SHWAN DLER QARADAKI
Date and place of birth: 1977, Slemani - Iraq
Place of residence: Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 974 66 204
E-mail: [email protected]
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaradaki/
URL: https://www.qaradaki.com/
EDUCATION
2021 – 2024
Doctoral Studies - PhD, Oslo National Academy of The Arts, Norway
2007 – 2009
Master Studies, Oslo National Academy of The Arts, Norway (MA, Fine art)
2004 – 2007
Bachelor Studies, Oslo National Academy of The Arts, Norway (BA, Fine art)
2002 – 2004
NISS – Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio, Oslo, Norway (Oslo Tegne og Maleskole)
1991 – 1997
Suleimani Institute of Fine Arts, Kurdistan - Iraq (Fine art – Drawing)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2025
Halo Of Shame at Oslo Kunstforening - PhD - final result in Artistic Reserch at Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2024
Fragrant Deception, Bærum Kunsthall, (NO)
The Colour of Betrayal Kunsthuset Kabuso, (NO)
Museene Arven, Stiklestad National Cultural Centre, (NO)
2022
HOME | HEIM, Ullinsvin Gallery, Vågå, Norway
2021
Halo of Shame, Kunstplass Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
2020
Den tatoverte solen / The Tattooed Sun, Cinemateket, Oslo, Norway
2019
Norsk Sakprosafestival / The Norwegian Non-Fiction festival, Oslo, Norway
The Golden Wish, IKM – Intercultural Museum, Oslo, Norway
As I Remember Them, Small projects, Tromsø, Norway
To My Children, Vega Scene, Oslo, Norway
2017
Mother, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
To My Children, Klingenberg Cinema, Oslo, Norway
2016
Qaradaki As Prime Minister, Festspillene I Nord-Norge: Arctic Arts Festival, Harstad, Norway
On The Point of Being, Konsthallen Luleå, Luleå, Sweden
Butterfly Hotel, Gallery BOA (Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus), Norway
To My Children, Bjørnson Festival and Møre and Romsdal Art Center, Molde, Norway
To My Children, House of Foundation, Moss, Norway
2015
To My Children, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Salte Kyss (Salt Kiss) I, II, III, Gjenreisningsmuseum, Hammerfest, Norway
Mitt Tak er Ditt Gulv / My Roof is Your Floor, Kulturhuset i Hamar, Hamar, Norway
2014
You Talking to Me? OK, I'm Going to Paint Your Things, Gallery LNM, Oslo, Norway
Salte Kyss / Salt Kiss, Steinkjær Kunstforening, Steinkjær, Norway
2013
Once Upon a Time in The West, Red Security Museum / Amna Soraka, Suleimani, Kurdistan (IQ)
Unfinished Memories, Art Museum – North Trondlag, Namsos, Norway
Salte Kyss (Salt Kiss) I, II, III, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
2012
Zorba's dance in 27, Snipetorp Street, Red Security Museum / Amna Soraka, Suleimani, Kurdistan (IQ)
Salte Kyss / Salt Kiss, Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger, Norway
Salte Kyss I, II, III, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrom, Norway
Zorbas dans i Snipetorpgt 27, Tegneforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2011
Salte Kyss II, Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien, Norway
2010
Salte Kyss I, Oslo Museum, gallery IKM, Oslo, Norway
Salte Kyss I, Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien, Norway
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2024
The City And The Sun at Østfold Kunstnersenter (ØKS) with Lars Sandås And Johannes Høie
Perspectives on Pressure – The Staff at the Department of Graphic Arts and Drawing at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2023
The City And The Sun at Oppland Art Center, with Lars Sandås And Johannes Høie
2022
Undersøkelse av det felles Eide / Investigations of the Jointly Owned, Gallery 69, Oslo, Norway
Bruk Et Munch Bilde, Gallery F15, Moss, Norway
2021
The Golden Wish, Human Right Watch, New York, USA
The Golden Wish, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris, France
Norwegian Sculpture Triennial, Oslo, Norway
Jeg Kaller Det Kunst / I Call it Art, The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
TIFF – Tromsø International Film Festival in collaboration with The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
Do As Old Masters Do, Terminal B gallery, Kirkenes, Norway
2020
Høstutstillingen / The Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
The Tattooed Sun, 17th Barcelona Film and Human Rights Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Høstlys Art Festival, Oslo, Norway
The Tattooed Sun, Nordic/Docs, Fredrikstad, Norway
The Tattooed Sun, Live at Heart Film, Orebro, Sweden
