User:Munfarid1/Iman Shaggag

Iman Shaggag (* in xxx, )

Life and career
"Shaggag received her Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the College of Fine & Applied Art, Sudan University for Science & Technology at Khartoum. In 1999, she founded the online “Sudan Artists Gallery” in an ongoing effort to show the works of artists descending from, or living in the Sudan. Her Public Collections in Khartoum, Sudan include: College of Fine & Applied Art; Discover Sudan Co.; Netherlands Embassy; and UNICEF.

Her selected group exhibitions include: Women Day, Netherlands Embassy, Khartoum, 1997; Printmaking Workshop Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Khartoum, 1997; UNICEF 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Hilton Hotel, Khartoum, 1996; and Sibyan Children Magazine 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Sudan National Museum, Khartoum, 1996."

In 2011, Lahd Gallery in London presented the exhibition Rediscovering Sudan. "US based Sudanese artist Iman Shaggag will also be showing her new works. Her works tell a very different story, providing powerful insights into the human condition specifically highlighting the needs of societies throughout the African continent. Her works are evocative of the multi-dimensional nature of her own country."

Shaggag was one of the African artists featured in the exhibition ''Africa Now! Emerging talents from a continent on the move,'' curated and organized by the World Bank Art Program in partnership with the World Bank Vice Presidency for the Africa Region and the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dak’Art, Senegal in

"Iman Shaggag Sudan. Born 1970 Iman Shaggag is a very sensitive, spiritual Sudanese painter whose minimal lines and more muted colors send a strong message. Her paintings predominantly focus on women in difficult situations, having almost no hope or options in life. This is only part of the situation in which Sudanese women find themselves, as they struggle with war, bad economic circumstances, health, education and social problems. Most of these women were brought up with the idea that they don’t have many options because of their gender, and, therefore, always rely on someone else to make decisions for them. In her piece called Identity, Shaggag has used the same photograph of herself twelve times, turning each one into a study of a woman from a different part of Sudan. How would you be affected if you had been born in a different place and time? M."