Jwan Yosef

Jwan Yosef
Yosef at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards
Born (1984-09-06) 6 September 1984 (age 40)[1]
Ras al-Ayn, Al-Hasakah, Syria
Occupations
  • Painter
  • artist
Years active2011–present
Spouse
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(m. 2017; div. 2023)​
Children2

Jwan Yosef (born 6 September 1984) is a Swedish-Syrian painter and artist. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England.[2][3]

Early life and education

Yosef was born in Syria,[4] to a Kurdish father and an Armenian mother.[5] His family emigrated to Sweden when he was two years old,[6] and later he studied painting in Pernby School of Painting in Stockholm between 2004 and 2006, then moved to Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm.[7]

Career

Yosef has taken part in a great number of art fairs and group exhibitions. He held two solo exhibitions in 2013 titled Painting about Sex, Flesh and Violence, lol at the DIVUS Gallery in London and High Notes, at the Galleri Anna Thulin, Stockholm.[8][9] He participated in the Threadneedle Prize exhibition in 2013 and the BEERS Contemporary Award for Emerging Art both in 2013. In 2015, he exhibited at Galleri Bon with group exhibition There and Back Again with fellow Konstfack graduates Josef Bull, Petr Davydtchenko and Natasja Loutchko.[10] He is a founding member and studio holder at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation in Archway, North London.[11]

Personal life

In April 2016, during the amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research gala in São Paulo, Brazil, Yosef publicly announced that he had been in a relationship with Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. The couple married in 2017.[12][13] On 31 December 2018, Martin and Yosef announced, via Instagram, the birth of their daughter, Lucia Martin-Yosef.[14] On 29 October 2019, Martin and Yosef announced the birth of their son, Renn Martin-Yosef.[15][16] In July 2023, it was announced that Martin and Yosef had separated after six years of marriage.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Jwan Yosef on Instagram: "Birthdays keep getting better ❤️"". Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ Beat Magazine: Jwan Yosef – Portraits of Absence Archived 21 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Kaltblut: Interview with Jwan Yosef". Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ Anwar, Mo (10 November 2016). "Meet Syrian Artist Jwan Yosef: The Millennial Modern Gypsy". Vogue.com. Vogue. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. ^ "U+MAG | A conversation with artist Jwan Yosef". 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Johansson, Victor (18 April 2018). "Jwan Yosef: "Jag var beredd på det offentliga livet med Ricky Martin " | SvD Perfect Guide". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ C Print: There and Back Again Archived 17 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ SvD: Spegelvända bilder fångar tystnaden Archived 31 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  9. ^ Kunstkritikk Archived 31 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  10. ^ Galleri Bon: Dit och tillbaks igen Archived 31 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  11. ^ "Artists | Bomb Factory Art Foundation". bombfactory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  12. ^ "ET Online: Ricky Martin Makes Glamorous Red Carpet Debut With New Boyfriend Jwan Yosef". 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  13. ^ Paris Match: Ricky Martin officialise avec son petit ami, Jwan Yosef Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  14. ^ "Instagram". Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  15. ^ Martin, Ricky (29 October 2019). "Nuestro hijo Renn Martin-Yosef ha nacido. / Our son Renn Martin-Yosef was born". Ricky Martin verified Instagram account. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  16. ^ Goldstein, Joelle (29 October 2019). "Ricky Martin and Husband Jwan Yosef Announce the Birth of Their Fourth Child, Son Renn". People. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  17. ^ Denman, Amy; Updated (6 July 2023). "Ricky Martin and husband Jwan Yosef announce split after six years of marriage". mirror. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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