Tishk Barzanji | Modern Surrealist /Symbolist painter

Kurdish-British artist Tishk Barzanji is a visual artist based in London, United Kingdom. His work touches on the modernism and surrealism movement.

His process is about space, colour, deconstruction, breaking boundaries, understanding the living space in this fast-moving world, and human interactions within these spaces.

Inspired by his childhood in Kurdistan, and early adult years in London, where he moved in 1997.

The first few years in London were an eye-opener, where his passion for architecture and art began. Surrounded by the rich cultures of London and this new environment, shaped his ideas.

He later went on to study Fine Art at Richmond upon Thames College, and Physics at Loughborough University.

Since 2017, he has worked with Rockefeller, New York Times, V and A museum, Somerset house, NET-A-PORTER, Gucci, and most recently featured in British Vogue.

Tishk was born in a region between Iraq, Turkey, and Syria that has denied the ethnic group statehood.

He migrated to London in 1997 as a young refugee, much of his childhood remains rooted in his memory as a source of inspiration when creating work.

He still remembers his first day in London when a woman approached him and said, "I don't mean to be rude, but what are you people", to which he replied, "We're peculiar, we are Kurdish".

Tishk embraced this perception of being "different" from a young age.

He was also never bothered about conforming and rushing "out into the night" to rejoice over the weekend arriving. Instead, he preferred to hide in his little utopia because he didn’t want to hide in factories or warehouses.

Tishk Barzanji è un artista Curdo con sede a Londra, Regno Unito. Nato in Kurdistan, è cresciuto a Londra, ha studiato fisica all'Università di Loughborough.

Il lavoro di Barzanji può essere correlato al movimento del Modernismo ed al Surrealismo.

Formate in parti uguali dal colore e dall'architettura, le opere di Tishk Barzanji sono un'esplorazione dello spazio, delle emozioni e della interazione umana.

Il suo processo riguarda lo spazio, il colore, la decostruzione, la rottura dei confini, la comprensione dello spazio vitale in questo mondo in rapido movimento e le interazioni umane all'interno di questi spazi.

Ispirato dalla sua infanzia in Kurdistan e dai primi anni dell'età adulta a Londra, dove si è trasferito nel 1997.

I primi anni a Londra gli hanno aperto gli occhi, dove è iniziata la sua passione per l'architettura e l'arte. Circondato dalle ricche culture di Londra e da questo nuovo ambiente, ha plasmato le sue idee.

In seguito ha studiato Belle Arti al Richmond upon Thames College e Fisica alla Loughborough University. Dal 2017, ha lavorato con Rockefeller, New York Times, V and A museum, Somerset House, NET-A-PORTER, Gucci e, più recentemente, è apparso su British Vogue.