kurdistanart: The Kurdish Painter Trifa Anwar Artist ~ Sulaymaniyah south of Kurdistan ,She lives and works now in Gothenburg, Sweden

Trifa Anwar

I was born in 1970. In 1994, I finished my studies at The Academy of Arts in Babel, Iraq. I now live in Gothenburg, Sweden. My artwork has appeared in numerous exhibitions.

Drops are like people. We look different. We are transparent. We are without colour, without smell yet we represent and embody the notion of life and nature What happens if the water drops freeze? The background is no longer visible. This is the subject I work with. In my images, there is light under the water, sunlight reaches the water. The light has different colours. All people have energy; this is personified through the different colours, patterns and movements of life.

Group exhibitions:

1991 - Kurds in Italy

1993 - International Women's Day, Tunisia

1994 - Arts Centre Baghdad, Iraq

1994 - Posters for Freedom, Germany

1994 - International Women's Day, London

1994 - Media Erbil, Iraq

1995 - Tottenham Green, London

1996 - Crypt Gallery, London

2006 - Col Gallery, Sweden

2006 - Iraqi Art Group, Sweden

2008 - The Al-Thani Awards, Austria