Hayv kahraman biography of michael
Hayv Kahraman was born in in Baghdad, Iraq, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
Born in Baghdad in , Kahraman witnessed events of the Iran-Iraq War and the First Gulf War firsthand as a child..
Hayv Kahraman
Iraqi-American artist of Kurdish descent (born 1981)
Hayv Kahraman (born 1981) is an Iraqi-American-Swedish artist of Kurdish descent,[1][2] who was born in Baghdad and fled to Sweden with family during the Gulf War, studied in Florence, and is currently based in Los Angeles.[1][2][3][4] She is primarily a painter.[5]
Life and career
Born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1981 to Kurdish parents, a Kurdish mother from Slemani.[5][6] Her family fled to Sweden in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991).[3][7][8] During the Iran–Iraq War, Hayv spent a lot of her time in the basement of her uncle's house.
Her relatives would all huddle around candles and play card games.[9] While living in Iraq, she attended the Music and Ballet School in central Baghdad. One night, her family packed their car and hired a smuggler to take them to Sweden, a