Elyas Alavi - الیاس علوی
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Introduction | Elyas Alavi is an emerging artist based in Adelaide, South Australia. Alavi was born in Daikundi province, Afghanistan, and moved to Iran as a child, following the intensification of war in his homeland. In 2005, he went back to Afghanistan and worked with a number of magazines as a writer and designer. In late 2007 he came to Australia as a refugee at risk. Alavi graduated from a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) in 2012, specialising in painting, and is currently undertaking a Masters by Research (Visual Arts) at the University of South Australia and has exhibited in Australia and Afghanistan artspaces including Nexus Multicultural Gallery, SASA Gallery, CACSA Project Space, IFA (Kabul) and Fontanelle Gallery. Elyas Alavi also is best known as an internationally renowned poet.He published 3 poetry book in Iran and Afghanistan. first poetry book "I'm a daydreamer wolf" published in 2008 in Tehran, followed by "Some wounds" in 2012 in Kabul and "Hodood" in 2015 in Tehran. He visits many issues in his works, but mainly memory, displacement, exile, social justice, gender issues, separation and the human nature. email:elyasalavi@gmail.com facebook:elyas alavi الیاس علوی |