Bahzad Sulaiman (born 23 January 1991) is a

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ist and performance maker who worked as a lecturer at the

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, in

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. Born in

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, in the northeast of

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, Bahzad belongs to the Kurdish ethnic community. He is recipient of the 2022 ''Culture Prize of the Saarbrücken''. His artwork was exhibited in numerous countries around the world including

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, Germany,

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, Syria,

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and

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Biography

Bahzad Sulaiman was born on 23 January 1991 in Rmelan, in the northeast of Syria in Kurdish family. His marginalized minority experience strongly influenced his artistic work. He studied scenography at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, as well as Art at the Faculty of Fine Art of the

Damascus University Damascus University () is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University () through the merger of the Faculty of Medicine of Dama ...

. He moved to Germany in 2016. His experience of relocation to

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brought new contemporary influences into his artwork. From 2017 to 2019 he attended the Academy of Arts in Saarbrücken, where he completed a Master of Fine Art.

Career

His interdisciplinary light installation at the

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in which he used old household appliances commented on the usage and disposal of electric appliances.

Exhibitions and Performances

* ''Civîn'' Performance,

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, Germany (2023) * ''International Forum'',

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, Germany (2022) * ''Installation in public space'',

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, Germany (2021) * ''Performance AnDeres'', PLOPP Festival, Galerie der HBKsaar, Saarbrücken, Germany (2021) * ''Performance ZWICHWN'', Encore Festival, Theaterschiff Maria – Helena, Saarbrücken, Germany (2021) * ''Solo exhibition ISO-BODY'', AUTOMAT artspace, Saarbrücken, Germany (2021) * ''You Are Not Alone: An International Mail Art Exhibition''; Penticton Art Gallery, Canada (2020)

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Bahzad Sulaiman
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sulaiman, Bahzad Syrian emigrants to Germany Refugees of the Syrian civil war German people of Kurdish descent People from Saarbrücken Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar alumni Academic staff of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar People from Al-Hasakah Governorate Syrian Kurdish people Kurdish male artists Kurdish artists 21st-century German male artists German contemporary artists German performance artists 1991 births Living people Damascus University alumni