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iNCiA is an independent, non-political, non-profit, voluntary organization dedicated to advancing Iraqi art and the education of the public in Iraqi art as an integral part of world art, in particular, through the provision and assistance in the provision of exhibitions, literature, workshops, website and advocacy. Steps are being taken to register iNCiA as a charity through the Charities Commission in the UK. iNCiA is a development from Strokes of Genius: Contemporary Iraqi Art (SOG) a groundbreaking project dedicated to bringing together Iraq's scattered 'talents in the wind' and communicating the positive and creative energies of Iraqi artists world-wide, past and present. Founded in 1995 by the London based Iraqi artist Maysaloun Faraj, SOG grew to encompass a dedicated body of volunteers working in collaboration on all aspects. This includes Dr Ulrike al-Khamis, Rashad Selim, Hana Mal Allah, Sadik Alfraji and important others*. Supported by the Arts Council of England, Visiting Arts, art establishments in the UK & overseas as well as tremendous In-Kind Support, SOG was able to establish and build upon a ground-breaking archive & database containing extensive information on Iraqi artists world-wide (past & present). This was the basis for a 3-part project comprising this website, exhibition tour (UK & USA 2000-3) and the book (Saqi Books 2001 - Edited by Maysaloun Faraj). SOG has continued to reverberate on an international scale and has developed as an international network of contemporary Iraqi artists, hence iNCiA. Progress on many levels continues and plans are underway to publish the first up-to-date 'Dictionary of Contemporary Iraqi Art & Artists'. All Iraqi artists are encouraged to establish contact iNCiA and keep us updated at all times. http://www.incia.co.uk/index2.html
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A platform for sharing art related events where Iraqi Artists are either
participants, organisers, curators or involved in an essential way. To
feature your event be it an art exhibition, musical performance, poetry
recital, book launch, journal, film, newletter or other please provide us
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launch) date, title, name/s of participating artist/s, venue/s, brief
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contact details. Listing may be edited and is subject to the approval of
iNCiA core committee members.
SOLO
EXHIBITION
Qassim
Alsaedy
22 Apr -
28 May
2011
Diversity
and Art
Netherlands
Born
Baghdad
1949, AlSaedy studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad
from 1969-73. He was a student of the late Shakir Hassan al-Said, one of
the most significant and influential artists of Iraq and even the Arab World.
During his time at the academy Alsaedy was arrested and imprisoned for
almost a year. Free again in1979, he organized with other Iraqi artists an
exhibition in Lebanon, as a statement against the Iraqi regime. Back in
Iraq, he joined the Kurdish rebels in the North, where he also was active
as an artist and even exhibited in tents. After the Anfal campaign against
the Kurds in 1988 he withdrew to Libya where he could work in relative
freedom and where he became a teacher at the Art Academy of Tripoli
until 1994, when he came to the Netherlands. Alsaedy's work is
dominated by two themes, love versus pain and the ongoing cycle of
growth and decay, a recycling of material when man leaves his characters
and traces as a sign of existence through the course of history. Love is
represented by beauty in bright and deep colors. The pain from the scars
of war and destruction is visualized by the empty cartridge cases from the
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battlefield or represented by the rusty nails, an important element in
many of his works. "The pain has resolved as the nails are completely
rusted away", states Alsaedy. In his three dimensional work, the duality of
pain and beauty is always the main theme. For this occasion Qassim
Alsaedy will present his installation of several objects 'Shortly after the
War'. The ceramic objects are created in collaboration with the
Dutch/German artist Brigitte Reuter.
Diversity & Art
SOLO
EXHIBITION
London
Rashad
Selim
Sound Base
19 Aug - 26
Sept 2010
Janet Rady
Fine Art
Presented
during the
holy month of Ramadhan, this thought provoking exhibition features
works from the Re-Piano project including prints, juxtapositions, book art
and projections shown for the first time as well as workshops
throughout. janet@janetradyfineart.com
WEB
LAUNCH
Khalid
al-Qassab
Website
In Memory
of Dr Khalid
Qassab
SOLO
SHOW
& Book
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Signing
Ali Talib
12 Dec
2009
Karim
Gallery
Amman
Jordan
Group
Show
The Reces-
sionists
4 - 7 Dec
2009
Somerset
UK
Middle East
and
European
Art
Iraqi Artists
featured are
Rashad
Selim,
Maysaloun
Faraj, Khalid
al-Jadir,
Hana Mal
Allah and
Feisal Laibi
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SOLO
SHOW
Sadik
Alfraji
15 Nov - 13
Dec 2009
For the
Love of
Zainab
Hague,
Netherlands
Seasons
Galleries
Sadik Alfraji
Group Show
Baghdad
Photo
Slovakia
4 Dec 2008
to 27 Feb
2009
Gandy
Gallery
Artists:
Wamidh al
Ameri,Salam Haddad,Wathiq al Ameri & Ali al Fatwawi curated by
Roza El-Hassan.
Ghassan
Malik
PHOTOS
Iraq
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SOLO
Exhibition
Boats and
Burdens:
Kites and
Shattered
Dreams
Maysaloun
FARAJ
25 Mar-25
Jun 2009
ayagallery
London
For the
women of
Iraq who
despite
burden
upon
unprece-
dented
burden
stand tall,
proud and
resilient,
like her
precious date palms nurturing like the sweet waters of Dijla and Furat.
