User:Mp9542/sandbox

Simko Ahmed is a fine artist and writer born in Suleimani city in Kurdistan. He is the first Kurdish man to be granted Japanese citizenship. He has lived in Tokyo since 1996. He is a civil engineer and widely exhibited artist, he is also a board member of the Japanese international Art Association of JAALA ( Japan, Asia, Africa and Latin America Art Association ) where he is a regular participant as an artist ,he is also in charge of curating and selecting art works from the Middle East and Latin America for Jaala Biennale which is held in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. He is also founder of Baran Art Association. Simko has also held over 14 solo art shows so far in Japan, Iraq, Canada , The USA , The UK and other European and Asian countries. Simko has also participated in over 50 international art shows and Biennale in Tokyo and Seoul Metropolitan art museum and Asia's famous Kwangju Biennial 2000 " Man + Space in South Korea. He moved to Japan in 1996 while he was working for a Japanese NGO called "Peace Winds Japan " he started to work for international humanitarian NGOs upon his graduation from university and he has been helping refugees and people in need around the world from Asia to the Balkans, Kurdistan, Kosovo, Albania, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Japan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, designing infrastructures in war-torn zones and natural disasters areas. Simko combines art with human rights issues, he says, art and human rights can be like fingers and rings. Simko says pain made him hold brushes and love made him continue. He is creative in his image, and his works are originals that tell stories based on his own experiences in life. Simko now works in the UK full-time and his most recent show was at the NSH Gallery in East London. His most recent book, Sparrows of Paradise, was published in 2018. Earlier books are: Spring Never Dies - 2010 Colours of Paradise - 2011 Simko Artwww.simko-art.co.uk Simko Art www.simko-art.co.uk book of, sparrows of paradisehttps://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/8299063/db0c1cef4bb668e8020310930d74f540849560cf,book of, spring never dies, 2010 USAhttp://www.blurb.com/b/2217008-spring-never-dies- book of , colors of paradisehttp://www.blurb.com/b/1835380-colors-of-paradiseBook of Sparrows of paradise on news https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/8299063/db0c1cef4bb668e8020310930d74f540849560cf, TV BS22 , Japan Simko live showhttps://youtube/XaBUga8z3-wOsaka TV Japan , volunteer 22 programme , Simko interviewhttps://youtube/6rogbFeRjXQKurdsat TV news about Simko books https://youtube/ssXy2ARkjugTokyo MX TV Simko live https://youtube/5Ng74aTQvhMJapan Yumiri shinbun Japan Asahi graph Japanese magazine Raku, G20 studio jibwri, play boy and printer matters magazine ... etc (‘magazines and photos are available ) Japan Art graph, Photos of the magazines are available ) JAALA Beinale , Tokyo Metropolitan art museumhttps://www.tobikan.jp/Kwuanjju Beinale 2000 , man plus Spacehttps://artmap.com/gwangjubiennale/exhibition/3rd-gwangju-biennale-2000-2000Simko Ahmed on TVs on YouTube. search Simko Ahmedhttps://youtube/5Ng74aTQvhMJapanese Pia magazine Japanese play boy magazine ( photos of the magazines are available ) Baran art association Baran art 1http://www.blurb.com/b/1994610-baran-art-1Middle East Arabic magazine,London صحیفة الشرق الاوسط لندن Photos of the news paper is available -Japan Asahi newshttp://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/japan/-Japan kyodo newshttps://english.kyodonews.net/kurdish satellite TV in Brussels, sterk TV https://youtube/e8LUOuEkSNAfor more references google search or YouTube search : Simko Ahmed or, سمکۆ ئەحمەد