Fatima Barznge

painting - drawing - collage

Fatima Barznge (Iraq, Kurdistan) lives and works in Rotterdam. Her practice consists of paintings, drawings, textile work and murals. Her work reflects on symbolic forms and stories from her own cultural background, memories from her childhood village of Aghjalar before the devastation, and her new way of life as a political refugee in the Netherlands. Her works are in series ranging from abstracted figurative to completely abstract, in which her recent series combine motifs from medieval Islamic art and calligraphy with Western abstract art. Her technique refers to her fascination with the patterns and structures of textiles, weaving, needlework and embroidery that connect world cultures.

Fatima's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions including V/MSP gallery Brussels Belgium (2023, solo); Ursula Walter gallery Dresden Germany (solo, 2023); Buitenplaats Doornburgh NL (2023, group); Stedelijk Museum Schiedam NL (2022, 2020, group), Rozenstraat- a rose is a rose, Amsterdam NL (2021, group)...etc

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    • Khatt خط (line/script) on the wall

    Exhibition / presentation

    man in square man in circle

    Exhibition / presentation

    Borders/Borders

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 19-10-2023
    • Location: Group at Kultur Museum, Bern

    EXODUS

    Exhibition / presentation

    rtist-in-residence

    Residencies / exchange

    • 23-04-2023 t/m 03-09-2023
    • Location: ElenBaashuis/Verhalenhuis Belvedere, Rotterdam

    ON GEOMETRY

    Exhibition / presentation

    پێکەوە بە تەنها/ Together Alone Artists Initiative Sulaymaniyah

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 14-10-2022
    • Location: Group at Artists Initiative Sulaymaniyah, Sulaymaniyah
    • curated by Avan Sidiq

    Milk – Water

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 09-07-2022
    • Location: Group at Gallery Frank Taal, Rotterdam

    From Primal Beast to smoking croissant Stedelijk museum Schiedam NL (group)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 14-05-2022
    • Location: Group at Stedelijk museum Schiedam, Schiedam

    Settings

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 11-06-2022
    • In collaboration with: Maria Ikonomopoulou and Kathrin Wolkowicz
    • Location: Pictura , Dordrecht

    The Fabric of Memory

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 05-02-2022 t/m 20-02-2022
    • Location: Solo at Modkabeirut, Zutphen
    • Curated by Mounira Al Solh. Parallel program with Cynthia Zaven, Esther Kempf, Jad Salibe and Nassib's Bakery
    • https://www.modkabeiroet.com/

    Interwoven Histories

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 04-09-2021 t/m 30-10-2021
    • Location: Group at Rozenstraat- a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam
    • Group exhibition, curated by Christel Vesters with works by Mounira Al Solh, Feministische Handwerk Partij, Antonio José Guzman & Iva Jankovic, Patricia Kaersenhout, Mila Lanfermeijer, Jennifer Tee, Vincent Vulsma, and Sheila Hicks. Organiser: PAR & H foundation, foundation
    • www.touch-trace.nl

    Passages en passant

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 18-06-2021 t/m 16-07-2021
    • Location: Goethe Institute, Rotterdam
    • Duo exhibition with Mirjam Somers. Passages en Passant is run by Marco Douma and Kathrin Wolkowicz, both Rotterdam-based artists who continually like to contribute to Rotterdam´s vibrant art scene (and beyond) with art works, hosting and organizing events and curating exhibitions.
    • https://passages-en-passant.nl/

    The relation between ornament & abstract theoretical and practical

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 14-10-2021 t/m 14-10-2021
    • In collaboration with: Gara
    • Location: Mohamad Ariff gallery , Erbil
    • Artists presentation & talk, organized by college of Fine Arts, Salahaddin University, Erbil Iraq

    Art The Hague

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 29-09-2021 t/m 03-10-2021
    • In collaboration with: Gallery Sanaa Utrecht
    • Location: Art The Hague, The Hague
    • Group exhibition with works by Rafaat ballan and Option Dzikamai Nyahunzvi

    101 tickets to paradise

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 06-03-2021 t/m 11-04-2021
    • Location: Gallery Sanaa, Utrecht
    • Group exhibition with works by Jessica Skowroneck, Carien Vugts and Balta

