Hayv Kahraman (Iraqi, b. 1981)

Spanning drawing, painting, and sculpture, Hayv Kahraman's practice engages with very difficult issues surrounding female identity in her homeland - how women are victimised within their own culture, made subservient to men and often suffer the most from the effects of the war. Kahraman tells these tales of horror with a demure grace through her stunningly beautiful paintings. In this series of work, her images depict the scriptural story of the Sacrifice of The Lamb, which is central to the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha, recasting the figures as women.