And for her children who will reclaim the skies with their imagination, the
future with their dreams. A culmination of three decades of sheer
inspiration, creativity and intense artistic involvement, this collection of
paintings and ceramics in tribute to Iraq's heroic women is essentially
Faraj's response to the war on Iraq, her land and her people. Tomorrow
my Heart will Heal Earthstone 30x19x10cm 2008
Retro-
spective
1970-2008
Dia Azzawi
21 Mar-10
Apr 2009
Emirates
Palace
Hotel
Abu Dhabi
Music &
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Arts
Foundation
Group
Show
Paris,
France
22 Jan-28
Feb 2009
Talents
from the
East
Gallery Orenda
Karim Saifou with artists from Japan, Poland, Turkey and Iran.
Group
Show
France
2 July - 2
Sept 2008
Karim Sifo
This work
by Karim
Sifo is from
a collection
entitled
Mind and
Liberty.
The
exhibition
will be
traveling to
five other
French
cities as
well as
Lisbon.
Solo
Exhibition
London
6-18 Jul
2008
Karim
al-Asadi
Approaching
a Hope
Posk
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Gallery
Group
Show
Utrechet,
the
Netherlands
12-29 Jun
2008
The New
Salon
CBK-Utrech
& Central
Museum
Sadik
Alfraji
participates with fifty solo artist in a presentation featuring a video
installation and a series of drawings entitled Identity has a Face with
no Features.
Solo Show
London
16-21
June 2008
Mustafa
Ja'far
Black
Words in
Red Ink
Iraq War
Menier
Gallery
See iNCiA
Supported
Projects for details.
Solo
Exhibition
Afifa Aleiby
29 Mar - 10
May 08
Den Haag
De Twee
Pauwen
Gallery
In the words of
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Hans Vogels
'... The figures
in Afifa Aleiby's
work reflect in
an absolutely
serene silence
the tragic event
or traumatic
experience that
is still being
dealt with.
Classical Greek
or Roman
sculptures are
particularly
well-suited to express such metaphors. Although they cannot speak, their
appearance tells you enough of their past. Likewise, the titles Afifa Aleiby
gives to her works, such as 'Dreaming on the Grass', 'Abandoned' or
'Silence', refer to solitude and an overall feeling of desertion. Nonetheless,
her paintings are not overtly pessimistic. A recent work, entitled 'Tree of
Life' indicates this in its depiction of a mother with child. Moreover, her
works often feature humoristic or mysterious elements, such as balloons
or masks. Her bright colours also make her paintings attractive and
pleasant to watch. The facts that her paintings provoke thought, and are
more than merely depictions of external reality; make her a prominent
representative of the contemporary 'Scuola Metafysica'.'
Solo
Exhibition
Ali Talib
14 - 28 Apr
2008
Dubai, UAE
Green Art
Gallery
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Joint
Exhibition
Germany
15 Mar -
16 April
2008
Gravid
Periods
Moham-
med
Sami &
Reinhard
Frotscher
Markgraf
Gallery
Solo
Exhibition
Dubai
11 - 23 Feb
2008
Firyal
al-Adhami
Cards from
Meso-
potamia II
Green Art
Gallery
In the
words of
Firyal 'I will
continue to
raise the
question of
our ravaged
cultural
heritage
through paintings and exhibitions. However, I suspect there was a
method behind the madness. For all we know, in 40-50 years, you may
see our looted artefacts publicly displayed in shows all over the world.
They could even be auctioned in Baghdad.'
Solo
Exhibition
London
1-31 Mar
2008
Alaa Siraih
A&C Gallery
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My city is
either a
souvenir or
a reality
that can be
looked at
through a
sensitive
eye and an
emotional
and excited
mind. It is
an attempt to fix my longings on canvas. Though it is not an invitation to
go back to the past, it reflects the need to go beyond the coloured spaces
and behind the entrances of my cities which are built on the ground of the
past as it was in itself life waiting to be set free from its captivity.
Group
Show
Germany
24 Jan - 29
Feb 2008
Galerie Im
Zentrum
Participating
Artists:
- M Sami
- Ulrich
Wilhelm
Ropke
- Reinhard
Fotscher
Solo
Exhibition
Netherlands
10 Nov
2007 - 13
Jan 2008
Sadik
Kwaish
Alfraji
Born April
9th
Stedelijk
Museum
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Herto-
genbosch
Iraqi born
artist Sadik
Kwaish
Alfraji
(Baghdad,
1960) can not get round the current situation in his native country. He
resides in the Netherlands, but lives the same fear and threat as his fellow
countrymen. This has a significant influence on his work. One enormous
painting and an eleven-part video installation provide a penetrating view
of how the events in Iraq are reflected in his work. In the word of Alfraji
'This exhibition is not a description of a war or the daily death lived in
Iraq. It is a birth certificate of a Plague that has filled the air in the name
of 'Freedom', a freedom that has been dreamt of by Iraqis for
generations. I invite you to read my painting, not to merely look at them'.
Group Exhibition
The Hague, Netherlands
19 Oct 2007 - 31 Jan
2008
Green Zone: Red Zone
With the opening of
Gemak: Centre for
Non-Western Arts and
Politics
Participating
Artists: Adel Abidin,
Wafaa Bilal, Nedim Kufi,
Hana Mal Allah and
Rashad Selim (Iraq),
Peter Kennard & Cat
Picton Phillipps (UK),
Paul Chan (USA) and
Mark Bijl (NL) and The
Open Shutters: Iraq
photography project and
documentaries made by
the Independent Film &
Television College,
Baghdad.
