Hozan Zangana
Dutch, 1983
Hozan Zangana was born in 1983 in Kirkuk. In 1998, at age fifteen, Hozan Zangana fled Kurdistan and applied for asylum in The Netherlands. There he studied at the esteemed art and design universities Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and Design Academy Eindhoven. Hozan Zangana’s singular heritage-based design practice has steadily evolved to include an ever-wider range of materials, techniques, collaborations, andcontexts. The works, inspired by language, traditions, and rituals, offer new life to ancient heritage; silent objects in a wounded world that encourage human connection.
