Adalet R. Garmiany
Email: adaletg@adaletg.karoo.net, www.adaletg.net
Place of Birth: Qader Karam, Kurdistan/Iraq, D.O.B: 05/02/1973
British artist based in the United Kingdom
2000 – 04: University of Lincoln, Hull School of Art & Design, UK
BA Honours in Fine Art
1990 – 95: Institutes of Fine Art, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan and Mosul, Iraq Higher Diploma in Fine Art
Other qualifications:
2005 – 06 Hull College, Hull, UK
BTEC National Award in Media (Video)
July 2005 Committee member and responsible for the Kurdish selection at Hull International Short Film Festival, Hull, UK
July 2004 Founder and director of ArtRole, UK based contemporary art organisation developing International Culture Exchange, with the Middle East. www.artrole.org
2002 – 2003 Manager, tutor and dancer of Hataw Kurdish dance group, UK
2001 – 2002 Def Player for the Yorkshire Kurd music group, UK
2000 – 2002 Founder & Cultural director of AHRK (Asylum seeker & Refugees of Kingston upn Hull),Volunteer organisation helping asylum seekers, UK
1998 - 1999 Centre Manager at the TDC,dia (Triangle dia Consortium) www.dia-europe.org/hist/kurd_index.htm - 10kÕ, Kurdistan
1997 – 1998 Art Lecturer in Modern Art, Theory and Painting Practice at the Institute of Fine Art, Erbil, Kurdistan
Nov. 2001 Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture, Slide show, Poetry & Live Music at the Eich Gallery, Hull, UK
Sept. 1999 Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture, Media Gallery by TDC, Erbil, Kurdistan
April 1997 Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture, Media Gallery by KRG Ministry of Culture, Erbil, Kurdistan
Oct. – Dec.2004 ÔThe search for Identity – new visions, immigrant exhibitionÕ, (12 artists from 11 countries, including Mona Hatoum and Paula Rego), Museum & Art Gallery, Doncaster, UK
June 2004 Installation ÔThe existence of possibilitiesÕ, Hull School of Art & Design, University of Lincoln, UK, 4th June
Sept. 2003 ÔBefore, After, NowÕ, Iraq's Contemporary Art exhibition, video show & performance, Deluxe Gallery, London, UK
Dec. 2003 ÔExpression of HopeÕ, IraqÕs Contemporary Art, painting & sculpture, Aya Gallery, London, UK. www.ayagallery.co.uk
Feb. 2002 ÔWinter ExhibitionÕ, Ferens Gallery, Hull, UK
March 1998 ÔHalabjaÕ, Art Festival and ÔAnfalÕ Art Festival, Kurdistan
15/16th April 2008 Performance & lecture at CalArt University, California, US
18/19th April 2008 Performance ÒDeath MarketingÓ & presentation about my experience,
Outpost for contemporary art, California, US
6-10 Feb 2008 Performance, in NRLA, National Review of Live Art 2008, Glasgow, UK,
6-10 Feb 2008 NRLA, 2008, Glasgow, Performance with Guillermo G—mez-Pe–a (Mexico/USA) artist, UK
3rd Nov 2007 ArtRole, UK & USA artists visited Kurdistan/Iraq, Performance in collaboration with Clare Charnley, in Erbil capital city of KRG/Iraq
26th May 2007 Participated as Sufi Drum player in performance ÔSpirit & FleshÕ by Fakir Musafar & Cleo Dubois, curated by Switch Theatre, London, UK www.fakirtour.com
25th March 2006 Performance & Installation ÔSilenceÕ Hull Art Lab, Hull City, UK
16th June 2004 Performance ÔSpaceÕ, Refugee Week, Hull city centre, Hull, UK
5th Sept. 2003 Performance SIREN for ÔBefore, After, NowÕ, Iraq's Contemporary Art exhibition, Deluxe Gallery, London, UK
29th March 2003 Performance ÔTerrorismÕ, Festival of Art {54¡N}, Hull, UK
6th Nov. 2002 Performance ÔUnknown GameÕ, Queens Garden, Hull, UK
13th Oct. 2002 Performance ÔColour GameÕ, Flamborough Beach, E-Yorkshire, UK
8th April 2002 Performance ÔSmell GameÕ, Salthouse, Hull, UK
7th Nov. 2000 Performance ÔBody GameÕ Countryside, Settle, North- Yorkshire, UK
Music and Sound performances
17th May 2008 Sound & Music performance collaboration with Richard Wilson, Anne Bean and Chris Gladwin, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK.
24-25th Feb. 2007 ÔDrums & ReedsÕ, traditional Kurdish Music meets English Experimental in Yorkshire in collaboration with English and Kurdish artists & musicians, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK, www.artrole.org/archive/kurd_contemp_art/index.html
July 2006 Sound performance with Chris Gladwin, Adelphi Club, Hull including British & German artists
August 2005 Sound performance with David Ellis, Lee Merrill, Joe Gilmore, George Rodgers, Chris Gladwin, Black Boy, Hull
9th Oct. 2004 ÔLiveÕ, Sound Performance with Paul Burwell, event at Kingston Rowing Club with guest artist Sylvia Hallett , Hull, UK
17th April 2008 Presentation, with Nancy Buchanan, Art and war in relation to Iraq current situation, & ArtRole UK, US artists trip to Kurdistan/Iraq, Levantine Culture center, Los Angeles, US.
3-4th Nov 2007 ArtRole presentation, discussion and dialog by artists from UK & USA, in Kurdistan/Iraq such as ÒSusan Meiselas, Richard Wilson, Anne Bean and Nancy Buchanan Éetc.
24th May 2007 Conference Another Art World Is Possible., organized by inIVA and Arts Council England, London, UK.
28th Feb. 2007 ArtRole presentation and discussion, Serpentine Gallery, UK
23rd Feb. 2007 ÔArtists in Europe, a different perspectiveÕ, presentation about the experience of Kurdish-Iraqi artists based in Europe, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK,
21st Feb. 2007 Seminar & dialog about ÔArt, Culture and WarÕ in Kurdistan and Iraq for invited UK artists & guests, Live Art Development Agency, UK,
March 2003 Cultural seminar, Kurdish Cultural Centre, Berlin, Germany
Interviews and media cover
Dec. 2006: BBC Radio Humberside, Divine Art project, www.bbc.co.uk/humber
Sept. 2004: Roj TV Kurdish international satellite, Hull, UK,
Nov 2004: BBC Look North, Performance ÔSpaceÕ
Sept. 2003: German Public Radio, London, UK; Daily Express, London, UK
June 2003: BBC Look North, Kurdish Night, Middleton Hall
Nov 2001: BBC Look North, Art and Race in Hull, UK.
BBC Radio: Experimental show by Mary Anne Hobbs, broadcasting experimental music piece 'Untitled Improvisation' (White) in collaboration with Chris Gladwin, Nov 17/06
KRGTV Harym: Erbil - two weeks discussion about contemporary art, Sep 1999
Press UK: Sep 2003, Daily Express, Culture interview & Jan 3/2001 Hull Daily Mail, Culture event, interview & 2007 art interview
Publications
2001 mentioned artist in ÔStrokes of GeniusÕ, book on Contemporary Iraqi Art edited by Maysaloun Faraj,
1997 philosophical dialogue about visual art & poetry with the Kurdish poet Hashm Saraj, May – June, Raman Magazine, Kurdistan, Iraq
May 1999 Publication of poem ÔSamay baÕ (the wind's dance), Magazine Rygae Kurdistan, Iraq
April 2000 Publication of poem ÔReshm gowantraÕ (my beautiful beard), Magazine Rygae Kurdistan, Iraq