Sinan Hussein

Born in 1977, his artistic legacy extends from the vision of the Mesopotamian ancestors, its vagueness civilization, its splendor history and horrifying present. The silence discourse, the gaze of his figures and the odd objects in his paintings are nothing but a live metaphor from the past.

At the age of 14 Sinan practiced the art by sketching portraits of friends and family. His artist and musician father recognized the talent and encouraged Sinan to continue his art journey. After several years of self studying and observing the classic, the modern and the contemporary artists, Sinan joined the Iraqi Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, took his talent to the next level and obtained a bachelor degree in the fine art.

Soon after graduation in 2004 he fled Baghdad because of the war and the vicious sectarian violence that almost ended his life three times before he decided to leave his home and family for good to find refuge in Kuwait and eventually in the United States.

The nostalgia and the search for a new home have enriched and shaped Sinan’s paintings. Since early 2004 he participated and exhibited in many important art shows in the middle east, Europe and the United States. His artwork is collected by middle ea...

BA Fine Art University of Baghdad 2004

Solo Exhibitions

Gallery Karim, Amman, Jordan 2017
Al riwaq art space, Manama, Bahrain 2016
Chottomatte gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2015
Stal gallery, Muscat, Oman 2015
68 Room gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2014
Boushahri art gallery, Kuwait, Kuwait 2014
Chottomatte gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2014
Courtyard gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2013
Dar alanda, Amman, Jordan 2013
Hallway gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2013
Roya gallery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2012
Al markhiya gallery, Doha, Qatar 2012
Boushahri art gallery, Kuwait, Kuwait 2011
Courtyard gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2011
United Nation, Kuwait, Kuwait 2009
Dar al funoon, Kuwait, Kuwait 2008

Group Exhibitions

Da alanda, Amman, Jordan 2017
Karim Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2017
Naila Gallery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2016
Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon 2016
The International Encounter of Mediterranean Art 2015
Hall Spassov gallery, Seattle, Washington 2014
Dar al funoon, Kuwait, Kuwait 2013
Courtyard gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2012
Al markhiya gallery, Doha, Qatar 2012
Boushahri art gallery, Kuwait, Kuwait 2012
JAAM Auction, Kuwait, Kuwait 2011
Modern Art Museum, Kuwait, Kuwait 2011
Al alamia Hall, Riyadh, Sa...