Sharp As A Knife, The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
The Tattooed Sun, 32nd Girona Film Festival GFF, Girona, Spain
SNART Kristiansand, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand, Norway
The Tattooed Sun, Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, Albania
Do as Old Masters Do?, Terminal B, Kirknes, Norway
To My Children, Gallery Heike Arendt, Berlin, Germany
Inquiries of the Social Commons, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona, Miami Dade College Koubek, Miami, USA
BONANZAZA, Akershus Artcenter, Akershus, Norway
Og Lenge Gikk Vi Uten Lys / And for a long time we went without light, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand, Norway
Østlandsutstillingen / The Eastern Norway Exhibition, Hedmark Art Center, Hamar, Norway
2019
Tegnetriennalen: Human Touch, Kunstnerens Hus, Oslo, Norway
6th Firenze FilmCorti Festival, Florence, Italy
Jelly Film Festival, North Hollywood, California, USA
To My Children, GUIDE DOC, https://guidedoc.tv
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, Oslo, Norway
Truth is Flexible, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Akershus, Norway
DUMBO Film Festival, New York, USA
Karnevalet, Intercultural Art Project in Public Spaces, Oslo, Norway
To My Children, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2018
29th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Christmas tree, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Europanorama, Oslo International Short Film Festival, Oslo, Norway
Movies On War Film Festival, Elverum, Norway
3rd Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival, Frankfurt, Germany
Push and Pull, Gallery Mjøsvågen, Osterøy, Norway
Statens Høstutstilling / The State Art Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Nordic Film Days (Slovenia, Lebanon, Croatia, Armenia, Georgia, Germany, Morocco, Palestine, Cyprus)
Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden
Huesca International Film Festival, Huesca, Spain
Det Felles Eide / The Common Property, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Human Rights Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio (USA)
Minimalen, 30th Short Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway
Spring Depot, Tenthaus, Oslo, Norway
To My Children, Umeå university, Umeå, Sweden
2017
Pori Film Festival, Pori, Finland
Festival Del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Radio Kamina, Workshop & Group exhibition, Atakpame gallery, Lomé, Togo
Sandefjord Kunstforening / Sandefjord Art Award Nominations, Sandefjord, Norway
Retrospektiv med perspektiv / Retrospective with perspective, Leksands Kulturhus, Leksand, Sweden
Lys Over Lolland International Art Festival, Lolland-Falster, Denmark
Transition ll, Meken Konsthall, Smedjebacken, Sweden
To My Children, Gallery Heike Arndt, Berlin, Germany
2016
10th Arte Laguna Prize / International Art Contest, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Hem ljuva hem…? / Home sweet home …?, Kungsbacka Konsthall, Kungsbacka, Sweden
Transition: Movements / moving man / changing human landscape, Kulturhus, Leksands, Sweden
The Big Draw, Akershus Artsenter, in cooperation with Oslo National Academy, Lillestrøm, Norway
KAPITTEL, International Festival of Literature And Freedom of Expression, Stavanger, Norway
Tromsø International Film Festival – TIFF, Tromsø, Norway
Avstand / Distance, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
Unknown Numbers, Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, Norway
2015
Krigens skygge. Politisk kunst i Norge 1914-2014 / The Shadow of War. Political Art in Norway 1914-2014, Kunstnerrnes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Statens Høstutstilling / The State Art Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Human Condition, Tent Haus, Oslo, Norway (also: Ostlandsutstillingen, Oslo, Norway; Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbibliothek, Kiel, Germany; Mollebyen literature festival, Moss, Norway)
Human Rights Human Wrongs Documentary Film Festival, Gallery Kunstplass 10, Oslo, Norway
2014
WWW.NO-IN-NYC.ORG, NO Gallery, New York, USA
Typical Norwegian, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
Østlandsutstillingen / The Eastern Norway Exhibition, Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway
Likehet Ingen Garanti, Grorud T-bane, Oslo, Norway
Human Rights Human Wrongs Documentary Film Festival, Kunstplass 5, Oslo, Norway
State Of The State, BOA, Oslo, Norway
