Serhad Bapir was born in 1964 in Tetwan in Northern Kurdistan. During his years at grammarschool he participated in the Kurdish liberation movement. From 1983 he was persecuted and later was wanted by the military forces in Turkey because of his political involvement.
In 1984 he had no other choice but to leave the country and seek political asylum in Greece. Between 1987 and 1992 he studied at the School of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Aristotheles in Salonika. He studied painting under Prof. Vangelis Dimireas and Dimitris Kondos, and graphic art under Prof. Yiorgios Milios. From 2001 to 2007 he studied graphic arts under Prof. X. Sahinis at the University of Aristotheles in Salonika.
During 1995-97 he worked as an art teacher at the Cultural Centre of Stavrupolis in Salonika. Since 1997 he has been employed as a teacher at the secondary school in the same town. He became a member of Association of Visual Artists in Northern Greece in 1993, since 1994 has been a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts in Greece and 2005 since Greek Engravers Association. He has been settled in Salonika since 1985.
His paintings and graphic works are found among others in the Art Gallery of the Association for Macedonian Studies, in collection of The Macedonian Arts Society (”TEXNI”) in the town of Kilkis, in the collection of the Kurdish Institute in Paris, the kurdish review NÛDEM in Sweden, in the collection of Sotiris Tsukalis and in several other individual collections.
One-man exhibitions:
1997: Cultural Centre of Stravrupolis, Salonika, Greece
1998: “TEHNI” The Macedonian Arts Society, Kilkis, Greece
1999: ”IL Rifugio d‘artista”, Giannitsa, Greece
2001: Kurdish Library, Stockholm, Sweden.
2002: Peristyle of the Aristotle theatre / cinema, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2008: TEHNOHOROS, Athens, Greece.
2009: Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2019: Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Selection from main group/co-exhibitions:
1992: Exhibition by graduates of the School of Fine Arts, Thessaloniki Port Organisation, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1995: Demetria, Society for Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998: Cultural Capital of Europe, The First international Mini Art Biennale, Vasby, Stockholm, Sweden.
2000: Triennale of Greek Engraving, Pierides Gallery, Athens. 1999: Egypt International Triennale, Cairo, Egypt.
2001: Month of Visual Arts, Technopolis, Municipality of Athens, Panhellenic Exhibition of Small-Scale Art, Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2002: Five Young Engravers, Eirmos, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2004: 99+1 Artists, State Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki Port Organisation, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2005: Art at the Side of SE Asia, State Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki Port Organisation, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2007: Averoff Museum, Metsovo. Exhibition by graduates of the School of Fine Arts, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki, Greece.
Press cuttings:
· The Graphic Works of Serhad, the catalogue of exhibition, 1997, Stravrupolis, Salonika.
· Kastas Laxas, author and painter, foreword to the catologue of 1997s exhibition.
· "The Kurdish graphic artist broke his silence", I Avriani (daily), 29 March 1997, Salonika.
· Armanc (Kurdish periodical), nr 177, May 1997, Sweden.
· NÛDEM (Kurdish quarterly), nr 23, Autumn 1997, an interview published in this literary and art periodical, along with an album including 26 graphic works in the same number, Sweden.
· "Expressions of art from Kurdistan, visual and graphic art exhibition of the Kurdish artist Serhad", Nea Poria (newspaper), 16 January 1998, Kilkis.
· "Kurdish Serhad in TEHNI- showing us his art works", IDISIS (daily), 21 January 1998, Kilkis.
· "A Kurdish artist in Kilkis", I AVGI (daily), 21 January 1998, Athens.
· "Lifes stubbornness", Angelioforos (daily), 21 January 1998, Salonika.
· "Graphic art exhibition-Serhad, picture, painting, Kurdistan", KRONOS (daily), 30 January 1998, Kilkis.
· The Graphic Works of Serhad, the catalogue of exhibition, 1998, "TEXNI" The Macedonian Arts Society, Kilkis.
· "Serhad, engraving pictures of struggle ", NEA MAKEDONIA (daily), Interview of the week, interviewed by Mrs Smaro Xristidou, 1 February 1998.
· NÛDEM (Kurdish quarterly), nr 28, Winter 1998, "Some new graphic works of Serhad Bapir", Sweden.
· "The way to the close one is far away", Documentary from the state-owned Greek Tv, ET3, 1998.
· Katia Kilesopulu, art historian, catalogue of "Graphic artists from Northern Greece", 15 years after establishment of Association of Visual Artists in Northern Greece, IANOS publishing house, January 2000, Salonika.
· Jiyana Rewşen (Kurdish periodical), nr 38, February 2000, Istanbul, Turkey.
· The catalogue of the 1st Greek Graphic Art Trienniale, The Gallery of Pieridi, 2001, Athens.
