I dedicate today to a creative woman of Ishtar. To Afifa Aleiby. Afifa Aleiby (born 1952, Basra Iraq

I dedicate today to a creative woman of Ishtar. To Afifa Aleiby. Afifa Aleiby (born 1952, Basra Iraq ) grew up in a family devoted to culture and the arts where she painted from an early age. She studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad and worked as an illustrator for the Iraqi press. In 1974, she left Iraq for the Soviet Union to study at the Surikov Institute in Moscow. In 1981, unable to return to Iraq due to the political situation, she moved to Italy and later to Yemen, where she taught at the Institute of Fine Arts in Aden. Aleiby has contributed to cultural activities in support of the Iraqi and international democratic movements, and in the struggle against terrorism, racism, war and dictatorship. She has participated in numerous art exhibitions, from Baghdad and Moscow to Yemen, Italy, Syria, Lebanon, England and the United States. Aleiby has been living and working in the Netherlands since the mid 1990s. The Museum Catharinagasthuis in Gouda presented a retrospective of her work in 1999, and she exhibits periodically with the De Twee Pauwen gallery in The Hague. And in recent years, she made a big impact on Sotheby’s art block with her 2003 work Antiquarian… @afifa_aleiby #afifaaleiby #art #artwork #artist #artistsoninstagram #necklace #smokyquartz #quartz #gemstonejewelry #gemstones #portrait #portraitpage #jewelrydesign #oilpainting #oilpaint #oilpaintings #highjewellery #beadednecklace #beadedjewelry #fashionstyle #redhair #titian #artgallery #artsy #contemporaryart #artstudio #artcurator #artcollective #artcontemporain #sothebyscontemporary https://www.instagram.com/p/CSYytlToq7o/?utm_medium=tumblr -- source link

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