2022
Benzine, Vittoria. "In Pictures: A Texas Exhibition Shines a Light on Paintings of Women, by Women," Artnet, September 14
Khong, En Liang. "The pain of forced migration made physical in Hayv Kahraman’s paintings," The Financial Times, March 11
Sherwin, Skye. "Hayv Kahraman: ‘I was brainwashed into thinking anything Euro-American-centric is the ideal’," The Guardian, February 21
2021
Yerebakan, Osman Can. "South Asia’s Renaissance of Miniature Painting," Daily News Sri Lanka, June 16
Yerebakan, Osman Can. "Women Artists of the Middle East and South Asia Are Reinventing Miniature Painting," Artsy, June 14
News, Arab. "British Museum shines spotlight on MENA artists in new exhibition," Arab News, June 11
Barrie, Lita. "Hayv Kahraman’s touch of Otherness at Vielmetter Los Angeles," Whitehot Magazine, March 31
Gómez-Upegui, Salomé. "How Female Artists Are Subverting Mainstream Portrayals of Women," Artsy, January 18
2019
Zara, Janelle. "Angeleno painters Christina Quarles, Hayv Kahraman, and Trulee Hall are redefining the female gaze," December
D'Souza, Aruna. "The body as spectacle: Hayv Kahraman’s contorted female forms personify trauma and resistance," Document, December 9
Ye, Fiona. "New exhibition ‘In Plain Sight’ powerfully brings unheard voices into public sphere," The Daily, November 27
Del Barco, Mandalit. "Iraqi American Artist Hayv Kahraman on ‘Building An Army of Fierce Women’," NPR, November 27
Hohail Shehmir Shaikh, Ayesha. "We Review Four New Books On Middle Eastern Art, Femininity And Empowerment," Harper's Bazaar, September 25
Vartanian Collier, Lizzy. "Challenging Stereotypes by Contorting the Female Form," Hyperallergic, September 9
Cascone, Sarah and Caroline Goldstein. "21 Gallery Shows You Won’t Want to Miss in New York This Fall, From Amy Sherald’s Star Turn to a Historic Cuban Artist’s US Debut," artnet, September 3
Belcove, Julie. "How This Artist Is Using Female Contortionists to Represent the Plight of Minorities," Robb Report, August 4
"The Third Line summer show at Alserkal Avenue," Arab News, May 25
Okamura, Sara Farrell. "A Wake-Up Call at MASS MoCA: Suffering from Realness," Greylock Glass, May 5
Hodgson, Emma. "How Art Dubai's Inclusive New Direction Is A Win For Us All," Grazia Middle East, March 13
2018
Beeston, Georgia. "'You have to go deeper': Islamic art comes alive at Jameel prize in London," Middle East Eye, October 11
Judah, Hettie. "Frieze London review – women on top at the #MeToo art fair," The Guardian, October 4
Shaikh, Ayesha, "5 Art Books That Will Immediately Upgrade Your Coffee Table," Harper's Bazaar Arabia (web), September 27
Mizota, Sharon, "Review: Hayv Kahraman’s paintings of decorous Kurdish women short-circuit stereotypical images of Iraq," LA Times (web), September 17
Feliciano, Kristina, "Sex Work and Survival in Hayv Kahraman's 'Silence Is Gold,'" Gallery Gurls (web), Spetmeber 22
Finkel, Jori, "Hayv Kahraman on the Kurdish exodus—and the trouble with humanitarian campaigns," The Art Newspaper (web), September 21
"Top London Art Shows this Week: Justin John Greene to Tomma Abts," Blouin ArtInfo, September 3
Forshaw, Siobhan, "Hayv Kahraman’s Politics of Painting," Elephant (web), July 25
Da Silva, Jose, Gareth Harris, and Emily Sharpe,"Three to See: London," The Art Newspaper (web), June 29
Lescase, Zoe, "13 Artists On: Immigration," The New York Times Style Magazine (web), June 19
"These Artists and Designers Have Made the Shortlist for Jameel Prize 5," Harper’s Bazaar (web), June 19
Stoughton, India, "Middle Eastern Artists Give Traditional Art A Modern Twist," Al-Monitor (web), June 4
Li, Alvin, "Art Basel Hong Kong," art-agenda (web), April 4
Brady, Anna, "Collector’s Eye: Muna Al Gurg," The Art Newspaper (web), March 26
Vali, Murtaza, "Hayv Kahraman at Jack Shainman Gallery," frieze, March
