Khalid Alkaaby / Selected Artwork / Biography / Artist Statement / Past Exhibitions
Khalid Alkaaby - Biography
Khalid Alkaaby was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq on December 2 1979. He worked as an artist and ran a successful art studio.
In September 2005 Baghdad underwent immense bombings. The 14th of September was the deadliest day of the insurgency. The city of Baghdad suffered significant damage and a series of terrorist attacks throughout the city.
Khalid was forced to leave his beloved family, friends and studio gallery where he had created his works of art. He then immigrated to the United States and set out to begin a new life in San Diego, California where he now lives and works as a professional artist.
It is here in the United States that Khalid experiences a sense of openness and expressive way that triggered his artistic thoughts, where in Iraq he experienced the opposite, an unbalanced force.
There is a symbolic representation in Khalid’s work, the boldness of the color red in which he connects with passion of life and love, a rhythmic tone and organization as in musical cords that entice mood delivering an impact on the senses, the dominance of red, and black the accent that animates. The artistic nude figures of self-expression and liberty within and the surroundings of which she displays is a total empowerment of self-awareness without restraints and restrictions.
In September 2005 Baghdad underwent immense bombings. The 14th of September was the deadliest day of the insurgency. The city of Baghdad suffered significant damage and a series of terrorist attacks throughout the city.
Khalid was forced to leave his beloved family, friends and studio gallery where he had created his works of art. He then immigrated to the United States and set out to begin a new life in San Diego, California where he now lives and works as a professional artist.
It is here in the United States that Khalid experiences a sense of openness and expressive way that triggered his artistic thoughts, where in Iraq he experienced the opposite, an unbalanced force.
There is a symbolic representation in Khalid’s work, the boldness of the color red in which he connects with passion of life and love, a rhythmic tone and organization as in musical cords that entice mood delivering an impact on the senses, the dominance of red, and black the accent that animates. The artistic nude figures of self-expression and liberty within and the surroundings of which she displays is a total empowerment of self-awareness without restraints and restrictions.
