Biography:

Karmel Al Manasrah, a Palestinian Artist who was born in Beirut (Lebanon) 1979. He lived in many countries, but mainly he spent around 10 years in Algeria where he studied painting and photography in addition to oriental music and some lessons in theater & acting at the Art Center of Telimsan city (east of Algeria ).

He visited some countries like Morocco , Austria , France , Germany and Switzerland which gave him the opportunity to recognize other cultures and a variety of nature; this has a great influence on his vision.

Karmel studied English Literature at Philadelphia University where he developed his skills in painting through participating in all the galleries that were held at the university.
He also participated in designing the decoration of some plays presented by the university's students.

Karmel worked in many jobs starting by newspaper editing, teaching and translating. Now he is working as a technical writer at NewERA for Computer Systems a software company in Jordan.

"Karmel Al Manasrah has a unique style that exposes musical colors mixed with a strong brush technique through his paintings" (The Palestinian Art Encyclopedia, Majdalawy Publishing, 2004.)

Exhibits:

1-Philadelphia University Annual Art Exhibition 1997
2-Philadelphia University Annual Art Exhibition 1998
3-Philadelphia University Annual Art Exhibition 1999
4-Two paintings Published at Nizwa Magazine (specialized in culture) issue No. 32 and No. 39