David B. Smith Gallery

Hangama Amiri works predominantly in textile to create images that reflect on ideas of home. Using a painterly approach to color and materials, Amiri reflects on how everyday objects are imbued with cultural memory. Amiri holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, NS. She was a Canadian Fulbright and Postgraduate Fellow at Yale University School of Arts and Sciences. Amiri lives and works in New Haven, CT.