Walid Siti

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Walid Siti (born 1952, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan) is a Kurdish painter and artist. He is currently based in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Education and early life[]

He was born into a family of a Sunni Muslim background and had four brothers and a sister.[2] His father was involved in the Kurdish revolutionary movement and often in prison.[2] His artistic skills have already raised some awareness in primary school, but weren't met with appraisal by the family at the time.[2] Nevertheless his father supported his desire to study art.[2] He studied art at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad from which he graduated in 1976.[1] He then travelled to Yugoslavia (present day Slovenia) and where he studied graphic art[3] between 1977 and 1982 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, from where he obtained a MSc.[1] In 1984 he moved on to London due to the difficult situation in Baathist Iraq.[3][2]

Artistic career[]

He has developed a proficiency in several artistic fields like painting, printing and installations.[3] Initially trained in artistic prints his artwork is now also including sketches and paintings.[2] In his artistic artwork he lets himself get inspired by his cultural heritage of his homeland.[4]

Exhibitions[]

Further reading[]

Walid Siti, Kehrer Verlag.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Marray, Deniz (2014-11-11). "Kurdish-Iraqi artist Walid Siti on conflict and loss". Arab News. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ^ a b c "Walid Siti - New Babylon". universes.art. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. ^ "Walid Siti". Framer Framed. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  5. ^ "Alienation". Barjeel Art Foundation. 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  6. ^ "Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities - Kingdom of Bahrain | Past Events". culture.gov.bh. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  7. ^ "Photos of the exhibition. Walid Siti: The Black Tower". universes.art. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  8. ^ Siti, Walid; Sahakian, Rijin; Muller, Nat; Bahraini, Zainab; Porter, Venetia; Sahakian, Rijin; Johnson, Sarah (2020-09-27). Walid Siti. Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, Klaus Kehrer. ISBN 978-3-86828-927-5.
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