Biography
Amjad Hashem is a contemporary artist based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Was born 1982 in Damascus, Syria, he graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts at the Damascus University in 2007.
Through a process of deep self exploration Amjad Hashem discovered great value in the inevitability of change and transformation.
In his work he further explores these topics through figurative paintings, using the iconic figure of the mummy and its metaphorical meaning as a transformational ritual. Amjad uses ribbons as symbolic covering, showing how we are ‘wearing’ our identities, sometimes with pride, sometimes as a heavy burden, wearing us down. In Amjad’s works we can see how, during the process of adaptation during periods of change, they can gradually morph us into something completely different, sometimes resulting in not recognising ones ‘self’ or our context, any longer.