Rushdi Anwar

Artes Mundi is the internationally focused visual arts organisation for Wales. Every 2 years we produce an exhibition that presents work by some of the world’s best contemporary artists.This year for the first time, the exhibition is being shown in 5 venues across Wales. We are grateful for the support of presenting partner the Bagri Foundation, plus the Colwinston Charitable Trust and many others.AM10 is our current exhibition featuring works by Rushdi Anwar, Carolina Caycedo, Alia Farid, Naomi Rincon Gallardo, Taloi Havini, Nwiyn Trinh Thi and Mounira Al Solh.In this series of podcast episodes we will be meeting the artists of AM10 and celebrating their installations across Wales. We’ll hear them discuss their work and listen to reactions to their exhibition from community members around Wales. Plus, there will be expert comment and observations from arts and culture professionals.Each episode will be themed around one artist. In this episode we will be focusing on Rushdi AnwarRushdi Anwar was born in Kurdistan and works between Thailand and Australia. His artwork is exhibiting in Amgueddfa Genedlaethol, Caerdydd - The National Museum Cardiff. In this episode, Rushdi talks about his work, inspirations and process, as well as discussing his AM10 installation in detail. Plus there is a discussion about Rushdi’s work featuring Dr Omar Kholeif (Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation), Dr Hawzhin Azeez (Co-Director of the Kurdish Centre for Studies) and Shahram Khosravi (Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University). Also, members of the Cardiff Kurdish community talk about what Rushdi's AM10 work means to them.All of the AM10 installations around Wales are on display to the public until the 25th of February 2024.For their generous support in enabling the talks and podcasts to happen, we thank the British Council in Wales, National Lottery/Art Council Wales ‘Create’ fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund. For more information, visit artesmundi.org