Since a young age and especially when I was growing up I realised all I wanted to do was to bring about peace and create better country. Only when I reached a certain level in my education and began studying Art at a high level was I able to express my growing sadness about my country through art, and in particular convey these feelings to others. Colours, lines and shapes became important aspects of my life and daily living, so much so that they became my friends, my words and my tongue, and they were at view for others to see. I am not a writer but colours, lines and shapes are my tool for writing and conveying messages to other people. Although pain, fear and sadness are negative feelings, through art they can be conveyed in a beautiful way; because art is beautiful. My aim is to portray positive issues and ideas using art to create a sense of happiness for mankind – the colours will be come brighter, the lines more free and the shapes will dance, so that life in general will become more colourful and fulfilled. Finally art will speak for itself and will not longer need the explanation of the artist as it leave a legacy'.
As well my Ceramics work combines drawings, patterns, and text with ceramics, using screen-printed transfers, to produce lively pieces that refer to the long tradition of graphic ceramic surface decoration at the same time I reflecting Status quo in my work.
Using a unique method of printing, mono-print,decals, slips painting under glaze and over glaze, my work is hand build with ceramic tiles, ceramics relief and wall pieces.
2014 MA
Printmaking University London of the Arts
2011 BA (Hons)
Ceramics University London of the Arts
2005-2007
Student at City &
Guilds Ceramics
2004-2005 National
Diploma foundation Art and Design Newham College
1989 Diploma in Fine
Art-Kurdistan/ Iraq
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Park Cafe -
London
2013- Iraqi Cultural
Centre-London
2011- Sulamany museum-
Iraq
2011- The Gallery/
Willesden Green
2009- Kurdistan, zamwa
Gallery
2008- Paddington
Library – London- UK
2007- Kenneth Moore
Theatre hall –London- UK
2007- Picture House
Greenwich – London- UK
2006-2007 Picture
house–Stratford-London- UK
2006- Ilford library
hall-London- UK
2004- M-art gallery
–Arnhem – Holland
1995- 1998 more than
60 exhibition outside and inside Kurdistan.
Group Exhibition:
2019- Hanover- Germany
2019- Sink without
Trace. P21 Gallery
2019- contemporary
ceramics at Zamwa Gallery-Sulaymaniyah.
2019- I am British
Petroleum: King of Exploitation, King of Injustice.P21 gallery
2018- Farshchian
Gallery of Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute/ Tehran- Sanandaj.
2018- Kurdish Art Fair-London
2018- Konstforum
gallery/ Sweden
2018- Studio Sienko
Gallery/ London
2018- Espacio Gallery/
London
2017-National Original
Print Exhibition- Bankside Gallery /London
2017- ART GALLERY FOR
IRAQI FINE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION IN BRITAIN
2017- Meridian Project
to Street Road Rocks in an ongoing collaborative project,USA.
2016- Mother Love -
BERLIN- German
2016 - Imago Mundi
-Italy
2016- Amna Suraka (Red
Security)- Slemani
2016-
BORDERS- Core@Nolias Gallery-London
2016- Kurdish House-
London
2015- Mutual Inspiration-Nottingham
Society of Artists Gallery-Nottingham
2015- Future and
Conflict of the Middle East'-P21 Gallery
2015- Conflict and
Hope: Art in Troubled Times- The Ismaili Centre-London
2015- dis/placed
- Counterpoints Arts- Shoreditch Town Hall-London
2015- BankSide
National Original Print Exhibition-London
2015- Mesopotamia in
London
2015-Zamwa
Gallery-Kurdistan
2015-P21 Gallery-
'Cool' and 'Edgy'
2015-BAR Gallery-
London
2014 W3 Gallery-London
2014 ING Discerning
Eye Exhibition-Mall Gallery-London
2014 CRUDIFICATION at
P21 Gallery-London
2014 BankSide National
Original Print Exhibition-London
2014 W3 Gallery-London
2014 BAR
Gallery-London
2014 MA Show-
summer shows The Camberwell College of Arts London
2014 20MATRIX#2
exhibiting at The Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington-London
2014 Interim
exhibition- Brixton East- London
2013 Kurdish film
festival -Westbourne Studios- London
2013 BAR Gallery-
London
2013- Hype- Chelsea College of Art London
2013- Proof- Brixton
East- London
2013-Breathe-Core@Nolias
Gallery-London
2013-MATRIX#1 -
Bridewell Theatre Bar Gallery-London
2011-SW1Gallery
/Westminster Arts London
2011 Platforma
Festival/ London
2011 The National
gallery- Sulamany
2011 The Mile End Art
Pavilion- London
2011 London/ GX
Gallery-London
2011 Aberystwyth/
International Ceramics Festival, Arts Centre- UK
2011 London/
Camberwell College of Art
2011 London/ The
Gallery-Willesden Green (Exhibition in Print2011)- London
2010 Our new reality/
Workshop with children Sweden/Stockholm.
2010- Sweden/ Tellus
Art/ art for a cause
2010- Japan/ JALA
festival
2010- Sulamany/
Ceramics and Sculptures exhibition.
2010- The Biscuit
Factory, Camberwell College Second Year Exhibition
2008- 2009 SW1
Gallery/London
2008- Zaal de laagte,
Amstelveen, Nederland (group)
2008- SW1Gallery
/Westminster Arts London (group)
2008- Exhibition at
the Old Town Hall, Stratford
2007- Manchester
memorial Halabja and Anfal
2005- Well-made 5 Town
hall Stratford
2004- Well-made 4 Town
hall Stratford
2004- Newham College
2004- London city
airport
2003- Well-made3 Town
hall Stratford/London
2003- Kurdish
Association in London
1989 -2002more than
(60) Exhibition Inside and Outside Kurdistan
Extra Actives:
2010- Lecture in
University Art in Sulaymaniyah
2010- Sweden/Stockholm
children school.
2012- Taster session
with Open Age.
2013-Work as Art
Technician in St Mary Magdalene Academy School
2014- Lecture in
University Art in Sulaymaniyah
2014-Lecture in
Institute of Fine Arts
Since 1995 -2014
-Writing Art articles and issue on art in many of magazines and newspapers
2016- 15th
March, 2016. Centre for Kurdish Progress present Art Award to Mariwan Jalal at
the Newroz Celebrations the Most Successful Kurds in Britain Awards London, UK.