All King, No Kingdom, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
Oslo Open, Oslo, Norway
2013
Sculpture Biennale, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
Entry Denied, Cinemateket, Bergen, Norway
2012
Group Exhibition, NO Gallery, New York, USA
System Crisis - Economic Downturns, Popular Uprisings, Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art, Trondheim, Norway
Podia Paardekoper. Den bosch, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2011
Tapte Baller, Gallery BOA, Oslo, Norway
To My Children, Scope International Film festival, www.festivalscope.com
FONLAD Digital Arts Festival, Coimbra, Portugal
Cologne OFF 2011 Baltic Sea, Szczecin, Poland
Polish Film Festival – Norwegia Fest, Krytyka Polityczna, Gdansk, Poland
For What It's Worth, Skien Kunstforening, Skien, Norway
Be Patient (Art in public space), Herkules Center, Skien, Norway
To My Children, Goethe Institute Kiev, Ukraine
To My Children, Ostlandsutstillingen, Norway
Sorlandsutstillingen, Norway
2010
Tegnebiennale / Drawing biennial, Momentumhallen, Moss, Norway
Oslo Screen Festival – International Video-Art Festival, Cinemateket, Oslo, Norway
FIFVC Festival - The Festival International de Film et Vidéo de Création, Beirut, Lebanon
To My Children, Visual Container TV: https://www.visualcontainer.tv, Romania
Örebro Video Art Festival, Sweden
Delhi International Arts Festival, Delhi, India
Zorbas Dans i Snipetorpgate 27, Tegneforbundet, Oslo, Norway
The Nomadic Video Library, Brussels, Belgium
Videochannel Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Ostlandsutstillingen / The Eastern Norway Exhibition, Ostfold Art Centre, Fredrikstad, Norway
2009
Property Paintings (with Fredrik Værslev), Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Consumption and Eternity, Oslo S, Oslo Open 2009, Oslo, Norway
Transactions II, Moss, Norway
Salte Kyss, House of Foundation, Moss, Norway
Bohemian Consumer, Gallery Gago, Oslo, Norway
The Living Dead Walked Again, Podium, Oslo, Norway
Brod for kunsten / Bread for Art, Gallery BOA, Oslo, Norway
Graduation Exhibition, Gallery 0047, Oslo, Norway
International Peace Research Institute – PRIO, Oslo, Norway
Paper City, Skien, Norway
Østlandsutstillingen, Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen, Norway
BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
2014
Sarin, author and illustrator: Shwan Dler Qaradaki - In collaboration with Leser Søker Bok - Norway
2021
Norwegian Red Cross Report 2021, Røde Kors, Oslo
2020
Simon Stranger, Adventsstjernen / The Advent Star
N. Hasani, J. Fronth-Nygren, Forbindelser / Connections, Deichman Library, Oslo
2019
RAKEL 2018 (Performance), in collaboration with Kristin Norderval, Oslo, Norway
2017
Mette Karlsvik, Avstand / Distance
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2018
Norwegian Government Scholarship for Established Artists (5 years)
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (Project Support)
Fritt Ord Foundation
Arts Council Norway (Project Support)
Ingrid Lindback Langaards Stiftelse / Ingrid Lindback Langaards Foundation
Norske Kunstforeninger / The Norwegian Association of Art Societies
2016
Norsk filminstitutt / Norwegian Film Institute, in cooperation with Kulturbyrået Mesén
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (2 years)
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (Project Support)
Fritt Ord Foundation
Arts Council Norway (Exhibition Grant)
2015
Arts Council Norway (Project Support)
Fritt Ord Foundation
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (Project Support)
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (1 year)
Norsk Illustration Fund (Project Support)
2014
Arts Council Norway (Project Support)
Arts Council Norway (Exhibition Grant)
Ingrid Lindback Langaards Stiftelse / Ingrid Lindback Langaards Foundation
Fritt Ord Foundation
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (Project Support)
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (1 year)
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
2013
Oslo Kommunes Kunst og Kulturstipend, Diversestipend / Oslo Municipality's Arts and Culture Scholarship
Ingrid Lindback Langaards Stiftelse / Ingrid Lindback Langaards Foundation
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (1 year)
Namsos Kunstforening Art Society – Namdal Artist Scholarship
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
Arts Council Norway
2012
