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Hayv Kahraman

(American/Iraqi, born 1981)

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Hayv Kahraman

Persian Couple 1, 2009

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Hayv Kahraman

Self Portrait, 2009

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Hayv Kahraman

Migrant 1, 2009

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Hayv Kahraman

Migrant 9, 2009

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Hayv Kahraman

Migrant 3, 2009

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Hayv Kahraman

Migrant 6, 2009

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Hayv Kahraman

Laila, 2010

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Biography

Timeline

1981
Baghdad, Iraq 1981. Live and works in Los Angeles, USA
2005
Graphic design, Accademia di arte e design di Firenze Florence, Italy
Carnival of Ivrea, First place poster competition, Ivrea, Italy
2006
Web design University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
2011
Victoria and Albert Museum, short listed artist for the Jameel Prize
2014
Excellence in Cultural Creativity, Global Thinkers Forum Awards

Exhibitions

2015
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
How Iraqi Are You?, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, February 27 – April 4, 2015(solo exhibition)
Piece by Piece: Building a Collection, Selections from the Christy & Bill Gautreaux Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, January 30 – April 26, 2015
June: A Painting Show, Sadie Coles HQ, London, United Kingdom, June 9 – August 15, 2015
Us Is Them, The Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio, September 18, 2015 – April 3, 2016
Winter in America, The School, Kinderhook, New York, October 17, 2015 – January 2016
2014
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Contemporary Narratives from Turkey and Beyond, Istanbul Modern, Turkey, January 9–May 8, 2014, Curated by Çelenk Bafra, Paolo Colombo
Mise En Scène, The School, Kinderhook, NY, August – December 2014
2013
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
Let the Guest be the Master, Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 West 20th Street, New York, September 10– October 12, 2013(solo exhibition)
Echoes: Islamic Art and Contemporary Artists, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, August 31, 2013 – March 30, 2014
2012
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
Extimacy, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, October 24–November 29, 2012(solo exhibition)
Newtopia: The State of Human Rights, Kazerne Dossin Museum, Mechelen, Belgium, September 1– December 10, 2012, Curated by Katerina Gregos
Fertile Crescent, Rutgers Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
2011
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
The Jameel Prize 2011 – Shortlist Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom. Traveled to: Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, Winter 2011–2012; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Fall 2012; Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, Winter 2012– 2013, Curated by Salma Tuqan
Disquieting muses, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece, Curated by Syrago Tsiara
I Don’t Need Your Money Honey All I Need is Love, Traffic Gallery, Dubai
Of Women’s Modesty and Anger, Villa Empain Center of the Arts, Brussels
The State: Social/Antisocial?, The Third Line Gallery and Traffic, Dubai, Curated by Rami Farook
2010
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2010:
Pins and Needles, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai(solo exhibition)
Seven gates, Green Cardamom Gallery, London(solo exhibition)
Waraq, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco(solo exhibition)
The Silk Road, Tri Postal, Lille, France
Women Painters from Five Continents, Osart Gallery, Milan
2009
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
Marionettes, The Third Line Gallery, Doha, Qatar(solo exhibition)
Volta New York Art Fair, in cooperation with Thierry Goldberg Galley, New York(solo exhibition)
Balla-Drama, Paradise Row Gallery, London
Echo, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco
Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirate
Taswir: Pictorial Mapping of Islam and Modernity, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Unveiled; New Art from the Middle East, Saatchi Gallery, London
2008
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
Hayv Kahraman & I-Ling Eleen Lin, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York
Local Produce, The Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2007
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2007:
Celebrating Women in the Arts, Diyarbakir, Turkey(solo exhibition)
Life Drawing, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
International Women’s Day, Erbil, Iraq
2006
Hayv Kahraman Selected Exhibitions in 2006:
Demons, Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona

Public Collections

American Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq
The Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
MATHAF Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
The Rubell Family Collection, Miami
The Saatchi Gallery, London
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio
English (US)

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