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She uses her art to help bring positive changes to people and more specifically to wash away the depressing memories of long-time war having taken place in her country.
Shamsia has held exhibitions and created murals in North America, Asia, and Europe. Teaching at fine art faculty of Kabul University, Shamsia, who is also one of the founders of Berang Arts Organization, puts her best effort to exchange her contemporary arts experiences with her students and present more artists to the community.
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Shamsia Hassani
Shamsia Hassani is a graffiti artist from Afghanistan.
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Shamsia is a committed artist representing, through her work, different aspects of humanity.
She would sometimes work her graffiti concepts out as drawings/paintings applied onto prints of pictures taken from different parts of Kabul: a category she calls “Dream of Graffiti.” She was selected as one of Top 10 for the 2nd Afghan Contemporary Art Prize in 2009, and since then has been part of solo and group exhibitions inside and outside of Afghanistan (e.g.
In her graffiti, Shamsia often paints women in Burqas, and fishes, symbols of the atmosphere flowing around her and her own life experiences. She is on a mission to portray a different face of Afghanistan and to pay tribute to women who have more restrictions than men in the Afghan society. Her work was featured during primetime in France and compared to Frida Kahlo.
Germany, Australia, India, Vietnam).
Turning her emotions into art, Shamsia showcases political and social messages inspired by her life, Afghanistan and the situation of the world. In the USA, her murals can be found in California (Los Angeles and Sacramento), New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, and now Texas through her collaboration with Street Art for Mankind.
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Shamsia Hassani
Shamsia Hassani born in 1988 (Iran) is an Afghan graffiti artist, and teacher at Faculty of Fine Arts, Kabul University.
As an Afghan girl confronting reactions motivated from traditional views, it is not always easy for Shamsia to do graffiti the way other graffiti artists would do around the world.