Yuhana Nashmi | |
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يوهانا النشمي | |
Born | |
Nationality | Iraqi, Australian |
Known for | Contemporary art; Mandaean art |
Notable work | 100 Souls 100 Stories 100 Tiles |
Spouse | Lily A. Nashmi |
Website |
www |
Yuhana Nashmi is an Iraqi-Australian visual artist and ceramicist. [1] [2]
Nashmi was born in Baghdad, Iraq. [3] His malwasha ( baptismal name) is Ram bar Sharat Semat ( Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡌ ࡁࡓ ࡔࡀࡓࡀࡕ ࡎࡉࡌࡀࡕ, romanized: Ram br Šarat Simat). In Iraq, he was initiated as a tarmida. He immigrated to Australia in the early 2000s after living in Amman, Jordan from 1998–2000. [4]
In the mid-2010s, Nashmi collaborated with Christine Robins (née Allison) of the University of Exeter on The Worlds of Mandaean Priests project to document the Mandaean priesthood. Nashmi served as a field worker and cultural consultant for the project. [5]
In 2018, Nashmi created Sh-ken-ta, an exhibition of a shkinta (reed house used for Mandaean priestly rituals), as a site-specific installation at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. [6] [7]
In 2020, Nashmi published the book 100 Souls 100 Stories 100 Tiles, a collection of 100 ceramic tiles made by members of the Mandaean community in Australia. [4] [8] The tiles have been exhibited at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. [9]
Nashmi also exhibited artwork at the Georges River in 2022. [10] As of 2023, he currently works in art psychotherapy and ceramics tutoring, and runs NeshmART Studio in the Sydney metropolitan area. [11] Nashmi also collaborates with indigenous ceramicists in Palawan, Philippines to help them revive their traditional crafts.
Nashmi is married to Lily A. Nashmi, an Iraqi Mandaean who spent much of her early life in New Zealand. The couple has a Labrador Retriever named Neshma ( Classical Mandaic: ࡍࡉࡔࡌࡀ, romanized: Nišma, lit. 'Soul'; pronounced [ˈniʃma]), [12] who also works as a therapy dog. [4]
Yuhana Nashmi is also known as Sheikh Alaa Nashmi (also spelled Ala’a Nashmi; Arabic: علاء النشمي). [13] [14]: 21
And there are two disciples [assisting] me who came from Iraq, the land of Babel (aka u-mur kai trin tarmidia mn īaraq babil [?] aktun). One of them is called Alaa (علاء) al-Našmi by name and his family name is al-bu-Zahrun.
Yuhana Nashmi | |
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يوهانا النشمي | |
Born | |
Nationality | Iraqi, Australian |
Known for | Contemporary art; Mandaean art |
Notable work | 100 Souls 100 Stories 100 Tiles |
Spouse | Lily A. Nashmi |
Website |
www |
Yuhana Nashmi is an Iraqi-Australian visual artist and ceramicist. [1] [2]
Nashmi was born in Baghdad, Iraq. [3] His malwasha ( baptismal name) is Ram bar Sharat Semat ( Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡌ ࡁࡓ ࡔࡀࡓࡀࡕ ࡎࡉࡌࡀࡕ, romanized: Ram br Šarat Simat). In Iraq, he was initiated as a tarmida. He immigrated to Australia in the early 2000s after living in Amman, Jordan from 1998–2000. [4]
In the mid-2010s, Nashmi collaborated with Christine Robins (née Allison) of the University of Exeter on The Worlds of Mandaean Priests project to document the Mandaean priesthood. Nashmi served as a field worker and cultural consultant for the project. [5]
In 2018, Nashmi created Sh-ken-ta, an exhibition of a shkinta (reed house used for Mandaean priestly rituals), as a site-specific installation at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. [6] [7]
In 2020, Nashmi published the book 100 Souls 100 Stories 100 Tiles, a collection of 100 ceramic tiles made by members of the Mandaean community in Australia. [4] [8] The tiles have been exhibited at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. [9]
Nashmi also exhibited artwork at the Georges River in 2022. [10] As of 2023, he currently works in art psychotherapy and ceramics tutoring, and runs NeshmART Studio in the Sydney metropolitan area. [11] Nashmi also collaborates with indigenous ceramicists in Palawan, Philippines to help them revive their traditional crafts.
Nashmi is married to Lily A. Nashmi, an Iraqi Mandaean who spent much of her early life in New Zealand. The couple has a Labrador Retriever named Neshma ( Classical Mandaic: ࡍࡉࡔࡌࡀ, romanized: Nišma, lit. 'Soul'; pronounced [ˈniʃma]), [12] who also works as a therapy dog. [4]
Yuhana Nashmi is also known as Sheikh Alaa Nashmi (also spelled Ala’a Nashmi; Arabic: علاء النشمي). [13] [14]: 21
And there are two disciples [assisting] me who came from Iraq, the land of Babel (aka u-mur kai trin tarmidia mn īaraq babil [?] aktun). One of them is called Alaa (علاء) al-Našmi by name and his family name is al-bu-Zahrun.