Lukman Ahmad

Through expressionism and imagination, I present the spectrum of a human experience, and invite the viewer to know another culture. From a brush, music, dance, laughter, suffering, compassion, and passion, incite the viewer's eye to experience from a story of a people - a people forgotten and without a nation, yet a people that has retained a rich and full culture.

I was born in Syria, I reflect the Kurdish experience as well as the human experience. Self-educated, and deeply in touch with his people and with the intertwined surrounding cultures, I express imagination and experience with authenticity, allowing color and movement to tell the story, be it one of pain or of happiness, of contemplation or passion. I combine symbolism and imagination, color and rhythm, to transport the viewer into the world he lived and the emotions he witnessed.

With over 45 exhibits in various countries, including Syria, Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Switzerland, Lebanon and the United states, he strives to deliver that spectrum of life. Galleries and exhibits have ranged from solo exhibits such as in Washington, D.C. with the Foundary Gallery (2012), the Voice of America building (2015), and the Jerusalem Fund Gallery (2013); and group exhibits su...

Group Exhibitions:

• Cosmo - Bernama Kurdi- Koln- Germany 2018
• Ameriprise Financial- With Amr Mounib- Virginia 2017
• Syrian Event – Syrian Culture – Washington D.C. 2017
• Voice of America 75th anniversary (Live painting) – Washington D.C. 2017
• American Arabesque -City Of Alexandria, Virginia 2016
• Artomatic –art festival –Maryland -2016
• The Center Gallery of Unitarian Universalist Church, Virginia 2016
• Alwan Foundation, New York, 2016
• The Jerusalem gallery, Washington D.C. 2016
• Art in Exile, Vermont 2016
• Art in Exile, Washington D.C. 2015
• Artomatic 2015, Maryland 2015
• The Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington. DC, 2014
• Workhouse, Art Center, Lorton, Virginia 2014
• Arab-American Day -Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center –Washington D.C, 2013
• Workhouse, Art Center, Lorton, Virginia 2013
• Iraqi Culture Center, Washington, DC, 2013
• Fourth Annual Kurdish Youth Festival in California, 2013
• Kurdish Art Festival in Nashville, Tennessee 2012
• Artomatic, Art Festival- Crystal City, Virginia 2012
• Fond Del Sol, Visual Arts Center in Washington DC 2012
• Arlington Arts Gallery in Virginia 2012
• Third Annual Kurdish Youth Festival in Washington, DC, 2012
• The Jerusale...