Simko Ahmed (in
Japanese
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: 澄湖 アフマド (born 1972) is a
Kurdish
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artist.
He moved to Japan in 1996, where he became the first
Kurd
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
to become a Japanese citizen.
[Simko Ahmad: From Kurdistan to Japan, A Journey of Art and Humanity](_blank)
Kurdistan 24
Kurdistan 24 (K24) is a Kurdish broadcast news station based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with foreign bureaus in Washington, DC. The service was launched on 31 October 2015. Noreldin Waisy is the founder and former general manager of Ku ...
retrieved on 17/3/2024. His work as a representation of his life experiences, ranging from contemporary surrealism to abstract forms. Furthermore, Ahmad stressed his dedication to using his work to advocate for human rights, freedom, and equality, reflecting people's struggles across the globe.
Early life and education
Simko Ahmed was born in
Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah or Slemani (; ), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and is the capital of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate. It is surrounded by the Azmar (Ezmer), Goizha (Goyje) and Qaiwan (Qeywan) Mountains in the northeast, Bara ...
in 1972. After graduating from high school in
Erbil
Erbil (, ; , ), also called Hawler (, ), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is the capital of the Erbil Governorate.
Human settlement at Erbil may be dated back to the 5th millennium BC. At the h ...
, he planned to study at the college of
fine art
In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function (such as ...
s, but his teachers advised him to study engineering since it has better outcome and more stable economy. He enrolled in
Salahaddin University
Salahaddin University-Erbil (''Zankoy Selaheddîn-hewler'', ''زانکۆی سەلاحەدین-هەولێر'' in Kurdish) is one of the public higher education institutions in the Kurdistan region It is located in Erbil ( Hewler), capital of the ...
and graduated from the college of civil engineering in 1990. He later travelled to
Japan
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to attend the college of fine arts at the
University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
.
Bibliography
* Colors Of Paradise, 2010
* Spring never dies, 2011
* Baran Art 1, 2012
* Sparrows of Paradise Painting, 2018
Sparrows of Paradise Painting was published in Oxford
Kurdistan 24 (Kurdish), published in 2018/10/19.
References
External links
Simko Ahmed
- Personal Website
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1972 births
Living people
Kurdish male artists
Kurdish artists
21st-century Iraqi artists
21st-century Japanese male artists
Iraqi emigrants to Japan
Iraqi Kurdish people
People from Sulaymaniyah
Salahaddin University-Erbil alumni
University of Tokyo alumni
Naturalized citizens of Japan