Shown at true size beside a visitor 5 ft 7 in tall
MishaalAtheer
Iraqi American sculptor working in bronze and drawing. His figures carry the memory of the land, and speak of connection, displacement and belonging.
Born in Basra, 1978 · Based in the California Bay Area
Explore the works → The Burdens of Memory · opens Jan 30, 2027Artist statement · 2027
Displacement changed my understanding of home.
The collection
Seven chapters,
2007 to 2027
Selected works
Twenty years,
up close
Six works, from the San Francisco years back to the first bronzes made in Amman. Scroll on; select any work for its full label, other views and true size.
All 78 works →
Forthcoming solo exhibition
The Burdens of Memory
Drawing and bronze shown together at the Triton Museum of Art. “Bronze gives memory weight and presence; drawing reveals it through line, shadow, and layered forms.”
In the studio
From clay
to bronze
Every sculpture passes through the same hands and the same fire. Open each stage of the lost-wax process, from the first drawing to the finished bronze.
The full studio, 35 photographs →