    Meet & Greet the Square drawings

    Exhibition / presentation

    From CoBra to drilling oil

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 18-02-2020 t/m 18-03-2020
    • Location: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
    • Group exhibition, curated by Colin Huizing

    ZamZam

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 31-08-2019 t/m 28-09-2019
    • Location: Gallery Sanaa, Utrecht
    • Solo

    The Female Gaze

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 11-05-2019 t/m 10-06-2019
    • Location: Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde Drenthe
    • Group exhibition, curated by Patty Wageman

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam, grant/project investment artist

    • 2021
      Scholarship

    • Stokroos Foundation, Utrecht, Publication grant

    • 2018
      Scholarship

    • CBK Rotterdam R&D subsidy(Research and development grant)

    • 2014
      Scholarship

    • Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam, grant/project investment artist

    • 2013
      Scholarship

    • Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam

    • 2008
      Scholarship

    • Starter stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam

    • 2006
      Scholarship

    • Voucher Development, Mondriaan Fund/the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage, Amsterdam NL

    • 2024
      Scholarship

    • Artist basis, Mondriaan Fund/the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage, Amsterdam NL

    • 2023
      Pricing

    • Royal Academy of Art, The Hague final exam price

    • 2005
      Pricing

      Collection

    • NOG/Foundation management SNS REAAL- Stedelijk Museum Schiedam NL

    • 2019, Schiedam, NL
      Collection

    • Stedelijk Museum

    • 2021, Schiedam, NL
      Collection

    • Various private collections

    • 2018, NL
      Collection

    • Various private collections

    • 2017, NL
      Collection

    • Private collections

    • 2016, NL
      Collection

    • Various private collections

    • 2014, Netherlands
      Collection

    • Private collections

    • 2017, The Netherlands, Switzerland
      Collection

    • Private collections

    • 2016, NL
      Collection

    • Private collections

    • 2014, NL
      Collection

    • Private collections

    • 2013, NL
      Collection

    • Dutch government NL

    • 2022,
      Collection

    • Storyhouse Belvedere Rotterdam NL

    • 2023,
      Collection

    • ,
      Collection

    • Various private collections in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium

    • 2023,
      Publication

    • Interwoven Histories

    • 2021
    • Text by Christel Vesters, for the exhibition catalog Interwoven Histories
    • PAR & H foundation www.touch-trace.nl - Christel Vesters
      Publication

    • Ornament and abstraction

    • 2021
    • Image report
    • Magazine Jineftin.krd/ kurdistan Iraq - Gara
      Publication

    • Like the seams in a patchwork- Christel Vesters on the works in Interwoven History

    • 2021
    • Review and image report
    • Metropolis M - Liza Prince
      Publication

    • Recorded in canvases, about Interwoven Histories in Rozenstraat- a rose is a rush is a rush

    • 2021
    • Review and image report
    • Mistermotley.nl - Natasja Wagendorp
      Publication

    • 101 tickets to paradise at gallery Sanaa Utrecht

    • 2021
    • Movie
    • - www.artforever.nl
      Publication

    • Passages and Passant #1 https://passages-en-passant.nl/passages

    • 2021
    • Interview
    • Goethe-Institut Rotterdam - Eva Visser
      Publication

    • Meet & Greet zoom meeting with Anissa Foukalne and Fatima Barznge

    • 2021
    • The best cultural tips for this lockdown week 12/02/2021
    • The Parool -
      Publication

    • Municipal museum Schiedam receives a donation of 600 works of art

    • 2020
    • Review and image report
    • Volkskrant -
      Publication

    • Municipal museum Schiedam receives a donation of 600 works of art

    • 2020
    • Review and image report
    • NRC -
      Publication

    • Solo ZamZam at gallery Sanaa Utrecht

    • 2019
    • Review and image report
    • Kunstblijfteenraadsel.nl - Paul Voors
      Publication

    • ZamZam

    • 2019
    • Artist's book
    • Tripiti Rotterdam - Supported by Fonds Kwadraat, Stokroos Foundation and gallery Sanaa
      Publication

    • Borgerstraat 2018/2019

    • 2019
    • Book, edition no.5, image report and conversation
    • Borgerstraat - Heyer Thurnheer and Kathrin Wolkowicz
      Publication

    • An interpretation of ZamZam well

    • 2019
    • Paper
    • Online platform https://dengekan.info, in Arabic - Shamdin Osman, Oslo Norway
      Publication

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