123 years ago, the immortal Mele Mistefa Bаrzanı was born.

He, along with his warriors (peshmerga) on the mountains of Kurdistan, tirelessly fought and fought for the dignity and freedom of the Kurds and with this struggle he sealed the entire 20th Century. With this struggle, he became a solid foundation for Kurdishness and for us all to remain as Kurds.

And now, his party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, his children and grandchildren are fighting for the establishment of the independent state of Kurdistan and have become a hope and a beacon for all Kurds of the four parts of Kurdistan and for the Kurds of the whole world.

Yes, Bаrzanî, you have said it rightly that, “in the heart of every honest Kurd there is the independence of Kurdistan.” Independence is not only the right and desire of all of us, but at the same time it is something that we must definitely and by any means obtain, quite simply, because our survival or non-survival as a separate nation is inextricably linked to the independence of Kurdistan.

M. Mistefa Berzanî, 1987, chinese ink, 21x15 cm.

M. Mistefa Berzanî, 2012, charcoal, 36x25 cm.

Spring, 2004, color engraving on linoleum, 17x11 cm.

Stiletto and pencil, 2014, pencil, 29.5x21 cm.

Annual exhibition of members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece at Casa Bıanca

The Kurds have a saying: "Whoever's house burns, he hurts the most." Thus the Kurds, deprived of international support, have so far failed to create their own independent state and in this way ensure the duration of their existence as a nation in the future. In their struggle, they suffered genocide many times, by the four states that Kurdistan is under their occupation, even with chemical weapons!

The pain is universal, I hope no one hurts!

I hope that the Kurds will be vindicated and that this nightmare of almost 200 years will end!

Serhad Bapir

Note: These words accompany the photo of my work in the exhibition catalogue.

City, 2023, acrylics, 130X100 cm.

Serhad Bapir's solo exhibition opened yesterday at the Hydria Foundation in Thessaloniki

From the opening of Serhad Bapir's 9th solo exhibition at the Hydria Foundation in Thessaloniki on March 6, 2024.

Photo: Nikos Bendilas

Serhad Bapir's 9th solo painting exhibition at the Hydria Foundation in Thessaloniki

Press release

The "Hydria" Cultural Foundation invites you to the opening of the painting exhibition of the artist Serhad Bapir, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

It is a series of landscapes and still lifes with acrylics and Chinese inks, small and medium dimensions, that the painter created in the period 2014-2024.

Serhad Bapir was born in 1964 in Tetwan, Kurdistan. In 1984 he fled to Greece, where he remained as a political refugee. For his studies from 1985 to 1992 he received a scholarship from the Institute Kurde De Paris. From 1987 to 1992 he studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Athens University of Fine Arts. attending the painting workshops of professors D. Kontos and V. Dimitreas. From 2001 to 2007 he studied in the engraving department of the same School (second degree), with professor X. Sahini. Since 1997 he has been working in Secondary Education. He is a member of the Chamber of Visual Arts of Greece, the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, the Union of Greek Engravers and the Union of Art Course Teachers. He has held 8 solo exhibitions in Greece and Sweden, as well as participated in more than 100 group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. His works are in some public and private collections in Greece and abroad.

Exhibition duration: March 6 - 29, 2024

Opening hours: Monday - Friday 11:00 - 15:00

Wednesday AND 18:00 - 21:00

From the opening of the exhibition

From the opening of the 40th anniversary exhibition of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece in the Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies on 3/11/2023
Foto: Nikos Bendilas

Two Cities Marked My Life.

I was born in the coastal city of Tetwan, Kurdistan. A city of 20 thousand inhabitants then and about 100 thousand now, on the shores of Lake Wan, which we call the sea, a large, salty and deep lake slightly larger than the area of Evia, at an altitude of 1700 meters above sea level.

I lived there until I was 19, followed by the difficult years of illegality due to my participation in the Kurdish liberation struggle and then as a political refugee I arrived in Greece.

For 38 years now I have lived in Thessaloniki, a city that as a location always reminds me of Tetwan, of course on a much larger scale.

Here I studied art and here I charted my artistic path, as well as here I created a family and had my children.

The urban landscape always moves me and is present in my painting. It is, after all, the space in which we live but also where our historical memory takes place.

Serhad Bapir

Note: These words accompany the photo of my work in the exhibition catalogue.

City, 2023, acrylics, 130X100 cm.

The exhibition invitation

Serhad Bapir: A Kurdish Visual Artist Tells His Story

Serhad Bapir was a guest of Zahra Institute on 18/10/2023


A useful and pleasant meeting was held on the Zoom platform. Mr. Mucahit Bilici directed the event..
In this meeting, the visual artist Serhad Bapir presented his works and talked about his artistic reflection and as he answered the questions.
Mr. Mucahit Bilici did the direct translation from Kurdish to English.
You can watch this meeting on YouTube.
The Zahra Institute is an institute in Chicago, USA.

Serhad Bapir - Drawing on an old calendar. 2022- 2023, various techniques, 21X14 cm.

The photos of Serhad Bapir's works in the new issue of the newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique Kurdî

In issue 67 (October - November 2021) of the newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique Kurdî as an artist of this issue, photos of my 30 works were published.

And in 2010 as an artist of issue 12 the photos from a series of my works were published.

Issue 67 of the newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique Kurdî

Miniature group exhibition of the Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki

With these 4 works I participate in the group miniature exhibition of the Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki.

Landscape, 2020, acrylics, 12x12 cm

Landscape, 2020, acrylics, 12x12 cm

Landscape, 2020, acrylics, 12x12 cm

Landscape, 2020, acrylics, 12x12 cm

Exhibition poster