Farouk Kaspaules

Who is Farouk Kaspaules?

Farouk Kaspaules is an Assyrian Canadian artist of Assyrian origin.

Born in Baghdad, Kaspaules left Iraq in the mid-1970s for political reasons. After a brief stay in the United States, he chose Canada as his country of exile. Since his arrival, in the mid-1980s he has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio and Art History from the University of Ottawa, and has been active in artist-run centres and community organizations.

During his first European exhibition in London, England, in 1993, he established links with other exiled artists from the Middle East, specifically from Iraq. These encounters led to a turning point in his artistic production, which became more politically explicit.

He has participated in some 20 solo and collective exhibitions in Canada, England, Hungary, France, Chile and Brazil.