Najjar Abdul-Musawwir
Najjar Abdul-Musawwir (born October 25, 1958) is an African-American artist and professor of studio art and art history. His work has been exhibited around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He teaches in Southern Illinois University Carbondale's School of Art and Design. Early life and education Najjar Abdul-Musawwir grew up outside Chicago, Illinois in the suburb of Harvey, Illinois, Harvey. He recalls first being impressed by amateur art done by his father and cousin when he was around seven or eight years old. But the moment he fell in love with art was in fourth grade, after a school art project involving layering black over other colors in a crayon drawing, then scratching away the black to reveal colors underneath. He has compared that moment to "a scientist discovering penicillin." In high school, Abdul-Musawwir was Desegregation busing, bussed to a majority-white school, Thornridge High School in Dolton, Illinois, Dolton, Illinois, whe ...
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