Welcome - Salaam!
Welcome to Petra Art Gallery, where you can visit by appointment to see a selection of original paintings by Dr. Ibrahim Shalaby and his daughter Bayan El-Shalabi. We are located in the Summerside area of London, Ontario (Canada).
In our gallery you can enjoy Islamic landscapes from countries as different as Pakistan, India, the Sultanate of Brunai, Bosnia, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. We also feature a fascinating selection of Arabic Calligraphy and Ayat from the Holy Qur'an.
Ibrahim Shalaby - Phd. Fine Arts, Interior Designer/Architect, President of CAOCA (Canadian Arab Organization of Culture and Art - a Not For Profit organization).
Ibrahim Shalaby is a Canadian Jerusalemite Architect & Interior designer, who always says "I don't live in Jerusalem it lives in me". Born in Amman (Jordan), his art elicits feelings of nostalgia, warmth and love for Arab cities; he is influenced by the traditional heritage and culture of Arabs. Ibrahim paints real places that he has visited before - Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, U.A.E. He toured Palestine through Jerusalem, Ramallah, Nablus, Qalqilyah, Acre, Jaffa, Nazareth, Haifa, Tiberias and the Nativity of Bethlehem beside many Palestinian villages. Ibrahim has become an internationally known and respected Palestinian-Canadian artist and has retired from teaching, but now he is focused on supporting American and Canadian Arabs by promoting their culture.
Please enjoy this journey!
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Photo courtesy Rob Beintema
The Mississauga News ©2007
Artist Statement:
Ibrahim Shalaby is an extraordinarily talented artist whose luminous paintings and sensual portraits reveal a spectrum of hues as well as a range of atmosphere and emotion. Ibrahim has grown and is recognized today as a strong force in the competitive world of romance style (mostly women) and these caught the attention of the art collectors.
To date Ibrahim has sold 3,000 originals; his style has dominated the art market. Most of his work can be viewed in many galleries such as Art Gallery of Hamilton, Burlington Art Gallery, and in many galleries in the USA (Michigan, New York & Missouri); while dedicating his limited time to other Middle Eastern - North American projects and organizations.