Illustrator & Painter — Iraq

Aryan Sarsam

Three decades of drawing for children — school books, story books and paintings, made in Iraq and read across Kurdistan.

30+ Years illustrating
100 Issues of Hang magazine
40+ Illustrated stories
3 Languages spoken
Aryan Sarsam Illustrator & Painter

About the artist

Drawing for children since childhood

Aryan Sarsam has taken part in art exhibitions since she was a child, and held her own show while still in secondary school.

She joined Hang magazine as an illustrator in 1996 and stayed with it until its hundredth issue. Today she works at the General Directorate of Curriculum & Printing, where her drawings reach children in every classroom.

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Worked with

Organisations and publishers

UNICEF World Food Programme MEDS Save the Children Aras Publishing House Ministry of Education Ministry of Health Kurdistan Child Protection Agency Hiwa (Al-Amal) Women's Organization Brayati Newspaper Hang Magazine

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Have a book that needs pictures?

Commissions, publishing work and exhibitions are all welcome.

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