Resurrection, 2023
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 inches
Emergence, 2023
Oil on canvas
24 x 24
Swarming, 2023
Oil on canvas
36 x 36
Wane, 2023
Oil on canvas
30 x 24
The Unsung, 2022
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 inches
Resurrection, 2022
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 inches
Force Majeure, 2022
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 inches
Moment of Silence, 2022
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Silence, 2022
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
After the Disaster, 2022
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
Post-, 2022
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
Bassim Al Shaker (b. 1986 Baghdad, Iraq) is a Chicago-based artist and filmmaker. Al Shaker received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BFA from the University of Baghdad College of Fine Arts. Al Shaker has exhibited work in Documenta Fifteen (Kassel, Germany); The Venice Biennale for the Iraqi Pavilion; The Arizona State University Art Museum (Tempe, AZ); FLXST Contemporary (Chicago, IL); and MANA Contemporary (Chicago, IL), among other venues. His work has been written about in publications such as The New York Times, ArtNews, Artnet, e-flux, NewCity, WBEZ Chicago, and Phoenix New Times.
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Bassim Al-Shaker’s first exhibition at Rhona Hoffman Gallery confronts difficult memories — and represents a distinct new style for the Iraqi-born artist.
Bassim Al Shaker paints from experience in a war zone
The Chicago-based artist on growing up in Iraq during the war and how his paintings endangered his life — and led to international acclaim.
