Jananne Al-Ani was born in 1966 and is half iraqi and half irish. She now works in London. She has had art shows at shows like Art Now, Tate Britain, London and the Norwich Gallery. Her work explores her own experience and travel from the backgrounds she has come from, and the huge differences between the two. In "Untitled 1" and "Untitled 2" she showed five women in the different stages of hijab, which is the veiling/unveiling of islamic womenm the five women being herself, her mother, and her three sisters. She has joined six other artists in the "Seven Transnational Artists" show.
Artist Website
http://the-artists.org/ArtistView.cfm?id=D77FF06D-0220-90C0-C534824A3363AEBF
Artist Gallery
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/artnow/al-ani/default.shtm
Artist Interview
http://odeo.com/episodes/1009300
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