Nedim Kufi (Iraqi, born )

Timeline

Was born in Baghdad 1962. Since 1994 he residing and working permanently in the Netherlands as multidisciplinary visual artist. Kufi completed his education (graphic design and multimedia) with distinction at the HKU in the Netherlands in 2002. As conceptual artist, he put his serious energy into many international events around the world. His work often compares Middle Eastern culture and European culture through images and thoughts vested in ambiguity and paradox. Kufi internationally seeks the gaps within rationality, similarity and contradiction. He is a strong believer in minimalism and through this he hopes to influence the audience's perception through repetition and overlapping structures. He wishes to remind the viewers of their identities, cognition and social experiences. kufi's recent works manifest the narration of cultural identity in a historical dimension. It's been long journey with drawing and re-editing on the Islamic Art tradition of repetition and patterning, most of his work refers to that important influence, and expressing how he proud of it. In some cases in exchanges of populations and of corresponding art practices and techniques. He is truly influenced by (Andalusia- Al Hambra) the most beautiful inspiring place he ever visits as it is not only an art process but a way of life, style of life, he fostered the development of a distinctive method with his own unique artistic language. Practicing with 3d vision may help to find clear communication tool, He believes, for visualizing dreams; his virtual projects very often came across to his mind in order to bring that forms or models into reality as priority he considered his career as (researcher) or an inquisitive hardly looking for the fact of our emotions toward finding unique virtuoso language there must be an alphabet founded that visual artist can reach the other eyes with it, from here just his starting point of his Artistic message through bilingual visionary kufi trying all the time to share a common sky that now days all artists simply dealing with, it means globally he is getting involved not under any flag or any tent, the spirit of his work is totally open, daily changing upon mood or circumstances, its beyond the concept of identity or any other belonging good Art could solves problems, he strongly believes and should reflect as the river, interact as the earth, and mostly reacting as intimate friend in his case, Art is new information that honestly created with passion.

Exhibitions

2011
Art in Iraq Today: Conclusion, Meem Gallery, Dubai
2010
Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art, Bonhams, London
2010
Art in Iraq Today: Part I, Meem Gallery, Dubai
2009
The Moon Follows Us, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait (solo)
2009
Emarat Through Arab Eyes, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai
2008
Reading Room, South Project, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2008
Iraqi Artists in Exile, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas
2008
Soap & Silence, Gallery La Fountain, Bahrain (solo)
2007
Makhtouta, Gallery Lines, Amman (solo)
2007
The Iraqi Equation, Tapies Foundation, Barcelona
2007
The Iraqi Equation, project of Catherine David, KW Berlin, Berlin
2007
Daftar Project, Kuf-Mold, Istanbul
2007
Red Zone – Green Zone, Free Academy GEMAK, The Hague
2007
Recognize, Contemporary Art Platform, London
2007
In Focus This Day, Tate Modern, London
2006
The Iraqi Equation, BildMuseet, Umea
2006
Contemporary Art Charity Auction, Christie’s and Canvas magazine, Dubai
2006
Attar in Beirut, Gallery Espace SD, Beirut (solo)
2005
Attar from Bagdad, 4 Walls Gallery, Amman (solo)
2005
Das Erbe, Merath, Inter-Galerie, Potsdam, Berlin
2005
Nicolas Sursock Museum, Beirut
2004
Extending Vision, Triangle Art Residence, New York
2003
Garden of Eden, The Phatory, New York
2003
Postman, Gallery Agial, Beirut (solo)
2003
Earth & Ink, Gallery 108, Boston (solo)
2002
Art Like Mercury, Gallery Agial, Beirut (solo)
2001
Cairo Biennale, Cairo
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