Hafnarfjörður Library presents an exhibition of works by Hemn A. Hussein.
Hemn is a multidisciplinary artist from southern Kurdistan. He holds a BA degree in English Philosophy and a Master's degree in Social Sciences/International Relations.
In 2016, Hemn was in partnership with the Slemani Film Foundation and works as the Communications Manager for the Slemani International Film Festival (SIFF).
His artistic career was strengthened by his arrival in Iceland in 2020 as an asylum seeker, and since then he has collaborated with local and international institutions on a variety of artistic projects, including painting, sensory art, interactive and immersive theatre, performance art and filmmaking.
Hemn experiments with style, creation and content to find his unique path to his art. His artworks are abstract and spiritually surreal, with the perfect embrace of geometry.
Abstract, for the sole purpose of indicating a deviation from reality in the description of the imagery. Surreal, due to the appearance of indeterminate anthropomorphic figures and geometries, employing the intensity and calculations of sacred geometry. However, Hemn completely liberates the audience to interpret the artworks through their subjective feelings, thoughts and emotions.
His journey will continue abroad and at home, where he calls Heim or Home.

Short biography of the artist:
Hemn A. Hussein is a Kurdish multidisciplinary artist from the Southern region of Kurdistan. He has a Bachelor's degree in English Philology and a Master's degree in Social Sciences/International Relations.
In 2016, Hemn collaborates with the Slemani Film Foundation and serves as the Director of Communications of the Slemani International Film Festival (SIFF)
His artistic journey intensified with his arrival in Iceland in 2020 as an asylum seeker, and since then he has been collaborating with local and international organisations on multiple art projects, including painting, sensory, inclusive, interactive and immersive theatre, performance art and filmmaking.
Hemn experiments with style, creation and content in order to find his own unique path to his art. His artworks are abstract and spiritually surreal with a complete embrace of geometry.
Abstract, for the sole reason of indicating a departure from reality in the depiction of the imagery. Surreal, because of the appearance of the unidentified humanoid figures and geometric, by the use of intense and calculated sacred geometry. However, Hemn completely liberates the viewers to interpret the artworks through their subjective feelings, thoughts and emotions.
His journey will continue abroad and in Iceland, which he calls ‘Heim’ or Home.