Mirak Jamal (b.1979, Tehran, Iran), lives in Berlin

Mirak Jamal has lived in the USSR, Germany, the USA and Canada and is currently based in Berlin. His
oddly figurative paintings reflect an environment of global placement, and adjustment, after his family fled Iran at the dawn of the Islamic revolution. Recent solo exhibitions include Kunsthall Oslo (2019) and Galerie Sultana (Paris, 2020). He has participated in several international group shows, including Brücke Museum (2019), Berlin; Kunsternes Hus, Oslo (2019); Union Pacific, London (2018), Kunstverein Freiburg (2017); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2017), 1857, Oslo (2015); and the 15th Istanbul Biennial at Istanbul Modern and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2017). The artist is represented by Galerie Sultana (Paris).