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
Khatt خط (line/script) on the wall
Grenzen/Borders
rtist-in-residence
ON GEOMETRY
پێکەوە بە تەنها/ Together Alone Artists Initiative Sulaymaniyah
curated by Avan Sidiq
Melk – Water
Settings
Van Oerbeest tot rokende croissant Stedelijk museum Schiedam NL (group)
The Fabric of Memory
Curated by Mounira Al Solh. Parallel program with Cynthia Zaven, Esther Kempf, Jad Salibe and Nassib's Bakery
The relation between ornament & abstract theoretical and practical
Artists presentation & talk, organized by college of Fine Arts, Salahaddin University, Erbil Iraq
Art The Hague
Group exhibition with works by Rafaat ballan and Option Dzikamai Nyahunzvi
Interwoven Histories
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: stichting PAR & H, foundation
Passages-en-passant
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.
101 tickets to paradise
Group exhibition with works by Jessica Skowroneck, Carien Vugts and Balta
Meet & Greet the Square drawings
Zoom- meeting, organized by Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Van CoBra tot boorolie
Group exhibition, curated by Colin Huizing
ZamZam
Solo
The Female Gaze
Group exhibition, curated by Patty Wageman