The artists explore the currently ongoing scission in Baghdad between a
corporate international Green Zone and a Red Zone where the
infrastructure of civilian life is relentlessly destroyed. This includes such
intangibles as the Iraqi secular culture; attack on Al-Mutanabi Street
Book Market. What is happening in Iraq may be seen as an extreme
form of the privatization of government, the abandonment of public
services, and an apocalyptic security ideology, which is also being used to
reshape Western societies. A debate cycle, a public art project by Rashad
Selim and a research looking at the 'green lines' in Den Haag will bring
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this debate home, to the seat of Dutch government and of many
institutions of international law. Gemak is a co-operation project between
the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and the Vrije Academie, Werkplaats voor
Beeldende Kunsten. This exhibition is further supported by Kosmopolis
Den Haag, Hivos NCDO Culture Fund, and the Prince Bernhard Culture
Fund. For further information and contacts see Gemak.
Solo
Exhibition
Northampton,
UK
13 Oct - 25
Nov 2007
Satta
Hashem
Colour, Love
and Mind
Northampton
Museum & Art
Gallery
In the words of
Satta Hashem
"This
exhibition is an
extension of
the scientific
theory about
the brain in
romantic love.
The theme is
related to my
general
understanding
of love, not
just as a
process
between two
people but as
a wider feeling
connected to other experiences. Colour, which is my subject, I am now
relating to the feeling of love because colour is not a physical thing; it is
sensation, like feeling hot or cold. Mixing the sensations of colour and love
was my aim in creating this exhibition." Contact Lois Winstanley
lwinstanley@northampton.gov.uk
Photography
Exhibition
London UK
3 Oct - 2 Nov
2007
Open Shutters:
Iraq
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South Bank
An extraordinary
experimental
exhibition of
personal photo
stories brings real life in Iraq to London's South Bank. In the spring of
2007 a group of 8 Iraqi women and a six year old child participated in a
unique creative event. Using digital photography, the women set out at
considerable risk to make deeply personal and emotional photo stories of
their lives in Iraq, now. Open Shutters Iraq will receive a 4 week preview
at The Scoop at MoreLondon (Queen's Walk), before its European tour.
The stories are presented using internally lit monoliths, aligned along the
bank to form a complete, temporary sculpture which allows their pictures
and testimony an illuminating presence at the heart of London (Free
Admission and lit until 1am daily). Open Shutters is an in-depth
participatory photography programme that helps women share personal
emotional experiences with the wider world through images and text. The
focus is on women from diverse communities and cultures, women who
live and work outside the public forum. Partnerships, training and practical
support are all provided. Eugenie Dolberg
(eugeniedolberg@gmail.com), artistic director of open shutters and
Maysoon Pachachi, documentary film maker can be available for
interview. In the words of Eugenie "It is not that stories of kidnapping,
soldiers occupying your house, brothers and fathers disappearing in
prisons and narrow escapes from death are all that unfamiliar, but the
actual lived experience is full of often unexpected consequences. I feel
that the truth of events lies inside the people who live them, but, sadly,
this truth is so often silenced". Contact: Ade Lukes
(ade@indexoncensorship.org). Supported by The Foreign Ministry of
Norway, Index on Cencorship, MoreLondon and Standard 8.
Video Art
Chess
Mohammed
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al-Shimmary
2007
Book Publication
2007
The Orange Trees of Baghdad:
In Search of my Lost Family
A memoir by Leilah Nadir with
photos by Farah Nosh
Born to an Iraqi-Christian father
and a British mother, and raised
in Britain and Canada, Leilah
Nadir has never set foot on Iraqi
soil. Distanced from her Iraqi
roots through immigration and
now cut off by war, the closest
link she has to the nation is
through her father, who left
Baghdad in the 1960s when he
was sixteen to pursue his studies
in England. He never looked
back, until now, through his
daughter's journey to uncover
her lost family roots. Her
father's most vivid memory is of the garden at the family house: the
rosebushes that lined the walls, the date palm that intermingled with the
palm fronds, and the orange tree that hung over the roses. His Iraq is of
mythical origins; his beginnings are in a garden. But through her cousins
still living in Baghdad she experiences the thunderous explosions that
continuously rain down upon the country today, and describes losing their
great-aunt in the terrifying aftermath of the invasion. Leilah's friend,
photographer Farah Nosh, brings home news of Leilah's family after her
visits to Iraq, as well as stunning photos of civilians and their often tragic
stories. And just as Leilah gives up hope of ever meeting her family, a
surprise reunion takes place.
Solo Exhibition
Massachusetts USA
1-29 Nov 2007
Contemplations
MJ Alhabeeb
Burnett Gallery
Preview 1 Nov 2007
5-8pm
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Solo Exhibition
Trondheim, Norway
9 Sept - 20 Oct
2007
And So Trees were
Named
Yahya al-Sheikh
Lilya Gallery
Solo Exhibition
Amman Jordan
5-26 Sept 2007
Mohammed Ghani Hikmet
Orfali Gallery
Joint Exhibition
London UK
ayagallery
6 June - 6 Sept 2007
Sophisticated Ways:
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Destruction of an
Ancient City
Hana Mal Allah and
Rashad Selim
Directed by Christine
Garabedian; introduced
by Raji Omar Stolen
Dreams is a 22-minute
documentary following the artists Hana Mal Allah, Rashad Selim and
Maysaloun Faraj in the lead up to the exhibition Sophisticated Ways in
the Destruction of an Ancient City recently held at ayagallery. A
two-part online feature of the film is now viewable on Witness.
