Shamsia Hassani

Afghan artist · Artists · Born 1988 · age 38

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Shamsia Hassani is an Afghan street artist, a fine arts lecturer, and the associate professor of Drawing and Anatomy Drawing at the Kabul University.

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2021“In the past, women were removed from society and they wanted women to stay only at home and wanted to forget about women.”In their wordsArticle (2021)Read the whole statement

BBC 100 WomenAward2014“I want to colour over the bad memories of war on the walls, and if I colour over these bad memories, then I erase [war] from people’s minds.”In their wordsArticle (2014)Read the whole statement

“By making graffiti, I want to cover all bad memories of war from people’s minds with colors - to cover all bad element of war with my graffiti.”In their wordsInterview (2014)Read the whole statement

“By using the internet, I can get in touch with all over the world and I can share my artworks to show my art to more people not only people of Afghanistan.”In their wordsInterview (2014)Read the whole statement

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Shamsia Hassani in Afghanistan

Graffiti in Switzerland by Shamsia Hassani

In their own words 8

Shamsia Hassani

8 statements, newest first

In the past, women were removed from society and they wanted women to stay only at home and wanted to forget about women.
2021, Article (2021), Own words
I want to colour over the bad memories of war on the walls, and if I colour over these bad memories, then I erase [war] from people’s minds.
2014, Article (2014), Own words
By making graffiti, I want to cover all bad memories of war from people’s minds with colors - to cover all bad element of war with my graffiti.
2014, Interview (2014), Own words

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Awards

BBC 100 Women2021

Artists born in the 1980s 6

About this person

Shamsia Hassani is an Afghan street artist, a fine arts lecturer, and the associate professor of Drawing and Anatomy Drawing at the Kabul University. She has popularized "street art" in the streets of Kabul and has exhibited her art in several countries including India, Iran, Germany, United States of America, Switzerland, Vietnam, Norway, Australia, Denmark, Turkey, Italy, Canada, and in diplomatic missions in Kabul. Hassani paints graffiti in Kabul to bring awareness to the war years. In 2014, Hassani was named one of FP's top 100 global thinkers. She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2021.