Shamsia Hassani Graffiti

She received her bachelor s degree in arts in 2010 and master s degree in visual arts in 2014 from kabul university.

Shamsia hassani graffiti. Hassani who works to bring art to her country s public spaces wants to create conversations on subjects other than war in afghanistan. Hassani showed interest in painting from a young age. Hassani paints graffiti in kabul to bring awareness to the war years. Hassani is also involved in presenting this art work in a digital format through her project titled dreaming graffiti this presentation is made in a series in which she paints or photoshops colors and images onto digital photographs to explore issues of national and personal security. 1988 tehran iran is a graffiti artist and a lecturer of fine arts at kabul university afghanistan. Shamsia hassani s graffiti works have been showcased around the world. While graffiti artists work under the cover of darkness in the uk hassani cannot go out at night and bombings rule out the early mornings.

Our favourite street art tributes to the nhs. She has motivated hundreds of afghans to bring in their creativity through her graffiti festivals art classes exhibitions in nine countries of three continents around the world. Her bright quirky graffiti is the first step in doing just that. Shamsia hassani with spray can outside the french cultural centre kabul. Some of the deserted locations perfect for street art. I have started to do graffiti in 2010 in a graffiti workshop that organized with combat communications when a graffiti artist came from uk by name of chu to introduce and teach graffiti to us. Shah marai afp getty images one of hassani s dream of graffiti series.

In 2014 hassani was named one of fp s top 100 global thinkers. Here she paints over a photograph to. Her murals are pieces of art on walls of afghanistan united states italy germany india vietnam switzerland denmark norways and other countries. At the same time hassani is also navigating the boundaries that define gender roles in her country.