Halim Al-Karim

Halim Al Karim was born in Najaf, Iraq in 1963, Halim Al Karim has held many solo exhibitions in Dubai, Paris, Holland, USA, Jordan and Lebanon. He was awarded the jury prize in the International Cairo Biennale, Egypt. His work was featured in the Iraqi Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale – the first Iraqi Pavilion in 36 years. Al Karim’s work is in the collections of major museums including the Arab Museum of Contemporary Art in Doha, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Saatchi Collection in London, Darat Al Funun in Amman, L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.

Halim Al Karim uses photography for ist non-physical qualities; a medium which quite literally creates an image from light and articulating the impermanent and interwoven nature of time and memory.

Submitted by Galerie Brigitte Schenk