Bio

Hydar Dewachi’s practice fuses photography, film, design, and poetry, often in a documentary, semi-autobiographical context.

Whether a commissioned or self-produced project, Hydar’s work spans documentary, portraiture and photographing live performances. His latest work includes the flora portraits series Adagio; his experiments in colour and abstraction capturing the energy of music; and his life-long journaling project. Hydar’s film works – often an artistic interpretation of art projects – include art films, performances, profiles and short documentaries. In 2016 he undertook a year-long artist residency with Jerwood Arts to explore the documentation of art projects.

For nine years, between 2017 and 2026, Hydar was the photographer for the V&A’s flagship Friday Late programme. Other long term and regular clients include Art Fund (including Museum of the Year award), The National Gallery, Tate, Camden Art Centre and Acme.

Hydar has been a guest lecturer on postgraduate courses at universities in London and internationally, and in 2018 and 2019 he mentored artists as part of University of Agder’s Arts-based Ethnography course in Lesvos.

Hydar lives in London and has a MSc (1999) and BSc (1996) in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Baghdad.

» Download the full CV (PDF) (last updated February 2017)

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