Huner Emîn (Honar Ali) M.F.A
Huneremin@gmail.com / www.huneremin.com  (570-604-5240)
 
Biography: Born in Duhok (Southern Kurdistan) North Iraq. Lives and Works in Bloomington, Indiana ,  The United States.

Artist Statement: Working generally on installations, video art, Performance and paintings. My art works are based on Political issues. 

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.
• Supervised by Steven Alexander, Robert Schweitzer, Dr. Linda Dugan Partridge, and Pamela Parsons on videos, installations, and conceptual and performance art pieces.

     2010  Bachelor of Fine Art, Salahuddin University, Fine Art college, Erbil, Iraq                                                      

• Practical classes included painting, sculpture, ceramics, and mosaics.
• Theoretical classes in art history, aesthetics, critique, and Kurdology.

 
              Solo Exhibitions:
      2017  Blood Washing, Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art, Marywood University, Scranton, PA           
                                                                http://www.marywood.edu/galleries
      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:
      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                                                                                                                   

• Working alongside artists from Turkey, Iraq, and Netherlands.

 2011-12   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.
• Arranged two artworks under the name (I am the Free One) (Bridge of Genvat).

      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:
    2023   Boynes Emerging Artist Award, January, 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.  

            Collections:
               Duhok Gallery, Duhok, Iraq                                   
  
            Languages:
               Fluent in Kurdish (Kurmanci and Surani), Arabic, and English
 
         Bibliography:
           NYC Phoenix Art Gellery, “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. “Sudent 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.

• Wrote this article about Geruk an artwork during Arab Springing.
• Written in Kurdish.