Riyadh Hashim

Artists Statement
I attempt to represent what is not only an innate psychic vision, but also one that is inherent in our world today. What I paint is what we are coming to see. It is not the objects that are my concern, but the emergence of the implosion of space and time and the vision that inexorably accompanies this realization. The result is a way of seeing and means of representation.
Deconstructions, wasteland, irresponsibility, meaningless, these elements are what clash with reality. My paintings are abstract, I sweep up the deconstructions, and what is left in the space (traces/forms) instead of shapes. The shapes are not important any more, what is really important is the meaning left behind. It is not the story behind it, it's the effect and the result. At the end are only questions.

New Work

Urban Myth Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 inches

Connections Oil on Canvas 36 x 36 inches

City Sharpen Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 48 inches

The Old Dream Oil on Canvas 48 x 96 inches

Afternoon Oil on Canvas 48 x 72 inches

Summer Leaf Oil on Canvas 47 x 55 inches

Immanent Face Oil on Canvas 36 x 36 inches	Input Oil on Canvas 36 x 36 inches

Cornice Oil on Canvas 36 x 24 inches	Untitled Oil on Canvas 29 x 29 inches

Jumble Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 inches	Penitent Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 inches

Biography
Hashim has been actively engaged in professional arts for 14 years and is a founding member in the Animatic Art Movement. He believes that his works are like relationships that grow and develop in new directions with the passing of each day. Hashim will often paint more than one piece at a time, allowing resonance and change to take place within each work. He uses simple lines to trace shapes and portions of the human body among washes of colour in various forms, sizes and colours. His works can be found in Canadian, American and international private collections.

Shadow Walker (Diptych) Oil on Canvas 36 x 72 inches	Shadow Walker (Diptych) Oil on Canvas 36 x 72 inches

Purple Eye Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 36 inches	Twin Wall Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 36 inches

Education:
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) University of Baghdad, Iraq

Solo Exhibitions:
2000 Abstractions, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Conception, Millennium Art Gallery, Vancouver
1998 For Life, The Jordanian Plastic Artists Assoc., Jordan
1997 Around the Moon, The Jordanian Plastic Artists Assoc., Jordan
1992 Young Generation, Art Center, Baghdad
1987 First Step, Dewaneya Art Center, Iraq

Group Exhibitions
2003 Palm Spring international art, CA, USA
2002 Passions, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
Sprung, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
2001 The Large & the Small of It, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
Boys of Summer, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
Art Expo, New York, NY, USA
Avent & Garde, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
New Year New Works, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
2000 Jazz It Up, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
Art Expo, New York, NY
Face and Figures, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver
1998 Four Artists, Michigan, USA
Lorca, the Centenary of his Birth, Cervantes Cultural Institute, Jordan and Spain
1996 Hamurabi Gallery Festival, Hamurabi Gallery, Jordan
1995 Window, The Jordanian Plastic Artists Assoc., Jordan
1993 Juried Group Show,Tamuz Exhibition for Iraqi Modern Art,Iraq
1992 Juried Group Show, Fifth Babylon International Festival, Iraq
Juried Group Show, Creative Experiments of Youth Art, Iraq
Juried Group Exhibition, Eighth Al Wasety Exhibition, Iraq
1991 Juried Group Show, Fourth Babylon International Festival, Iraq
1990 Juried Group Exhibition,3rd Babylon International Festival,Iraq
Juried Group Exhibition, 7th Al Wasety Exhibition, Iraq
1988 Juried Group Exhibition, Art Day Festival, Iraq

Memberships:
The Iraqi Artists Association, Iraq
The Jordanin Artists Association, Jordan
Anamatic Art Movement, Vancouver

Publications:
Cover book (inside poetry) 2nd editions-Harcourt Canada

Permanent Collections:
Private collections in Iraq, Jordan, United Arab Emirate, USA, UK, and Canada Baghdad Arts Center Ministry of Culture, Jordan