Dia Azzawi

ضياء العزاوي

Visual Artist

Iraq

London,

United Kingdom

Leading Iraqi painter and sculptor whose work responding to the Sabra and Shatila massacre is among the most recognized political art from the modern Arab world.

Dia Azzawi has worked across painting, sculpture, and printmaking for decades, and his large-scale work Sabra and Shatila Massacre 1982-83 is held by Tate as one of the defining pieces of politically engaged modern Arab art.

Representation

Independent