· "TEHNI", the collection of the Macedonian Arts Society, the Gallery of Vafopulio, April 2001, Kilkis.
In 1984 he had no other choice but to leave the country and seek political asylum in Greece. Between 1987 and 1992 he studied at the School of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Aristotheles in Salonika. He studied painting under Prof. Vangelis Dimireas and Dimitris Kondos, and graphic art under Prof. Yiorgios Milios. From 2001 to 2007 he studied graphic arts under Prof. X. Sahinis at the University of Aristotheles in Salonika.
During 1995-97 he worked as an art teacher at the Cultural Centre of Stavrupolis in Salonika. Since 1997 he has been employed as a teacher at the secondary school in the same town. He became a member of Association of Visual Artists in Northern Greece in 1993, since 1994 has been a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts in Greece and 2005 since Greek Engravers Association. He has been settled in Salonika since 1985.
His paintings and graphic works are found among others in the Art Gallery of the Association for Macedonian Studies, in collection of The Macedonian Arts Society (”TEXNI”) in the town of Kilkis, in the collection of the Kurdish Institute in Paris, the kurdish review NÛDEM in Sweden, in the collection of Sotiris Tsukalis and in several other individual collections.
One-man exhibitions:
1997: Cultural Centre of Stravrupolis, Salonika, Greece
1998: “TEHNI” The Macedonian Arts Society, Kilkis, Greece
1999: ”IL Rifugio d‘artista”, Giannitsa, Greece
2001: Kurdish Library, Stockholm, Sweden.
2002: Peristyle of the Aristotle theatre / cinema, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2008: TEHNOHOROS, Athens, Greece.
2009: Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2019: Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Selection from main group/co-exhibitions:
1992: Exhibition by graduates of the School of Fine Arts, Thessaloniki Port Organisation, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1995: Demetria, Society for Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998: Cultural Capital of Europe, The First international Mini Art Biennale, Vasby, Stockholm, Sweden.
2000: Triennale of Greek Engraving, Pierides Gallery, Athens. 1999: Egypt International Triennale, Cairo, Egypt.
2001: Month of Visual Arts, Technopolis, Municipality of Athens, Panhellenic Exhibition of Small-Scale Art, Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2002: Five Young Engravers, Eirmos, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2004: 99+1 Artists, State Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki Port Organisation, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2005: Art at the Side of SE Asia, State Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki Port Organisation, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2007: Averoff Museum, Metsovo. Exhibition by graduates of the School of Fine Arts, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki, Greece.
Press cuttings:
· The Graphic Works of Serhad, the catalogue of exhibition, 1997, Stravrupolis, Salonika.
· Kastas Laxas, author and painter, foreword to the catologue of 1997s exhibition.
· "The Kurdish graphic artist broke his silence", I Avriani (daily), 29 March 1997, Salonika.
· Armanc (Kurdish periodical), nr 177, May 1997, Sweden.
· NÛDEM (Kurdish quarterly), nr 23, Autumn 1997, an interview published in this literary and art periodical, along with an album including 26 graphic works in the same number, Sweden.
· "Expressions of art from Kurdistan, visual and graphic art exhibition of the Kurdish artist Serhad", Nea Poria (newspaper), 16 January 1998, Kilkis.
· "Kurdish Serhad in TEHNI- showing us his art works", IDISIS (daily), 21 January 1998, Kilkis.
· "A Kurdish artist in Kilkis", I AVGI (daily), 21 January 1998, Athens.
· "Lifes stubbornness", Angelioforos (daily), 21 January 1998, Salonika.
· "Graphic art exhibition-Serhad, picture, painting, Kurdistan", KRONOS (daily), 30 January 1998, Kilkis.
· The Graphic Works of Serhad, the catalogue of exhibition, 1998, "TEXNI" The Macedonian Arts Society, Kilkis.
· "Serhad, engraving pictures of struggle ", NEA MAKEDONIA (daily), Interview of the week, interviewed by Mrs Smaro Xristidou, 1 February 1998.
· NÛDEM (Kurdish quarterly), nr 28, Winter 1998, "Some new graphic works of Serhad Bapir", Sweden.
· "The way to the close one is far away", Documentary from the state-owned Greek Tv, ET3, 1998.
· Katia Kilesopulu, art historian, catalogue of "Graphic artists from Northern Greece", 15 years after establishment of Association of Visual Artists in Northern Greece, IANOS publishing house, January 2000, Salonika.
· Jiyana Rewşen (Kurdish periodical), nr 38, February 2000, Istanbul, Turkey.
· The catalogue of the 1st Greek Graphic Art Trienniale, The Gallery of Pieridi, 2001, Athens.
· "TEHNI", the collection of the Macedonian Arts Society, the Gallery of Vafopulio, April 2001, Kilkis.
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