Burhan Hassoon and his Artworks

–  Iraqi plastic artist ,poet and doctor.

–  He showed a marked enthusiasm in arts and literature since his childhood when he started drawing and writing .

–  He insisted to hold his first solo exhibition in the academy of fine arts in Baghdad at 1978 while he was a medical student.

-Graduated from Baghdad(Iraq) and Wales(UK) universities    

– Has many solo and collective  exhibitions in and outside Iraq  including : Iraq..UK, Jordan ,Lebanon ,Egypt ,Morocco, Greece ,Serbia, India , Canada ,Emirates ,Tunisia ,Austria …. many publications in public health , poetry , art and social criticism.

–  During his prolific and active work, he exhibited more than 50  solo and collective exhibitions in 30 countries by about 50 travel visits in and outside Iraq including: Jordan, Lebanon ,Egypt, Morocco, Greece ,Serbia, India , Emirates , Canada ,Tunisia ,Austria…  including workshops ,camps ,symposiums ,festivals , colonies and other activities.

–  While  practicing  different art styles, he showed an interest in   abstract where he found himself as he described.

His Artworks

” Abstract gave me unlimited freedom to express myself and  releasing my passions through a virtual window to the unconsciousness,  where I can say by painting what I want to  , I believe that art should be free in reflection of thoughts , insights, dreams and complaints, and it is an activity to reflect the interiors by artworks. For me abstract is a shortcut skipping irrelevant details such as identities nationalities , religions , countries, races , languages , colors , figures  and even deals with complex issues in a plastic simplicity to portray  complains just with the fewest constructions and  colors during a temporary leave or fuge from reality ..A location or station  I’d like to call” the Aesthetics of the Mess” Herein the nicest description I have ever heard bout my works: your scribbles are nice artworks.