Joint
Project
Baghdad
Iraq
Al-Adhamya
Wall
Conversion
April 2007
Iraqi artists
in Baghdad
join forces
to convert
the
'American'
concrete
barriers set
up around the Adhamiya district into huge art murals. For further visuals
see iNCiA Supported Projects. For urther information in Arabic see Iraqi
Fine Arts.
Joint Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
8-18 April 2007
Positive: Negative
Ghassan Ghayeb & Nazar
Yahya
Albareh Art Gallery
Typewriter and Poetry by
Mahmoud Darwish
Ghassan Ghayeb
Mixed media
2007
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Group Exhibition
Baghdad, Iraq
April 2007
Reliefs de La Memoire
Hewar Gallery
Participating Artists: Qassim al-Sabti,
Akram Naji, Hayder Ali, Shaddad Abdul
Qah'har, Karim Saifou
Group Exhibition
London
11-17 April 2007
Birds of War
Hawks, Doves and
Illegal Eagles
Candid Arts Trust
Gallery
info@birdsofwar.org
A dynamic
collaboration
between british and
Iraqi artists and
their unique
interpretations of
the Iraq conflict to
mark the fourth
anniversary of
the Iraq invasion. Participating artists: Tanya Tier, Firyal al-Adhamy, Lou
Mckeever, Anahit Sarkes, Alaa Siraih and Kadhim al-Khalifa. In
conjunction with stop the war coalition and cnd.
Joint Exhibition
Poetry Recital
26 Feb-9 Mar 2007
Island of Treasures
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In collaboration
with De Montfort
University and
Cultural
Exchanges Arts
Programme,
Shree Jalaram
Community
Centre hosts this
exhibition; a
celebration of
Islamic and Arabic
culture featuring
the work of four
contemporary artists; John Lancaster, Satta Hashem (Leicester based
painters), Abdulkareem Kased and Awad Nasir (London based poets).
The exhibition explores the influence of ancient Arabic culture on the
artists individual practices, reflecting points of common interest through
the visual language as well as differences evident in their cultural and
educational backgrounds. Some of Hashem's work is inspired by the
poetry of both participating poets. Other paintings are work in progress
for a commission by The National Museums Liverpool on the theme of
'Freedom'. For John Lancaster the importance of craft and the intense
focus on painting result in large works. An educational programme with
talks by the artists and poetry recitals accompany the exhibition.
Contacts: aculturalexchanges@dmu.ac.uk, johnlancaster@ntlworld.com,
hashem59@yahoo.com
Solo Exhibition
Bahrain
2-16 Dec 2006
Postcards from
Mesopotamia
Firyal al-Adhamy
Inspired by
Al-Adhamy's
reaction to the
tragic looting of the
Museum of
Baghdad in 2003,
this exhibition is a
unique collection of
recent paintings in
tribute. Moved by
an article by Robert
Fisk entitled Civilization Torn to Pieces, Firyal's immediate impulse was to
try to put back these missing pieces through art. A colourful
interpretation of the ancient history of Iraq in these tumultous times. The
show was under the patronage of HE Shaikh Rashid Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.
Solo
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Exhibition
Toronto,
Canada
25 Feb 2007
Human
Rights from
Anfal to
Now
Dara Aram
Cedar Ridge Art Gallery
Presented by Dara Aram, a Toronto-based artist, born in Kurdistan, Iraq.
The exhibition demonstrates the concerns about global atrocities and
explores the human devastation of the genocidal Anfal campaign by the
former Iraqi regime spanning from 1980-88. The presentation will also
include Kurdish music performed by Farzad and a speech by Dr
Hassanpour/Professor at the University of Toronto.
daraaram2@hotmail.com
Solo Exhibition
Damascus Syria
25 Feb 2006-15 Mar 2007
Ali Talib
Attassi Gallery
Group Exhibition
Dafatir
New York, USA
19 Jan 2007
Centre for Book Arts
Dafatir features works by Dia
al-Azzawi, Sadiq Kawish Alfraji,
Ammar Dawod,Mohammad,
Fakher, Ismail Fattah, Ghassan
Gha'eb, Nedim Kufi,Hana'
Malallah, Moaid Nama, Rafa
al-Nasiri, Mahmmud al-Obidi,
Ibrahim Rashied, Kareem Rissan,
Shakir Hassan Al Said,
Mohammed al-Shamary, Samar
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Usama, and Nazar Yahya.
Organized by Dr. Nada Shabout, Assistant Professor of Art History at the
University of North Texas. Contact Program Manager Sarah Nicholls
snicholls@centerforbookarts.org
Solo Exhibition
Amman, Jordan
29 Nov-16 Dec 2006
Mohammed Muhrildin
Dar al-Anda
Born Basra, Iraq, 1938. Studied
painting in Baghdad 1956-9.
