Qahtan Alameen

I was born, raised, and educated in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1991, I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Baghdad, and taught art to children in Bagdad for several years. After graduation, I worked as curator of the Afkar Gallery in Amman, Jordan, and my work was exhibited in a number of galleries there. In 2002, I emigrated to Canada. After much hard work, in December 2006 I earned a Diploma in Graphic Design from CompuCollege, Halifax, N.S.

I do not search for the beauty ;it's who uncovers itself for me
I sense the different place in order to rephrase by my tools
I do not need a certain vocable nor a style to restrict me, they are both mortgage to my mood
I am a lover to the brush, the lens,and the spacious wooden stage
I am not crazy, but I have chosen to myself to be gone into contradictory
Except I live in this crazy wilderness world
I am the researcher, the questioner, and the changeable freeman
The the notary for his inner dialogue and his universes soliloquy
You will listen to my voice and you will be alert to my paintings spacious gestures
My space is filled with me, my horizon extends with me, I am the existent
I call you : do you hear me?

Bachelor of Fine Arts degree 1991.
Art and Design 2006 Halifax NS.