EMAD H DHAHIR

·  1964 BORN IN BAGHDAD , IRAQ .

·  1989 BACHELOR OF SCULPTURE , UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD.

·  1994-2005 LIVED IN JORDAN.

·  2005 IMMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA.

THE MAIN SOURCES OF INSPIRATION FOR MY SCULPTURAL BODY OF WORK COMES FROM THE MYTHOLOGY OF MY OWN CULTURE – THE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA WHICH ARE BLENDED WITH RITUALS OF MY DAILY LIFE – MY DREAMS AND MY MEMORIES.

I BORROW THE BEAUTY FROM FORMAL AND AESTHETIC QUALITIES OF OLD ANCIENT SCULPURES AS WELL AS THE LANGUAGES AND FROMS OF MODERN SCULPTURE SUCH AS THOSE OF GIACOMETTI, TRASFORMING THEM INTO NEW CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE AND SPICING THEM WITH AN ‘IRAQI STYLE’.

THIS ‘STYLE’ OFTEN CONTAINS AND INTERPRETS SERIOUS SUBJECT MATTER IN FORM AND CONTENT WHICH PROVIDE TO MY SCULPTURES DIFFERENT HUMAN

ISTIC AND AESTHETIC QUALITIES.

WHILE FACING THESE HONESTLY MADE SMALL-SIZE SCULPTURES,THE VIEWER SHOLD COMPREHEND THAT THEY ARE JUST CREATIVE AND PLAYFUL FOUNDATION FOR BIGGER SCULPTURAL ARTISTIC PROJECTS WAITING TO BE CREATED IN PUBLIC SPACE.

SOLO EXHIBITION :

·  2008 AT DAR AL- ALANDA GALLERY – JORDAN .

·  2007 AT MAREE MIZON GALLERY SYDNEY_ AUSTRALIA .

·  2004 AT DAR AL-ALANDA ART GALLERY-JORDAN.

·  2002 AT CULTURAL FOUNDATION- ABU DHABI – U.A.E.

·  2001 AT UNISCO – BEIRUT –LEBANON.

·  2000 AT UNISCO – LEBANON- FRANCE .

·  2000 AT DAR AL-ALANDA ART GALLERY- JORDAN.

·  1999 AT BOOKS AND COFEE / AMMAN - JORDAN.

·  1997 AT BALADNA ART GALLERY - JORDAN .

GROUP EXHIBITIONS :

·  2007 SCULPTURE 2007 _ MAUNSELL WICKES _ SYDNEY .

·  2006 “SHIFTING LANDS” – PADDINGTON CONTEMPORARY FINE ART, SYDNEY.

·  2005 BLACK TOWN ART CENTRE .

·  2005 WORK SHOP IN MUSEUM – FAIRFIELD.

·  2005 GROUP EXHIBITION IN MERRYLANDS.

·  2000 COMMON EXHIBITION IN LEBANON ART.

·  2000 COUOUR RESONANCE EXHIBITION, ORPHALI GALLERY- JORDAN.

·  1998-1999 EXCUTION OF SOME WORKS FOR PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS AS ( PEACE MURAL ) ( JORDAN MURAL ).

·  1997 EXECUTION OF SEVERAL STATUES , SOME WERE CARVED ( ROSY BIRD ) SYMBOL OF JORDAN.

·  1993 IRAQI MODERN ART EXHIBITION - ROME.

·  1993 IRAQI MODERN ART EXHIBITION - JORDAN.

·  1991-1992-1993 BABYLON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL - BAGHDAD.

·  1989 – 1992 AL WASETI FESTIVAL- BAGHDAD .

·  1988 BINALY FOR VISUAL ARTS – BAGHDAD.

·  EXCUTION OF SEVERAL STATUSE IN IRAQ.

AWARDS:

·  2007 FIRST PRIZE FOR SCULPTURE IN COMPETITION BLACK TOWN ART CENTRE .

·  2005 FIRST PRIZE FOR SCULPTURE IN COMPETITION BLACK TOWN ART CENTRE .

·  1989 AWARD OF MARTYRS COURT MONUMENT .

·  1989 AWARD OF YOUTH FESTIVAL .

MEMBERSHIPS

·  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE VISUAL LTD( NAVA).

·  ARTFILES .

·  ARTSPACE VISUAL ART CENTRE.

·  LIVERPOOL AND FAIRFIELD ARTISTS NETWORK, SYDNEY.

·  IRAQ ARTISTS ASSOCIATION.

·  IRAQ PLASTIC ARTISTS ASSOCIATION.