Degree in Arts from the Warsaw
Academy of Fine Arts, Poland,
1966. Granted an Honorary
Award, Sixth Asian Art Biennial,
Bangladesh, 1993; 1st Prize,
2nd International Festival,
1988; 2nd Prize, Ankara First
International Art Biennial,
Turkey; Honorary Prize,
International Poster Exhibition,
Baghdad, 1986. Lives and
works in Amman, Jordan.
Group Show
New York USA
7-27 Dec 2006
Agora Gallery
Including the works of
Walid al-Qaisi
Solo
Exhibition
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Manama
Bahrain
Hana Mal
Allah
Albareh
Gallery
Group
Exhibition
London
Oct
2006-Feb
2007
Words,
Frag-
mented,
Unbroken
In follow up
to the
British Museum's groundbreaking ayagallery Word into Art exhibition
(May-Sept 2006) ayagallery is proud to present this show featuring 'word'
based art drawn from ayagallery's own collection of In-House artworks as
well as new works in a range of media to include painting, sculpture,
ceramics, photogrpahy and appleque (layered textile). Participating artists
are Halla Ayla, Hamza Bounoua, Taha al-Hiti, Maysaloun Faraj, Karim
Farhan, Said Farhan, Rashad Selim and the budding young talent Nadya
Mousawi. Please see Exhibitions.
Solo Exhibition
Berlin, Germany
6 Oct 2006
Sixth One-Man
Exhibition
Munir al-Ubaidi
Galerie
Bildersschmuck
Krossener Str. 34
10245 Berlin
T 030 2977 0810
E Munir_alubaidi@
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Baghdad
Watercolour on paper
2006
Solo
Exhibition
Amman
Jordan
13-27 Sept
2006
Love and
Death
Ali Talib
Orfali
Gallery
Amman,
Jordan
www.
orfali.net
www.
alitalib.com
Sacrifice Mixed media on canvas 130x160cm 2006
Group Exhibition
London, UK
18 May-2 Sept 2006
Word into Art
Artists of the Modern
Middle East
The British Museum
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Admission Free
Word into Art
presents highlights of
the contemporary art
and culture emerging
from the Middle East
and North Africa
today. The works
displayed, many
shown for the first
time, reflect issues of
identity and politics,
and the richly diverse
artistic heritage of the
region. A powerful theme running through all the works is how artists
engage and experiment with the Arabic script. Word into Art not only
testifies to the strong calligraphic tradition of the Middle East, but also
demonstrates the powerful and imaginative ways in which artists are using
writing today. The exhibition is curated by Dr Venetia Porter (curator at
the British Museum, specializing in the collections of Islamic art and the
contemporary art of the Middle East). She is also the author of the
coinciding Word into Art book. The event is sponsored by Dubai Holding.
Over 80 visual artists from across the modern Middle East are
represented. Iraqi artists form the largest represented group from
one country! This includes: Iman ABDULLAH . Dia AZZAWI . Shaker
Hassan AL SAID. Salah Faisal al- ALI. Ghani al- ANI. Sina ATA . Suad
al-ATTAR . Wasma al-CHORBACHI Maysaloun FARAJ. Said FARHAN.
Ghassan GHAIB. Sati HASHIM. Mustafa JAFAR. Salam KHEDHER.
Hassan MASSOUDY. Mohammed MUHRILDIN. Rafa al- NASIRI .
Mediha OMAR. Kerim RISSAN. Rashad SELIM. Mohammed al-
SHAMMERY. Nazar YAHYA
Solo
Exhibition
London, UK
4 Jan - 30
June 2006
Issam El
Said:
Artist .
Scholar .
Thinker
ayagallery
This
presentation
is in
conjunction
with
selected
exhibits
drawn from
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ayagallery's
In-House collection of works by Iraqi Artists. Exhibits are at ayagallery
and issam-el-said.co.uk.
Allah al-Kalima . Oil on canvas . 50x50cm . 1986 . IS 331
Solo Exhibition
Amman, Jordan
18 Jan-15 Feb 2006
Ahmed Al Bahrani
4 Walls
Solo Exhibition
Amman, Jordan
21 Nov-7 Dec 2005
Ismail Fattah
paintings . prints . sculptures
4 Walls
The opening of this show is
under the patronage
of The Minister of Culture HE Mr
Amin Mahmoud.
Solo Exhibition
Doha, Bahrain
20 Nov-10 Dec 2005
Himat Mohamed Ali
A tribute to Shaker Hassan Al
Said
Al-Riwaq Gallery
This show is under the
patronage of
Al-Shaikha May Bint
Mohamed Al-Khalifa
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Exhibition Tour
Michigan, USA
17 Oct 2005
25th Annual Print Competition
Clack Art Center
Alma College, Michigan
Tour venues: Flora Kirsch Beck
Gallery, Alma College, MI
14 Nov-15 Dec 2005 Kellog
Community College, Battle Creek,
MI
Jan-6 Feb 2006 Crooked Tree Art
Council, Petoesky, MI
14 May 18 June 2006 The Scarub
Club, Detroit, MI
Contact Professor Lopez-Isnardi
lopez_isnard@alma.edu
Etching by Dr Hashim al-Tawil
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Group Exhibition
Sydney, Australia
11 Aug-10 Sept 2005
Songs of Travelling
Birds:
Iraqi Artists in Exile
Blacktown Arts Centre
Artists: Mazin Ahmed, Ali
Abbas, Abbas Makreb,
Jasem Hassan
The artist Mazin Ahmed
has been selected to take
part in the 5th
international Biennial of
Contemporary Art in
Florence, Italy 2005
under the
title Dialogue Betweeen Civilisations.
