RUSHDI ANWAR
Born in, HALABJA – KURDISTAN
1998 immigrated to Australia.Lives and works in Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
EDUCATION
2010 Master of Fine Art – MFA, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Diploma of Graphic Design, Enmore Design Centre, Sydney Institute- Sydney, Australia
1992 Diploma of Civil Engineering and Draftsmanship, Institute of Kirkuk- Kirkuk, Kurdistan
SOLO EXHIBITION
2011 "Poetic reading for material transformation", Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, Melbourne - Australia
2011 "Aesthetics of change", Schrinerhalle Gallery, Zug – Switzerland
2010 "Narrative of change through materials", First Site Gallery, Melbourne - Australia
2008 Pollock Gallery, Melbourne - Australia
2004 ASPIC-Le Menilmuche, Paris - France
2004 Slemani Museum Gallery, Sleman i- Kurdistan
2003 TAP Gallery, Sydney - Australia
1997 Gallery of Meads Youth Center, Slemani - Kurdistan
1996 Museum Hall, Slemani - Kurdistan
1990 Gallery of Kerkwk Technology Institute, Kerkwk - Kurdistan
1989 Museum Hall, Slemani - Kurdistan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 When the Image Takes Form, Mølla Kulturhus på Grim, Norway
2011 Untitled, Sardam Gallery, Slemani, Kurdistan
2010 Siemens - RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards, RMIT Galler, Melbourne, Australia
2010 17th JAALA International Art Exhibition, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki- Japan
2010 Survival of a culture: Kurds in Australia, Immigration Museum, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Master of Fine Art, Graduate Show, The Gossard Building, RMIT University,Melbourne, Australia
2010 RMIT School of Art Gallery, Place, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2010 ANL Maritime Art Prize & Exhibition, The Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Is What Is, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Brunswick Art Space, Marking Time, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Darebin Art Show, Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Collingwood Gallery, From The Jungle To The Desert ..., Melbourne, Australia
2009 Space Gallery, POST, Melbourne, Australia
2009 NG Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Pollock Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Pigment Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008 16th JAALA International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo- Japan
2008 The Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne, Australia
2008 Pollock Gallery, Melbourne- Australia
2008 New Art Works Gallery, Canberra- Australia
2007 6th Lessedra international mini print, Lessedra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia- Bulgaria
2007 Pollock Gallery, Melbourne- Australia
2007 Art 4 Aid, Victoria Art Society Gallery, Melbourne- Australia
2007 Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne- Australia
2006 TAH Exhibition, Sydney Antique Centre Gallery, Sydney- Australia
2005 New Faces-New Works, Pollock Gallery, Melbourne- Australia
2004 14th JAALA International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo- Japan
2004 Scarborough civic centre &art Gallery, Toronto- Canada
2004 The White man, Slemani Museum Gallery, Slemani- Kurdistan
2003 Nude Exhibition, TAP Gallery, Sydney- Australia
2002 International Faces Festival, Billas- Finland
2002 Contemporary Kurdish Art, Synergy Gallery, Melbourne- Australia
2002 TAP Gallery, Freedom Show, Sydney- Australia
2002 Australian Kurdish Cultural Center, Sydney- Australia
02-00 Six exhibitions, Lavender Bay Gallery, Sydney- Australia
2000 Town Hall Parramatta, Sydney- Australia
1999 Town Hall Parramatta, Sydney- Australia
1996 Gallery of Meads Youth Center, Slemani- Kurdistan
1996 ANFAL poster show, Kerkuk Cultural Hall- Kurdistan
1996 HALABJA Festival– Kurdistan
1995 Arbela Gallery , Hawller- Kurdistan
1995 Zamwa Gallery, Slemani- Kurdistan
1995 Fine Arts Cultural Festival, Cultural hall, Slemani- Kurdistan
1995 Galileo Poster, Cultural hall, Slemani- Kurdistan
1994 Fine Arts Cultural Festival, Cultural hall, Slemani- Kurdistan
1994 Fine Arts and Drama Festival, Medya Hall, Hawller- Kurdistan
1994 Slemani Youth Exhibition, Graz town hall, Graz- Austria
1994 Surkyw Hall, Selman- Kurdistan
1994 Halabja and Korew, Museum Hall, Slemani- Kurdistan
1994 HALABJA Festival, Hallabja– Kurdistan
1994 Krlepwr, Surkyw Hall, Selman- Kurdistan
1993 HALABJA Festival, Hallabja – Kurdistan
1992 Gallery of Kerkwk Technology Institute, Kerkwk- Kurdistan
AWARDS and RESIDENCY
2011 ArtStart Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2011 Art Residency, Ne’-Na Contemporary Art Space, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2010 Finalist Siemens - RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards, Melbourne
2010 Finalist ANL Maritime Art Award, Melbourne
2009 MFA Award, Master of Fine Art, School of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne
2007 Highly Recommended, Art 4 Aid, Melbourne
PUBLICATIONS and MEDIA
2011 Edeb u Huner, Kurdistani Nwe, Kurdistan, No; 755, November 3th
2011 GALI KURDISTAN TV satellite, (Interview) Art program "barnamai WENA", October 25th, link
2011 Edeb u Huner, Kurdistani Nwe, Kurdistan, No; 5543, July 28th
2011 GALI KURDISTAN TV satellite, (Interview) Art program “Aweze” , May 18th
2011 KNN TV satellite, (Interview) Art program “Sako” , May 26th
2011 KURDISTA TV satellite, (Interview) program “Roj Bash” , May 24th
2011 Edeb u Huner, Kurdistani Nwe, Kurdistan, No; 5432, March 17th
2011 Neue Zuger Zeitung, Zug - Switzerland, No; 59, March 11th
2010 KURDSAT TV, (Interview) Art program , December 10th
2010 Survival of a culture: Kurds in Australia, Immigration Museum, Melbourne,September
2009 KURDSAT TV. Documentary Art Program, October 14th
2009 KWRDISTAN RAPORT, Kurdistan, No; 697, September 7th
2009 KURDSAT TV, New Day program, January
2009 Shewakari Art Magazin, Kurdistan, Issue 25
2008 AYNDE Magazine, Kurdistan, Issue 79
2006 HOGU DONGAH, Korean newspaper, Sydney, No: 3494, March 10th
2005 KWRDISTANY NWE, Kurdistan, No; 3714, April 2nd
2004 Edeb u Huner, Kurdistan, No: 3389, June 10th
2004 Edeb u Huner, Kurdistan, No: 3383, June 6th
2004 Edeb u Huner, Kurdistan, No: 3371, May 5th
2004 KURDSAT TV, art program, April
2004 AZADY TV, art Program, April
2004 KURDISTAN TV, art program, April
2004 PUK TV, April
2004 AYNDE Magazine, Kurdistan, Issue 55
2004 AL FURAT, Sydney, Australia, issue 22, March 18th
2003 SBS Radio, Kurdish program, Sydney Australia.
2002 VOA Radio, USA, Kurdish program
2002 AL ITTIHAD, Kurdistan, No: 492, September 27th
2002 X KULTURAL ART Magazine, Sydeny, Australia, Volume: 2- issue: 14 May
1997 Alay Azady, Kurdistan, issue 226, March 10th
1997 AL ITTIHAD, Kurdistan, No: 206, February 22nd
1996 PUK TV, Kurdistan, Art program
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