Dara Aram (OSA) is a Toronto based Artist. He attended the Artist-Educator Foundation Course at the Royal Conservatory, studied at the OCAD, Toronto and the Slemani Institute of Fine Arts in Kurdistan. Aram has exhibited in 110 shows worldwide in galleries and museums, including in Europe, the Middle East, North America and Japan. Aram’s works are in private and public collections such as the Canadian Embassies in Denmark and in Sweden. Aram has also received a number of OAC grants and awards

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My recent work is a continuation of past and present subjects including the Environment, Children and Women’s oppression combined with the struggles and the displacement of humans found in today's complex world.
Presently, I am producing a body of work experimenting and expressing myself with thin, whimsical, figurative forms within abstracted, thick, textured layers of acrylic paint in my landscape works. I use mixed media that includes a variety of construction and metal tools to assist in my free expression. The works are simplified, depicting three main layers of strata floating within splashes of abstracted forms found amidst the horizon lines, orchestrating the history and music of time and the ever-changing environmental landscape. My expressions of the importance for environmental preservation of our earth is of hope, peace and harmony for today and for the future.