abstract village Painting

Born 1944 in Sulaymanya in the kurdish part of Iraq, He died after a heart operation in July 2009 I am almost painting since my 4 birthday.

Art for me is a part of freedom.
But also I had to take the responsibility for my people, the kurdish people in Iraq. Our life, our culture, our history it always was a source of inspiration for my art. In the 90th this made my life so dangerous to me and my family, that we were forced to leave our country.

I think every painting should
have an idea. I paint like a
poet or a composer.
There is almost a story in it.
Sometimes hidden. Sometimes
more clear, and sometimes it
must be explained.

Many of my former kurdish
artist friends are now living
in different country outside
Iraq. Kurdish artistry has a
long tradition but it is not
tradional.