Dilshad Questani

Dilshad QUESTANI is a French painter born in 1957 in Kirkouk, Kurdistan in Irak. Opposed to Saddam Hussein, Dilshad was a peshmerga fighting up in the mountains to liberate his country. In 1994, he had to make the difficult choice to go into exile. A very tough, hazardous path led him to Germany through Iran, Turkey, Greece… then to the country of Monet and Renoir he had admired so much for years; it was his ultimate destination. As a political refugee, he obtained the French citizenship in 2010 and now lives in Chaumont, France were his creations come to life.

He has been painting since his adolescence, without showing his creations at first. If Irak derives from a very ancient civilization producing some painters, nowadays, very few artists are able to live out of an artistic activity. Even in Kurdistan, to sell a piece of art was considered as shameful: art is a part of life and needs to be shared. Only when Dilshad was in his thirties, did he dare showing his paintings; when he arrived in France, he decided to dedicate his life to painting and he is looking at adding a spiritual dimension in his paintings.

An internationally recognized painter, he has exhibited his paintings in more than 18 countries including France, Gre...

Awards and rewards

Golden Award - Bourbonne – les –Bains – France - 2002
Silver Award - Avignon – France - 2004
Bronze award - Avignon Entreprendre – France - 2003
Reward Chevalier d’Art Nice – France - 2002
Silver reward Méridienne - Perthuis - France - 2004
Golden Award - salon Bourbonne and guest of honor – France - 2010

Solo exhibitions:
Galerie La tête de l’art - Langres - France - 2000
Galerie La tête de l’art - Langres – France - 2002
Galerie Thuillier - Paris – France - 2003
Galerie Entreprendre – Avignon – France - 2003
Galerie Art Mondial – Pertuis – France - 2004
Galerie Entreprendre – Avignon – France - 2004
Galerie Art Tact 3 – Troyes – France - 2004
Exhibition La Chapelle Diderot - Langres – France - 2005
Exhibition Maison Carmélite - Chaumont – France - 2005
Exhibition La Chapelle Diderot – Langres – France - 2006
Galerie Art Expo – Moulins – France - 2006
Galerie La tête de l’art – Langres –France - 2006
Galerie Art Expo - Moulins – France 2007
Exhibition at La Chapelle - St.Memmie - France - 2007
Exhibition at Maison Clémangis – Chaumont – France - 2007
Exhibition at La Chapelle - St.Memmie – France - 2009
Strand Gallery - Londres - Great Britain - 2010
Galerie L’arrivage – Troyes – France - 2010
Galerie Dilshad Questani - 2009 2012- Chaumont - France
Galerie 4 Walls – Dubaï – UAI - 2011
Exhibition at Maison pour tous - La Roche sur Yon - France - 2011
Galerie de Jeansonet - Troyes – France - 2015
Galerie Vivienne - Paris – France - 2015
Galerie 33 – Lyon – France - 2015
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