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 Arts (MFA), Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Salahuddin University, College of Fine Arts, Erbil, Iraq

Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Purple Fingers: a Memorial for the Loss, The Hall Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
2024 Manufactured Democracy, Rosemary P. Miller Gallery, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2024 Purple Fingers, Granfalloon Festival, MCPL Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2024 Windows, Fountain Square Gallery, Bloomington, IN
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:
2025 Dehaan Artist of Distinction Exhibition, 924 Gallery, Indy Art Council, Indianapolis, IN
2025 Freedom to Control, Videoart Project Space, Milano, Italy
2025 Ki Me Ez? Contemporary Kurdish Artists in Diaspora, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
2025 Fragmented-Recaptured, Urban Arts Space, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2025 Karass (kə’ræs) n., Process Gallery, Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2024 Rich Soil, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2024 Fresh Paint Exhibition, Create Magazine, Online Show
2023 Swirling World, Pebbles Underground Finalist, Visual Container TV, Online
           https://www.visualcontainer.tv/pebbles-underground-festivals-finalist/
2023 Terrain Biennial, Bloomington, IN
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
2019 Crozier Fine Art Annual Show, Crozier, Landover, MD
2017 Women Empowerment, House of the Creatives, Gallery MC, NY
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
2011 Annual Exhibition, Duhok Gallery, Duhok, Iraq
2011 Group Show, Merg Gallery, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
2010 Valentine, College of Fine Arts, Erbil, Iraq
2010 Duhok’s Artists Exhibition, Media Gallery, Erbil, Iraq

Awards, Fellowships, Grants:
2024 Dehaan Artist of Distinction Award, Indy Arts Council, Indianapolis, IN
2024 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY  
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 Humanities Fellowship Award
2013 HCDP Scholarship Program, MHE-KRG

• Awarded the Human Capacity Development Program from the 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 the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Teaching:
2025 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Digital Art, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana
              University, Bloomington, IN
2011 Art instructor, Duhok School of Gifted Students, Duhok, Iraq
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 an environmental awareness mural. http://www.lccd.net/

2012 Public Art Commission, Akre City Monument, Akre, Iraq
2010 Public Art Project, College of Fine Arts 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 the Kurdish language.

Huner Emin, “Performance Art,” Waar Newspaper, March 25, 2011, 1041.

Collections:
Duhok Gallery, Duhok, Iraq