Artist
Hayv Kahraman
b. 1981 · Iraqi-Kurdish-American
Hayv Kahraman creates stylized female figures that draw on Persian miniature, Japanese print traditions, Renaissance painting and fashion illustration. Her work examines migration, gender, translation and the body through a highly controlled pictorial language.
Painting; drawing; sculpture
Major Works
- 2006Honor Killing series →
- 2010Mahaffas →
- 2010sWaraq →
- 2017Migrants →
- 2018Audible Inaudible →
- 2016Mnemonic Object →
- 2019The Foreign in Us →
- 2020sNot Quite Human →
- 2020sWe Became Hyperallergenic →
- 2010sBody Maps →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
