Walid Siti

Walid Siti (born 1952, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan) is a Kurdish painter and artist. He is currently based in London, United Kingdom.

Education and early life He was born into a family of a Sunni Muslim background and had four brothers and a sister. His father was involved in the Kurdish revolutionary movement and often in prison. His artistic skills have already raised some awareness in primary school, but weren't met with appraisal by the family at the time. between 1977 and 1982 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, from where he obtained a MSc.

Exhibitions 1987, Three Kurdish Artists, Kufa Gallery, London 1994, Timescapes, curated by Rose Issa, Leighton House Museum, London 2008, Land on Fire, curated by Rose Issa, Leighton House Museum, London 2011, The River Zei, Rose Issa Projects, London. 2012, Alienation, Barjeel Art Foundation, Saudi Arabia 2013, In Dialogue with Modhir Ahmed, Abdulrahim Sharif and Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa at the Art Centre, Bahrain. 2017, The Black Tower, Zilberman Gallery, Berlin