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As an Iraqi born artist, Ayad Alkadhi's work centers on Arabic calligraphy in stylized forms. Calligraphy in the form of caligrams is used in his paintings as trenchant commentary on the intersection of Near Eastern and Western culture, politics and religion. These creations are deeply personal and sometimes incorporate his painted image - a reflection of an artist at the crux of East and West polarities. Alkadhi has exhibited in the Middle East, New Zealand, Europe and in the U.S.
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Ayad Alkadhi spent his childhood between England, the United Arab Emirates and Baghdad. He is an MFA graduate of New York University's ITP Tisch School of The Arts.
At the age of 23, Alkadhi decided to leave Iraq for a better future after the first Gulf War. His temporary residence was in Amman, Jordan, where he exhibited works at the Amman branch of the Orfally Gallery. Shortly thereafter Alkadhi moved to Auckland, New Zealand where he had his first one-man art show at the Aeotea Galley in Auckland in 1999.
Alkadhi's first group exhibit in the U.S. was at the Fire Island Pines Arts Project's 9th Biennial art show, followed by a group showing at the National Arts Club in New York, where his work earned the Will Barnet Award. Other group showings were with the Nader Gallery
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Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Art of the Islamic World
Shimmering Reflections -Jessica Hunter-Larsen, Curator InterDisciplinary Arts at Colorado College
In China Miéville's novel The City and the City, two distinct cities, Beszel and Ul Qoma, occupy the same physical space. Although buildings may overlap, and inter-urban traffic jams sometimes occur, the cities preserve distinct identities. To maintain their respective citizenships, people live according to an elaborate code, deliberately "unseeing" events and residents that take place within the mirror-city. To cross the border from one city to the other, a traveler must re-focus attention to recognize only what is appropriate for the new location. The continual psychic dislocation that the residents of Miéville's twin cities endure provides an apt metaphor for the experience of contemporary artists from the Islamic world as they respond to the dual -and sometimes dueling -inspirations of contemporary Western aesthetics and traditional practices.
Employing a wide range of media, the seven artists featured in Cross-Currents: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Art of the Islamic World adapt or appropriate aesthetic strategies and themes from older Persian and Arabic traditions to address co
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