Download CVHangama Amiri (b. 1989, Kabul, Afghanistan) works predominantly in textile to create images that reflect on ideas of home. Using a painterly approach to colour and materials, Amiri reflects on how everyday objects are imbued with cultural memory. Amiri holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was a Canadian Fulbright and Post-Graduate Fellow at Yale University School of Art and Sciences, and has completed residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Joya AiR Residency Program in Almería, Spain, World of CO Residency program in Sofia, Bulgaria, and at Long Road Projects in Jacksonville, Florida. Amiri won the 2011 Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteerism Award and the 2013 Portia White Protege Award. She has exhibited internationally at T293 Gallery, Rome; Laurie Swim Gallery, Lunenburg; the New Museum, New York; Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; Paramo Gallery, Guadalajara; and Charles Moffett Gallery, New York; among others. Amiri lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Hangama Amiri
The Labyrinths of Love
The Labyrinths of Love, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, net mesh, colour pencil, and found fabric
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Hangama Amiri
What the Water Told Me
What the Water Told Me, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, and silk
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Hangama Amiri
The Lovers II / Him and I
The Lovers II / Him and I, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, net mesh, velvet, suede, and found fabric
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Hangama Amiri
The Pillar of Time
The Pillar of Time, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, and suede
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Hangama Amiri
The Fallen Dream
The Fallen Dream, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, and silk
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Hangama Amiri
The Lovers I / The Chanting Storks, 2021
The Lovers I / The Chanting Storks, 2021
Chiffon muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, acrylic paint, suede, and found fabric
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Hangama Amiri
Self-portrait with the Croton Petra Plants
Self-portrait with the Croton Petra Plants, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, velvet, net mesh, colour pencil, and found fabric
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Hangama Amiri
Wounded Deer
Wounded Deer, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, suede, net mesh, and found fabric
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Hangama Amiri
Late by Myself
Late by Myself, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, suede, and colour pencil
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The Wonders of the Night
The Wonders of the Night, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, net mesh, suede, velvet, and found fabric
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Hangama Amiri
Self-portrait with Tooti Parrot
Self-portrait with Tooti Parrot, 2021
Chiffon, muslin, cotton, polyester, silk, net mesh, suede, colour pencil, velvet, and found fabric
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