Fatima Barznge

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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

  • Portfolio
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  • Activiteiten
  • Contact

    • Khatt خط (line/script) on the wall

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    man in square man in circle

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    Grenzen/Borders

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    EXODUS

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    rtist-in-residence

    Residenties / uitwisseling

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

    ON GEOMETRY

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    پێکەوە بە تەنها/ Together Alone Artists Initiative Sulaymaniyah

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    Melk – Water

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    Van Oerbeest tot rokende croissant Stedelijk museum Schiedam NL (group)

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    Settings

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 11-06-2022
    • In samenwerking met: Maria Ikonomopoulou and Kathrin Wolkowicz
    • Locatie: Pictura , Dordrecht

    The Fabric of Memory

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 05-02-2022 t/m 20-02-2022
    • Locatie: Solo at Modkabeiroet, 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

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 04-09-2021 t/m 30-10-2021
    • Locatie: 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: stichting PAR & H, foundation
    • www.touch- trace.nl

    Passages-en-passant

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 18-06-2021 t/m 16-07-2021
    • Locatie: Goethe Institut , 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

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    Art The Hague

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 29-09-2021 t/m 03-10-2021
    • In samenwerking met: Galerie Sanaa Utrecht
    • Locatie: Art The Hague , Den Haag
    • Group exhibition with works by Rafaat ballan and Option Dzikamai Nyahunzvi

    101 tickets to paradise

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    Meet & Greet the Square drawings

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    Van CoBra tot boorolie

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    ZamZam

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    The Female Gaze

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

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

    Erkenningen

      Stipendium

    • Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam, grant/ project investment artist

    • 2021
      Stipendium

    • Stichting Stokroos, Utrecht, Publication grant

    • 2018
      Stipendium

    • CBK Rotterdam O&O subsidie(Research and development grant)

    • 2014
      Stipendium

    • Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam, grant/ project investment artist

    • 2013
      Stipendium

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

    • 2008
      Stipendium

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

    • 2006
      Stipendium

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

    • 2024
      Stipendium

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

    • 2023
      Prijs

    • Royal Academy of Art, the Hague final exam price

    • 2005
      Prijs

      Collectie

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

    • 2019, Schiedam, NL
      Collectie

    • Stedelijk Museum

    • 2021, Schiedam, NL
      Collectie

    • Various private collections

    • 2018, NL
      Collectie

    • Various private collections

    • 2017, NL
      Collectie

    • Private collections

    • 2016, NL
      Collectie

    • Various private collections

    • 2014, The Netherlands
      Collectie

    • Private collections

    • 2017, The Netherlands, Switzerland
      Collectie

    • Private collections

    • 2016, NL
      Collectie

    • Private collections

    • 2014, NL
      Collectie

    • Private collections

    • 2013, NL
      Collectie

    • Dutch government NL

    • 2022,
      Collectie

    • Verhalenhuis Belvedere Rotterdam NL

    • 2023,
      Collectie

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      Collectie

    • Various private collections in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium

    • 2023,
      Publicatie

    • Interwoven Histories

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

    • Ornament and abstraction

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

    • Als de naden in een patchwork- Christel Vesters over de werken in Interwoven History

    • 2021
    • Review and image report
    • Metropolis M - Liza prins
      Publicatie

    • Opgetekend in doeken, over Interwoven Histories in Rozenstraat- a rose is a roes is a roes

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

    • 101 tickets to paradise at gallery Sanaa Utrecht

    • 2021
    • Film
    • - www.artforever.nl
      Publicatie

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

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

    • Meet & Greet zoom-meeting with Anissa Foukalne en Fatima Barznge

    • 2021
    • De beste culturele tips voor deze lockdown week 12/02/2021
    • Het Parool -
      Publicatie

    • Stedelijk museum Schiedam krijgt een schenking van 600 kunstwerken

    • 2020
    • Review and image report
    • Volkskrant -
      Publicatie

    • Stedelijk museum Schiedam krijgt een schenking van 600 kunstwerken

    • 2020
    • Review and image report
    • NRC -
      Publicatie

    • Solo ZamZam at galerie Sanaa Utrecht

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

    • ZamZam

    • 2019
    • Artists book
    • Tripiti Rotterdam - Supported by Fonds Kwadraat, stichting Stokroos and gallery Sanaa
      Publicatie

    • Borgerstraat 2018/2019

    • 2019
    • Book, edition nr.5, image report and conversation
    • Borgerstraat - Heyer Thurnheer and Kathrin Wolkowicz
      Publicatie

    • An interpretation of ZamZam well

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