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond / The Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund - Norske Billedkunstnere
2011
Fritt Ord Foundation, in cooperation with Kulturbyrådet Mesèn
Arts Council Norway (Exhibition Grant)
2010
Norwegian Government Scholarship for Younger/Newly Established artists (2 years)
Fond for Lyd og Bilde / Fund for Sound and Pictures
Skien Artist Scholarship
Arts Council Norway (Exhibition support to artists in the establishment phase)
Arts Council Norway - Hanging Gardens in cooperation with Kulturbyrået Mesén / Mesèn Cultural Agency
Oslo Municipality - Hanging Gardens in cooperation with Kulturbyrået Mesén / Mesèn Cultural Agency
2009
Public Art Norway (KORO)
2008
Fond for Lyd og Bilde / Fund for Sound and Pictures
AWARDS
2020
Høstutstilling Art Prize (Kistefos art prize), The National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (Winner)
The Best Documentary Film (Nordic Competition), Movies On War Film Festival, Elverum, Norway (Nominated)
2018
The Best Documentary Film ("To My Children"), 30th Minimal Short Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway (Winner)
Audience Favorites ("To My Children"), Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Winner)
Amanda Award, The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund, Norway (Nominated)
The Best Documentary Film ("To My Children"), Movies On War Film Festival, Elverum, Norway (Nominated)
2017
Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival, Experimental Short Film, Hollywood, USA (Winner)
Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Human Rights Award for Short Film (Nominated)
Popular Jury Award – Human Rights Film Festival of Naples, Naples, Italy (Winner)
Sandefjord Kunstforenings Kunstpris / Sandefjord Art Association's Art Prize, Sandefjord, Norway (Nominated)
2015
The Arts Council Norway, Newcomer Award, Oslo, Norway (Winner)
Østlandsutstillingen Award for the Best Audio-Visual Work, Oslo, Norway (Winner)
2014
Oslo bys kunstnerpris / The Oslo City Art Award, Oslo, Norway (Winner)
COLLECTIONS
Oslo Municipality Art Collection, Oslo, Norway
Oslo Museum Art Collectio, Oslo, Norway
Piero Atchugarry, Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, Garzón, Uruguay
Buskerud Kunstnersenter / Buskerud Art Centre, Drammen, Norway
Kristiansand Municipality, Kristiansand, Norway
Oslo Municipality Art Collection, Oslo, Norway
Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag / Nord-Trøndelag Art Museums, Norway
Namsos Kunstforening / Namsos Art Association, Norway
Mandal Municipality, Mandal, Norway
Mandal Kunstforening / Mandal Art Association, Mandal, Norway
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium / Vestfossen Art Laboratory, Vestfossen, Norway
COMMISSIONS
2024: Between Light And Darknes at Emma Hjoth Skole - With help from Veronica Lund
2023: The New Amergency Hospital, Oslo, Norway
2017: Vika Indigo, in cooperation with Kulturbyrået Mesén
2016: Between Faces at Polar Circle High School, Mo I Rana, Norway
2013: Aquarama, Kristiansand, Norway
2012: Krisesenteret i Telemark / The Crisis Center Telemark, Skien, Norway
2009: Internasjonal Hus / International House, Stavanger, Norway
BOARD POSITIONS
2020-2021
Committee Member, The Norwegian Association for Fine Art Photographers
Committee Member, The New Hospital in Drammen, Norway
Deputy / Jury Member, Fond For Lyd og Bilde - Arts Council Norway
Board Member, TRAFO Kunsthall, Asker, Norway
Board Member, KARP, Togo / Norway
Admission Committee, Oslo National Academy of The Arts
2019
Admission Committee, Oslo National Academy of The Arts
Guest Teacher, Oslo National Academy of The Arts
Deputy Board Member, Oslo Kunstforening / Oslo Art Association
2017 – 2019
Jury Member, Arts Council Norway
2015
Jury Member, BKH – Visual Artists' Assistance Fund, Oslo National Academy of The Arts
2013
National Jury Member, The National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Fine Art Award Nominating Committee Member, The National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2012
National Jury Member, The National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Fine Art Award Nominating Committee Member, The National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2011
Jury Member, UKM – Ungdommens kulturmønstrings / Youth Culture Pattern, Skien, Norway
MEMBERSHIPS
NBK – The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists, Tegnerforbundet / The Drawing Association
BONO – The Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society