Greenberger, Alex, "Shortlist Revealed for 2018 Jameel Prize," ARTnews (web), February 6
2017
LePique, Annette, ""Hayv Kahraman: Acts of Reparation // CAM St. Louis," The Seen (web), December 18
Vasvani, Bansie, "Re-Weaving Migrant Inscriptions: Hayv Kahraman," Art Asia Pacific, December
Hamdan, Lara ,"Iraqi-born artist Hayv Kahraman creates performance based on collective memories," St. Louis Public Radio, November 29
Memarian, Omid, "Weaving Objects of Loss and Memory with Hayv Kahraman," Global Voices (web), December 2
Vali, Murtaza, "Hayv Kahraman at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York," frieze (web), December 6
Goldie, Kaelen Wilson, "Critics’ Pick: Hayv Kahraman at Jack Shainman Gallery," Artforum (web), November
Ray, Sharmistha, "An Iraqi Artist Bears Witness to the Trauma of Displacement," Hyperallergic (web), November 25
Scott, Izabella, "The Pivotal Role That Women Have Played in Surrealism," Artsy (web), July 4
Fowler, Nancy, "Is upcoming Contemporary Art Museum exhibition opportunity for a do-over," KBIA (web), August 2
2015
Monica, Lauren P. Della, "Bodies of Work - Contemporary Figurative Painting," [S.l.]: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Roselione-Valadez, Juan, Tami-Katz Freiman, and Anna Stothart, "No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection"
Smith, Roberta, "Hayv Kahraman: How Iraqi Are You?", The New York Times, March
2014
Bryant, Eric, "Defying Definitions", Art+Auction, March
Mohammed, Sehba, "Hayv Kahraman", Modern Painters, March
2013
Mignolo, Walter, "Sensing Otherwise" Ibraaz, September
Siegal, Nina, "Dark Memories of War Illuminate an Artist’s Work," New York Times, January
Cembalest, Robin, "Let It Bleed: The Frightening Scene on the Met’s Roof," ArtNews, May
Tully, Judd, "Frieze New York Sales: Ropac, Lisson, Kasmin Score Ma- jor Deals," Artinfo, May
2012
Brodsky, Judith, Olin Ferris, Kelly Baum, and Margot Badran, "The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art and Society," Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art
Soulez, Juliette, "Le Top 10 Des Meilleures Artistes Feministes Arabe," ArtInfo, August
Mohseni, Yasmine, "The Rich Mosaic of Hayv Kahraman’s Art and Life," The Huffington Post, March
Mohseni, Yasmine, "Of Violence and Beauty," Modern Painters, April
2011
Gavin, Francesca, "100 New Artists," London: Laurence Kind Publishing Ltd.
Liao, Vicky, "Hayv Kahraman," My Dpi Magazine
2009
Farjam, Lisa, "Saatchi Gallery Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East," London: Booth-Clibborn Editions
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Taswir, "Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity," Berliner Festspiele, Berlin
Shabout, Nada, "New Vision: Arab Art and the Twenty-First Century," London: Transglobe Publishing Ltd.
Ailyn, Agonia, "Hayv Kahraman Exhibition," Qatar Tribune, May
Berwick, Carly, "Critic’s Pick," ARTnews, October
Gleadel, Colin, "Art Sales: A Round-up of the Contemporary Art Fair in Dubai," The Telegraph, March
Glover, Michael, "Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East," The Independent, February
Goldie, Kaele Wilson, "Package Deal," The National, February
Grossi, Beatrice, "Hayv Kahraman in Doha," l’Agenda, May-June
Honigman, Ana Finel, "Interview with Hayv Kahraman," ARTslant
Loha, Nethal, "Hayv Kahraman," Marie Claire, August
Mohseni, Yasmine, "Inner Travels," Canvas, November
Pitman, Joanna, "Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East at Saatchi Gallery," The Sunday Times, January
Rosenberg, Karen, "Toplessness and Taxidermy in a Bottomless Mar- ket," The New York Times, March 6
Wallace-Thompson, Anna, "Smile, You’re in Sharjah," Canvas, May
2008
Fekri, Reem, "Urban Artists," Browbook, May-June
Vali, Muratza, "Life Drawing: Review," Bidoun, Spring-Summer
White, Lucy, "Arty Investments," Wafi Collection, July