Solo Exhibition
Lausanne, Switzerland
29 Sept-29 Oct 2005
Karim Farhan
Livres a lLre ou a Regarder
Galerie Giovanetti
Born in 1958, Baghdad Iraq.
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Studied art in Baghdad and
Lausanne, Switzerland where
he currently lives and works.
Karim Farhan draws his
inspiration from his Iraqi
heritage reflected in his use
of matter, texture, colour and
by combining signs and
symbols. With this he
achieves a sense of mystery
and antiquity in a
contemporary style.
This is
realised in
his latest
exhibition
with the
theme of
books and
book
covers; first
and last
pages; gates of knowledge; poetry and spirituality, where images of peace
and meditation become.
Group Exhibition
Texas, USA
17 Oct-22 Nov
2005
Dafatir:
Contemporary
Iraqi Book Art
University of
North Texas Art
Gallery
A groundbreaking
exhibition
representing 17
contemporary
artists from Iraq
will focus on
dialogues between
innovation and
tradition. Dafatir
(the Arabic word
translates as
"notebooks") is
organized by Dr.
Nada Shabout, a native of Iraq and Assistant Professor of Art History at
UNTG. All works on view were drawn from the collection of artist Dia
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al-Azzawi, London, who has had the greatest impact on the development
of book art in modern Iraq. Participating Artists: Azzawi (UK), Sadiq
Kawish Alfraji (Netherlands), Ammar Dawod (Netherlands), Mohammad
Fakher (Iraq), Ismail Fattah, Ghassan Ghaib (Jordan), Nedim Kufi
(Netherlands), Hana Mal allah (Iraq), Rafa al-Nasiri (Jordan), Mahmmud
al-Obidi (Iraq), Kareem Rissan (Iraq), Shaker Hassan Al Said,Mohammed
al-Shammarey (Jordan), Samar Usama (Jordan), Nazar Yahya (Jordan).
Reviews
http://www.glasstire.com/reviews/dallas/IraqArt.htm
http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-11-03/culture/artbeat.html
Publication
Maqamat
al-Hariri
(cover detail)
The facsimile
reproduction of this
important Arabic
literary masterpiece
contains 334 pages
38x27cm with 101
miniature
illustrations by
Al-Wasiti, Iraq.
This edition is
presented in a high quality leather bound silk lined presentation slip case.
The manuscript is accompanied by a separate volume containing an
introductory three-part essay by Oleg Grabar, Professor of Islamic Art,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. The essay gives firstly, the
historical and cultural setting; secondly, a description of the illustrations
and their relationship to the text and thirdly and outline of comparative
elements and the importance of the manuscript. It is printed in English,
French, German and Arabic. For further information or to place and order
contact touchart@globalnet.co.uk
Call to Artists .
Collaborative Exhibition
World-Wide
Globalising Resistance to
the War in Iraq: One by One
Art Exhibition
If you oppose the war in Iraq
and if you own a pen or pencil,
you may wish to participate in
the largest collaborative
artwork ever! You do not need
to be a professional artist to be
part of this project of
resistance. The organization
Iraq Body Count estimates that
at least 25,000 Iraqi civilians
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have been killed because of the
US invasion of Iraq; the British medical journal Lancet estimates more
than 100,000 Iraqi civilian fatalities. There have been over 1,600
American fatalities. To Participate contact Gene
Fellner gene@sevenstoriesinstitute.com
Festival &
Workshops
Rabat, Morocco
8 June 2005
Iraqi artists Alaa
Siraih and Imad
Mansour with 12
Moroccan artists.
Albert Camus
School
T 037 765339
Solo Exhibition
Toronto, Canada
27 May-9 June 2005
Interconnections
Dara Aram
Praxis Gallery
www.praxisart.net
Group Exhibition
Doha, Bahrain
14-28 May 2005
Improvisations
Al Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain
info@alriwaqgallery.org
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Participating Artists:
Dia Al Azzawi
Rafa Al Nasiri
Mahmud Al Obaidi
Nazar Yahya
Ali Talib
Ghassan Ghaib
Kareeim Rissan
Poster
Publication
The late
Saad Shakir
(1935-2005)
Sculpture by Khaled al-Rahhal (1926-87)
Auction
London, UK
28 April 2005
Issam El-Said
Bonhams
Rare collection of artworks by the
late Iraqi artist, scholar, architect
and thinker
The Wedding
Issam El-Said
Oil on canvas
183x152cm
1967
Art Presentation (London)
30 April – 30 May 2005
Issam El-Said: Artist . Scholar
. Thinker
ayagallery
www.issam-el-said.co.uk
On the occasion of Islamic week in
London and to coincide with Bonham's
auction of works by the late Issam
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El-Said (28 April 2005), ayagallery
will be presenting a rare collection of
paintings and limited edition
etchings by the late Issam El-Said.
