the residents of Khartoum. After a long absence from Sudan, Rashid Diab, one of Sudan’s most exceptional and internationally recognized artists, returned to the motherland to open an art gallery. The RDAC was his second art gallery, following the Madani Gallery, his home away from home in Madrid, Spain.
Born in 1957 in Wad Medani, on the banks of the Nile, Diab studied in Sudan and received his BA in Fine Art with honors from the University of Khartoum in 1978. Moving to Spain in the early 80’s, he completed an MFA in painting, an MFA in etching and a PHD in Fine Art from Complutense University in Madrid. His talent and educational background led him to become the first foreigner to teach at the prestigious Madrid’s San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts.