Khalid Khreis
Dr. Khalid Khreis is a Jordanian artist and Director of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. He studied in Egypt, Spain, Italy, and Mexico, obtaining a Ph.D. in the Philosophy and History of Art from the University of Barcelona in 1993. He received the First Prize in the Joan Miro International Contest from the Spanish Arab Institute in Madrid in 1985, the National Award for Excellence in Art in Amman in 1995, and the Medal of the Commander of the Order of Civil Merit, awarded by King Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2004. Khreis lives and works in Amman.
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