Iqtarabet al Sa'ah
Limited edition etching
40x30cm
1965
Solo Exhibition
Massachusetts, USA
28 Mar-4
May 2005
A Melody of
Curves & Angles:
Classical Arabic
and Islamic
Calligraphy by
MJ Alhabeeb
Cambridge
Multicultural Arts
Center, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA
http://www.people.umass.edu/mja http://www.cmacusa.org
/HTML/exhibitions.htm
Solo Exhibition
Valencia, Spain
29 Apr-15 May
2005
Saad Ali
Medinat
al-Laimoun
(City of Lemon)
Autos El Castellano
International
Conference on
Printmaking
(Washington DC,
USA)
31 Mar – 3 April
2005 . Power in
Print: Southern
Graphic Council
International
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Conference .
Hashim al-Tawil .
Bringing together works by 26 graphic artists of varied nationalities and
backgrounds, artist Dr Hashim al-Tawil is a participant in the print portfolio
entitled Re-Interpreting the Middle East. The work seeks to question
the power of representation and counter-representation in the
stereotyping of ‘East’ and ‘West’. However, rather than bemoaning the
ever-growing division between these two cultural perspectives, this project
seeks to employ other pictorial and rhetorical strategies such as those of
linkage, suturing, bridging, fusion, and hybridization to address this
problem.
Hashim al-Tawil’s work entitled Iraqi
Landscape 2005 is a presentation
of the US invasion of Iraq and its
impact on the culture and the
society of that country. The visual
references signify the destructive,
pointless invasion, occupation, and
the continued loss of innocent lives
of both Americans and Iraqis. In his
presentation The Plundering of
Modern Iraqi Art (2003-5) Hashim
al-Tawil briefly describes the scope
of loss and destruction inflicted on
Modern Iraqi art immediately after
the US invasion of Iraq through two
major fields; The first is the looted
Saddam Art Centre Markaz Saddam
Lilfunun, which housed the entire
collection of contemporary Iraqi
visual art. The second is the public monuments scattered throughout Iraq,
particularly in Baghdad e.g. The Unknown Soldier, The Martyr’s Monument
and museum, The Monument of Freedom and others. The portfolio will
travel to Sharja, Doha, Amman, Michigan, and possibly Beirut
(May-August 2005). See http://www.powerinprint.gmu.edu/ for further
details.
Exhibition
(Lugano
Switzerland
L’Officinaarte)
19 Mar – 10 Apr 2005
O God, How Much Longer?
This presentation of photos, videos and communications of Al-Fadhil is an
interrogative that contains within itself, to a large degree, the creative
project that Al Fadhil (Iraq 1955) has been developing over the past
decade. In one of the three rooms of the “Officina” the artist has put at
the disposition of users photographs that aim to transmit their socially
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problematic content by way of aesthetic vision. “Back on Earth” and “The
Thing” are the titles of videos realised around the image of a bullet. In
2004 the artist tackled the question of violence, devising a trial of the
bullet as a symbol of moral responsibility. The object denied all
responsibility – which pertains to man, obviously – and declared its
transformation into an aesthetic entity. Intervening to modify space
according to the needs of the concept, without touching the object in
question, is a constant in the researches of Al Fadhil. In the third room, a
mask of the artist’s face, which asks “O God, how much longer?” will be
placed up high, while the floor will be covered by carpets and a number of
publications on art, put at the disposition of the public, to consult and add
to.
www.officina-arte.ch . ww.iraqpavilion.com . www.emergencybiennale.org
Exhibition (Ottawa, Canada)
17 Mar - 9 Apr 2005
Traces
Farouk Kaspaules
GALLERY 101
Farouk Kaspaules’ exhibition entitled,
Traces, incorporates imagery of the
Marsh Arabs and the region of the Tigris
and Euphrates, extending all the way
from north Iraq to Kurdistan. Traces
affirms the beauty and impact of the
land and the people of this region. As an
Iraqi-born Canadian artist, who left Iraq
for political reasons in the mid-1970s,
his work is committed to addressing
cultural identity in relation to place, as
both a diaspora experience and also as an artist living in Canada. The
silk-screens and photomontages are layered with images of art and
architecture, juxtaposed with warfare icons. The works achieve a sublime
nature via their serene quality, focused moments and landscapes.
Moreover, Kaspaules’ exhibition expands our visual language of war and of
other human struggles. The exhibition draws attention to our position and
negotiation when understanding war and conflict and identifies the ability
of visual arts to confront these issues. Kaspaules’ exhibition, presented
simultaneously with the works of Josée Pellerin, connects the local and
global implications of history and our every day reality. With this, the
artist Josée Pellerin presents two photo-installations addressing a
correlation of our personal experiences in the city.
info@gallery101.org . www.gallery101.org
Exhibition & Publication
(London UK)
4 Feb - 17 April 2005
Art Now
Jananne Al-Ani
Tate Britain
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The Visit by Jananne
al-Ani
The Visit is Jananne
al-Ani's most ambitious project to date, and adds to an impressive body of
video and photographic work, distinguished by its finely-honed, evocative
portraits and its complex, often intimate narratives. The Visit was
commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and Norwich Gallery.
Supported by Arts Council England, Film London and the Henry Moore
Foundation.
Publication
The first monograph on the work of Jananne Al-Ani has been published to
coincide with this exhibition. Introduced by Steven Bode, with essays by
Claire Doherty and Angela Weight. Interview with the artist by Richard
Hylton. ISBN: 1 90427 014 X. Price: £12.50. For more information
contact Lindsay Evans lindsay@fvu.co.uk. Images © The Artist. Courtesy
Film and Video Umbrella.
