Huner Emîn (Honar Ali) M.F.A
[email protected] / www.huneremin.com  (570-604-5240)
 
Biography: Born in Duhok (Southern Kurdistan) North Iraq. Lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana.

Artist Statement: Working generally on installations, video art, Performance and paintings. 

Education:
2017 Master of Fine Art (MFA), Marywood University, Scranton, PA
  •    Coursework included painting, drawing, printmaking, and seminars. Theoretical courses were modern and contemporary art history, aesthetics, critique, and environmental art.
2010 Bachelor of Fine Art, Salahuddin University, College of Fine Art, Erbil, Iraq

Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Ephemeral Memories: A Nostalgic Journey, Rogers Gallery, Monroe Convention Center, Bloomington, IN
2017 Blood Washing, Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2017 Duality MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mahady Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2016 180.000 Seconds, Kresge Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2011 Solo Exhibition, Huner Emin, Shewakary Hall of Gallery Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Group Shows:
2024 Fresh Paint Exhibition, Create Magazine, Online Show
  • Curated by Margaret Winslow of the Delaware Art Museum  https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/huner-emin  
2023 Swirling World, Pebbles Underground Finalist, Visual Container TV, Online
           https://www.visualcontainer.tv/pebbles-underground-festivals-finalist/
2023 Terrain Biennial, Bloomington, IN
  • Curated By Ahmed Fuad Ozsever
2023 Mezna+RawiFest Virtual gallery, Virtual show
              https://www.arabamericanwriters.org/blog/posts/mizna%2Brawifest-virtual-gallery
2023 Black y Brown, Artist Festival 4th Street Garage Storefront, Bloomington, IN
2023 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Show, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2023 TEXT-URE, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art (CICA Museum) Gimp-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2022 Awakening, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2020 Boomerang Papers, Salerno, Italy
  • Recycled paper made of lint mailed across the world for participants to make their art and send the papers back to Salerno by mail. The project idea and manager Arianna Apicella.
2019 Crozier Fine Art Annual Show, Crozier, Landover, MD
2017 Women Empowerment, House of the Creatives, Gallery MC, NY
  • Founded by HOTC, participation with Blood Washing exhibition.
2016 Working Title, Kresge Gallery, Scranton, PA
2013 Newroz, Art Made of Fire, Zakho, Iraq
2012 Be Alert, Duhok Gallery, Merg Gallery, National Museum of Amna Soraka, Duhok, Iraq
  • A traveling exhibit showed violence awareness through art exhibited in KRG area.
2011 Annual Exhibition, Duhok Gallery, Duhok, Iraq
2011 Group Show, Merg Gallery, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
2010 Valentine, College of Fine Art, Erbil, Iraq
2010 Duhok’s Artists Exhibition, Media Gallery, Erbil, Iraq

Awards, Fellowships, Grants:
2023 Juried Award, Pebbles Underground, online, Canada
2023 Honorable Mention, Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, New York, NY
2023 On-Ramp, Indiana Art Commission, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Boynes Emerging Artist Award, December, Melbourne, Australia
2022 Bloomington Art Commission, Emerging Artist Award
2021 DC Commission of Arts and Humanity Fellowship Award
2013 HCDP Scholarship Program, MHE-KRG
  • Awarded Human Capacity Development Program from Kurdistan Regional Government for being one of the best students in Plastic Art – Painting.
2012 KRG Grants for Creation, Ministry of Culture and Art, KRG
  • Awarded Creational Grands for artwork (Geruk) from Kurdistan Regional Government.

Teaching:
2016 Teaching Assistant, Marywood University, Scranton, PA (Drawing, Fall 2016)
  • Taught a series of lectures on landscape drawing. (nature and spirituality in a 101- religion class)
  • Created a teaching plan to link religiosity with the process of landscape drawing.
2013 Art for Demiz’s camp, Institute of Fine Art, Duhok, Iraq
  • Founded the art program for Syrian refugee integration into Iraqi society.
2011 Art instructor, Duhok School of Gifted Students, Duhok, Iraq
  • Developed an art curriculum in teaching fundamentals of art based on the principles and elements of art.
  • Taught visual and performance art to more than 30 students.

Residencies:
2023 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
            Mentored by Sky Hopinka.
2023 Bloomington Art Studio Residency, Bloomington, Indiana

Commissions:
2015 Stream Ecology Mural, Lackawanna County Conservation District, Scranton, PA
  • Participated in painting and environmental awareness mural. http://www.lccd.net/
2012 Public Art Commission, Akre City Monument, Akre, Iraq
2010 Public Art Project, College of Fine Art Wall Mural, Erbil, Iraq
2009 Painting Sky, Ankawa, Iraq

Public Talks:
2023 Challenges of Creating a Successful Composition in a Competitive Art World,
          Bloomington Photography Club, Monroe County Public Library
2022 Awakening Exhibition Artist Talk with Huner Emin, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2012 The Contemporary Art and The Power of Change, Gallery Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Bibliography:
Boynes, Chantal. “Artist Huner Emin” Boynes Emerging Artist Award Interview, March 6, 2023.
NYC Phoenix Art Gallery, “August 2022 Artist interview, Huner Emin” August 1, 2022.
Nuveen Barwari, “Transplanted ft. Huner Emin,” Newave, November 26, 2020. 1:32
Emin, Huner. “Hev Peyvin di Gel Huner Emin.” Lukman Ehmed. 7 Reng, Voice of America, March 14, 2019.
Capoccia, Paul. “Student Spotlight: Huner Ali,” The Wood Word, April 27, 2017, 47.
Wahbi Rassul, “Artistic Skills at Peak,” Taw Magazine, March 15, 2015.
  • Article in Kurdish language.
Huner Emin, “Performance Art,” Waar Newspaper, March 25, 2011, 1041.

Collections:
Duhok Gallery, Duhok, Iraq