Sadik Alfraji

Biography

Born in Baghdad in 1960, Sadik Alfraji studied at the Institute of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Iraq, from which he graduated with a diploma and degree in plastic arts, respectively. In 2000 he pursued a High Diploma in Graphic Design from the CHK Constantijn Huygens in the Netherlands, where he is now based. Having participated in exhibitions in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the US since the 1980s, his work is housed in the collections of the National Museum of Modern Art in Iraq, The National Gallery of Fine Arts and the Shoman Foundation in Jordan, the Novosibirsk State Art Museum in Russia, and the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum in Romania. Recently he was commissioned to produce new, large-scale work for “Told/Untold/Retold” one of the inaugural exhibitions of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar.

A visual artist, print maker and designer, Alfraji has often blended art and philosophy as a means of expanding the formulistic and conceptual boundaries of his aesthetic. His haunting mixed media compositions explore a variety of themes, including everything from the universal human condition to experiences of exile and fragmentation.

Artist Press

Selected Works

SAD8(2-5) Sadik ALFRAJI 'Waiting for Godot Series' 200 X 100 cm. Lambda Print 2011

SAD31 Sadik Alfraji 'Elusive Beauty' 200 X 112 cm. Indian Ink, Oil, Rice & Printed Paper on Canvas 2011

SAD35 Sadik Alfraji 'To Be Holy' 248 X 298 cm. Indian Ink, Oil, Rice & Printed Paper on Canvas 2011