Bahram Hajou

Bahram Hajou’s oeuvre is replete with muted conversations flowered by the beauty of melancholic and rhythmic figures. These narratives highlight his several experiences of shifting from his home to the present residence. Born 1952 in Syria, Bahram had initially studied Civil engineering, later seeking his passion to study art in Baghdad. Owing to the impending war, he shifted to Germany, where he further pursued his training in painting. At the same time, his appetite for art also drove him to explore archaeology and eventually become a freelance artist by 1989.
Although Bahram’s works tread a specific road they continue to remain hazy when one tries to decode the layers. Subtle and sublime in rendering, Bahram’s practice is consistent, repetitive yet renovating and provoking many emotional twists. He uses a warm palette for recurring figures in his paintings over a dull grey surface. The strokes are layered and narrate his patient approach to develop a textured crust and ultimate figuration. Majorly and thematically, his works conceptualise human tendencies, which possibly alter with various circumstances. More importantly, his portraits signify distinct and intense dialogue with the viewers.
Bahram’s paintings have been exhibited and acquired by several institutional collections, which include Malthaf of Modern Art Museum, Qatar, Art Hal, Oldenburg, Germany, Sheikh Rashed Al Khalifa, Bahrain, Deutsche Bank, Albert O’hayon, U.S.A, Manfred Goubitz, Germany and more. Honoured and fortunate, he had exhibited his works at one of the most reputed galleries of Paris, Salon d’Automne. Moreover, in 2014, he received the prestigious Henry Matisse prize from the Château Musée Grimaldi in France, which gained him immense popularity through French media. Subsequently, he was rewarded with a full-page report in Le Monde,  the renowned newspaper of France.
Bahram Hajou lives in Germany while shifts between his studios at Munster and New York, US.