Hangama Amiri was born in 1989 in Peshawar, Pakistan and lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. Amiri holds an MFA from Yale University in Painting and Printmaking (2020) and a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (2012). She was a Canadian Fulbright and Postgraduate Fellow at Yale University School of Arts and Sciences (2015-2016).
Solo exhibitions include: Rumi: Distance Between Homes, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, ON (2023); A Homage to Home, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (2023); Reminiscences, Union Pacific, London, UK (2022); Shabe Kheena/Henna Night, David B Smith Gallery, Denver, CO (2022); Mirrors and Faces, Cooper Cole, Toronto, ON (2021); Wandering Amidst the Colors, Alberts Benda, NY, NY (2021); Spectators of a New Dawn, Towards Gallery, Toronto, ON (2021); Bazaar, A Recollection of Home, T293 Gallery, Rome, IT (2020); Ocean’s Edge, Laurie Swim Gallery, Lunenburg, NS (2018); We Rise Again: Portraits of Afghan Women, Lunenburg School of the Arts, NS (2017); At the Edge of the Shore, Laurie Swim Gallery, Lunenburg, NS (2014); and The Wind-Up Dolls of Kabul, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS (2012).
Recent group exhibitions include: Silent Hands, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2023); Piecework, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON (2023); Sharjah Biennial 15th: Thinking Historically in the Present, Sharjah, UAE (2023); Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today, The Moody Centre for the Arts, Houston, TX (2023); Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular, Sharjah Art Foundation, Al Shuwaiheen Arts Area, Sharjah (2022); Qatra Qatra, Fondazione Imago Mundi, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, IT (2022); Progetto Genesi. Arte e Diritti Umani, Villa Panza, Varese, IT (2022); Everything Has Its Place, Seville Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2021); Alphabetic Image, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY (2021); and Oh To Be A Painting, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA (2020) amongst others.

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