Bahzad Sulaiman | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Syrian |
Education |
Damascus University Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar |
Known for | visual and performance artist |
Awards | 2022 Culture Prize of the Saarbrücken |
Website | https://bahzad.de/ |
Bahzad Sulaiman (born 23 January 1991) is a Kurdish visual artist and performance maker who worked as a lecturer at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, in Saarbrücken, Germany. [1] [2] Born in Rmelan, in the northeast of Syria, Bahzad belongs to the Kurdish ethnic community. [3] He is recipient of the 2022 Culture Prize of the Saarbrücken. [4] His artwork was exhibited in numerous countries around the world including Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Syria, Turkey and United Kingdom. [3] [5] [6]
Bahzad Sulaiman was born on 23 January 1991 in Rmelan, in the northeast of Syria in Kurdish family. [7] His marginalized minority experience strongly influenced his artistic work. [7] [8] [9] [10] He studied scenography at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, as well as Art at the Faculty of Fine Art of the Damascus University. [11] He moved to Germany in 2016. [4] His experience of relocation to Europe brought new contemporary influences into his artwork. [12] From 2017 to 2019 he attended the Academy of Arts in Saarbrücken, where he completed a Master of Fine Art.
His interdisciplinary light installation at the Kunsthalle Mannheim in which he used old household appliances commented on the usage and disposal of electric appliances. [13] [14]