Firyal Al Adhamy Al-Adhamy (born 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a Bahrain-based[1] British Iraqi artist.
Firyal Al-Adhamy
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| Born | 1950
Baghdad, Iraq
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Baghdad |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Hurufiyya movement |
| Spouse | Hakim AlAdhamy |
| Website | Al-Adhamy Official Website |
Born in Baghdad in 1950, she began her artistic endeavours as a hobby, crafting jewellery, costumes, textiles and woodwork, all inspired by Iraq's ancient cultural history. Later, when some of her jewellery was acquired by museums, she began to see her work as a potential career.[2]
Although she graduated from the University of Baghdad, she did not study arts[3] and is a self-taught artist.[4]
She aims to faithfully reproduce ancient objects, thereby preserving Iraq's heritage.[5] Firyal's latest collection, Postcards from Mesopotamia, is inspired by her reaction to the tragic looting of the Museum of Baghdad in 2003.[6]
She has participated in both solo and group exhibitions, in London and in the Persian Gulf.[7]
She has written one novel,[8] and has also published a book with a collection of her poetry and paintings.[9] Much of her work is inspired by poetry. Her later paintings incorporates Arabic script, over which she has mastery demonstrates a sincerity to Arab civilization especially the Babylonian and Sumerian civilizations.[10] Her artworks have inspired the poetry of several Arabic poets including Laoy Taha[11] and Mahmoud Darwish.[12]
Lloyd, Fran (1999). Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogues of the present. London: WAL Women's Art Library. ISBN 1860645992.