Solo Exhibition
(Washington, USA)
18 Feb - 1
April 2005
New Beginnings
Leila Kubba
The Jerusalem
Fund Gallery & The
Iraqi Cultural
Society
Leila Kubba was born and educated in Iraq. She studied at the Manchester
College of Art and Architecture and the Corcoran College of Art Design.
She has exhibited widely in the United States and across the world. Her
works are in public and private collections including the Abu Dhabi Cultural
Center, the National Gallery of Jordan and the British Museum.
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/contactus.html.
Solo Exhibition (London UK)
6-18 March 2005
Parallel With the Event
Kadhim al-Khalifa
Posk Gallery
238-246 King Street, London W6
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Solo Exhibition (Washington,
USA)
1-28 Feb 2005
Layered Dreams
Leila Kubba
KARMA and Evolving
Perceptions
Two-Man Exhibition (Amman,
Jordan)
1 March 2005
Generation's Dialogue
Mohammed Muhrildine & Dlair
Saad Shaker
Orfali Gallery
Art, Poetry and Music
(Amman, Jordan)
13 & 15 Feb 2005
Awakened by the Witch
Poet Qassim Haddad and Artists
Mohammed Amiri & Hilda Hiary
Music by Tariq al-Nassir
Orfali Gallery
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Art Journal Launch (Dubai, UAE)
Canvas: Art and Culture from the
Middle East and Arab World
Issue 1 Winter 2004/5
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief: Ali
Khadra
mail@mixed-media.com
Solo Exhibition (Dubai,
UAE)
8-18 Feb 2005
Poetic Abstractions
Rafa Nasiri
Green Art Gallery
Solo Exhibition (Amman, Jordan)
8 Jan - 23 Feb 2005
The Tenth Maqama: Paper, Clay and
Memory
Mahmoud Taha
Sponsored by Bank Audi the exhibition is
hosted by 4 Walls
4 Walls . P.O.Box 841042 . Amman
11184 . Jordan
Tel: (962-6) 5920902 Direct
Tel: (962-6) 5934111 Sheraton Amman
Fax: (962-6) 5920820
www.4walls.org
Artwork by Mahmoud Taha
Group Exhibition (London, UK)
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17 December 2005
Body, Soul and Seed: Artists
Against Depleted Uranium
Maya Askari, iNCiA and the
founding members of I&IXDU
hosted a Private View of
Contemporary Art at the residence
of Maya Askari, London.
Contributing Artists:
Maysaloun Faraj . Leila Kubba .
Jannane el-Ani . Carol Fulton .
Hanna Mal Allah . Margareta Kern .
Rima Farah . Anahit Sarkes .
Richard Hudson . Adam Bricusse . Hani Mazhir . Kareem Risan . Malik
Shuker . Mohamed Daami . Setar Kawosh . Riad Bazzaz . Assim El Rubaii .
Saadi Daoud . Alaa Siraih . Rashad Salim . Peter Kennard RCA . Catpicton
Phillipps RCA and Henry Hemming, who with Al Braithwaite, Stephen
Stapleton and Georgie Weedon have recently published the book "OFF
SCREEN" an artistic record of a year-long journey across the Middle East
2002-2003. The exhibition featured artworks in a range of media
including; paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, installations,
video works and photography.
The exhibition also featured a
tribute to the late departed
Artist Nuha Al Radi who died
earlier in 2004 from Lukemia.
info@incia.co.uk
Nuha Al Radi
Just a Palm Tree
etching
Group Exhibition
(Bad Ems, Germany)
6 Nov - 6 Dec 2004
Mohammed Abdullah
Balmoral Castle, Bad Ems,
Germany
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Group Exhibition
(California, USA)
19 Oct - 5 Nov 2004
Somewhere
Elsewhere
A Premiere Contemporary Art
Exhibition By artists of Arab and
Iranian heritage on the theme of
Orientalist imagery.
Opening Reception: Worth
Ryder Gallerym 116 Kroeber Hall
Bancroft and College Ave. on UC
Berkeley Campus, CA 94720. T
510-642-2582
Symposium: 31 Oct 2004 at 160
Kroeber Hall. www.birwaz.org
Salwa Mikdadi . Independent
Curator . PO Box 7005 . Berkeley,
CA 94707
smikdadi@yahoo.com
Book Fair
(Frankfurt)
6-11 Oct 2004
Celebrating the
Creativity of the
Collaboration
between Iraqi Art
and Literature
Yahya al-Wassiti
with Abu
Mohammed
al-Harriri, Dia
Azzawi with Saadi Yousif, Fadhil al-Azzawi & Nadim Kufi with al-Sayab,
Ghassan Gaib with Mudhaffar al-Nawab. Plus a selection of books from
Iraqi artists: Ismael Fattah, Dia Azzawi, Rafa al-Nasiri, Ammar Dawood,
Nedim Kufi, Karim Risan, Nizar Yahya, Ghassan Gaib, Hana Mal
Allah, Samer Usama and Mohammed al-Shimmary.
touchart@globalnet.co.uk
Group
Project
(Baghdad,
Iraq)
Winter 2002
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Environment & Art
College of Fine Arts, Baghdad, Iraq
Guernica and I:Peace & War
by Qais al-Sindi
New paragraph
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