Hayv Kahraman was born on 1981 and is an Iraqi-American-Swedish artist of Kurdish descent, who was born in Baghdad and fled to Sweden with family during the Gulf War, studied in Florence, and is currently based in Los Angeles.
11 Facts About Hayv Kahraman
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Hayv Kahraman's family fled to Sweden in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War.
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Hayv Kahraman enrolled in music and ballet classes, but decided to leave due to the teacher's racism.
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Hayv Kahraman studied at the Academy of Art and Design in Florence, Italy.
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Hayv Kahraman's life is impacted by these global events and greatly informs her artwork.
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Hayv Kahraman focuses on border and boundaries persistently being broken down.
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Hayv Kahraman believes you develop who you are based on your location.
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Hayv Kahraman is recognized for the techniques she uses in her work including science and geometry specifically the use of pattern.
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Hayv Kahraman has used science to take images of her body to deconstruct and reconstruct it.
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Hayv Kahraman combined the idea of a scattered deck of cards with the experiences of five million displaced Iraqis.
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Hayv Kahraman's paintings transmit strength, distress, submission and erotism all at the same time.