Hayv Kahraman

Born 1981 in Baghdad, Iraq.

 

While celebrating the formal qualities of line and depth of detail, Hayv Kahraman explores issues of gender and the empowerment of women. Countering male domination, Kahraman poses women symbolically swan-like, while harmonizing references from Japanese art, Islamic art, and Italian masters.

Kahraman currently lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a graduate of the Academia di Arte e Design di Firenze, Italy and the University of Umea, Sweden. Her work was recently included in the 9th Sharjah Biennial, UAE and in “UNVEILED: NEW ART FROM THE MIDDLE EAST” at the Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.

 



Hayv Kahraman, Untitled, 2009. Oil on Linen, 42 x 70 inches.