Laimah Osman

Art

two profiles looking at each other, one is a mirror image of the other, framed by a collage of flowers and figures, a poem is handwritten in the center
Letters to Sisters: don’t let my hearthate, woodblock prints on Kitakata Paper cut and pasted to Rives BFK Paper, with graphite, 24 inches x 19 inches, 2023
profile of two sisters looking at eachother, with words know that you are loved you belong here, and lioness drawing
Sisters Series #1: شیر / Lion Sisters, woodblock prints on Kitakata paper pasted to Rives BFK paper, with graphite, 23 1/2 x 19 inches, 2023
profile of two people looking at one another, a poem is hand-drawn in the middle
Sisters Series #2: Beach Trip, watercolor and sumi ink woodblock prints on Kitakata paper, pasted to Rives BFK paper, with graphite and color pencils, 22 x 30 inches, 2023
she is the reason poem layered on top of a collage of a pair of seated women looking forward and a pair of line drawn women on horses jumping off the page
Gaze Series #2, She is the reason, watercolor and sumi ink woodblock prints on Kitakata paper, pasted to Rives BFK paper, with graphite, 22 x 30 inches, 2022
Untitled from Gaze Series, Woodblock print, 20 x 30 inches, 2021
Gaze Series #1, watercolor woodblock prints on Kitakata paper, pasted to Rives BFK paper, 20 x 30 inches, 2021
cherry blossom flower, bright pink blossom layered on top of light blue blossom, cherry blossom spring 2022, woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper, edition of 7, 12 x 12 inches, 2022
cherry blossom spring 2022, woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper, edition of 7, 12 x 12 inches, 2022

Cherry Blossom Book

a closed book with pink cover, BIG cherry blossom artist’s book, 13 x 14 ½ inches, single section case binding structure, linen bookcloth on cover is dyed with avocado seeds, pages are woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper, July 2022
a book open to the the middle spread, BIG cherry blossom artist’s book, 13 x 14 ½ inches, single section case binding structure, linen bookcloth on cover is dyed with avocado seeds, pages are woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper, July 2022
a book opening to the first page, BIG cherry blossom artist’s book, 13 x 14 ½ inches, single section case binding structure, linen bookcloth on cover is dyed with avocado seeds, pages are woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper, July 2022
an open book showing cherry blossom woodblock prints, BIG cherry blossom artist’s book, 13 x 14 ½ inches, single section case binding structure, linen bookcloth on cover is dyed with avocado seeds, pages are woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper, July 2022

Cherry Blossom artist’s book, single section case binding structure, linen bookcloth on cover is dyed with avocado seeds, pages are woodblock printed with watercolors on natural Kitakata paper, 13 x 14 ½ inches (closed), July 2022

Erasure Book

closed book showing pink dyed and flower printed bookcloth cover, Untitled artist’s book, 2020, Artist’s book, single section case binding structure, pages are made with archival Okawara paper, woodcut prints on endsheets and spread on Kitakata paper
open book showing center spread of a cutout of a blue and pink cherry blossom flower, Untitled artist’s book, 2020, Artist’s book, single section case binding structure, pages are made with archival Okawara paper, woodcut prints on endsheets and spread on Kitakata paper
open book showing center spread of a cutout of a blue and pink cherry blossom flower, Untitled artist’s book, 2020, Artist’s book, single section case binding structure, pages are made with archival Okawara paper, woodcut prints on endsheets and spread on Kitakata paper
open book showing a page where type is pasted over leaving only a few words to be readable, Untitled artist’s book, 2020, Artist’s book, single section case binding structure, pages are made with archival Okawara paper, woodblock prints on endsheets and spread on Kitakata paper
Erasure artist’s book, single section case binding structure, bookcloth for cover is made with dyed and repurposed Roberta Roller Rabbit printed tunic, pages are made with archival Okawara paper, woodblock prints on endsheets and spread on Kitakata paper, 5 x 6 ½ inches, November 2020
Erasure of Ruling Your World by Sakyong Mipham
Salaam Alaikum Series, 2017, Poem by Sahar Muradi, Collaboration with Sahar Muradi, Monotype on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches
Salaam Alaikum Series, Poem by Sahar Muradi, Collaboration with Sahar Muradi, Monotype on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches, 2017
Salaam Alaikum Series, 2017, Poem by Sahar Muradi, Collaboration with Sahar Muradi, Monotype on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches
Salaam Alaikum Series, Poem by Sahar Muradi, Collaboration with Sahar Muradi, Monotype on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches, 2017
Salaam Alaikum Series
Salaam Alaikum Series, Poem by Sahar Muradi, Collaboration with Sahar Muradi, Monotype on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches, 2017

Jang / War Book

Jang artist book cover, Jang, artist’s book, 15 x 8 inches (closed), 15 x 23 inches (open), June 2020
Jang artist book stories, Jang, artist’s book, 15 x 8 inches (closed), 15 x 23 inches (open), June 2020

Jang / War Book, artist’s book, flag book structure, bookcloth for cover is made with repurposed embroidered Afghan shirt, pages are made with solar plate etchings of photographs appropriated from New York Times reporting on the War on Terror, 15 x 8 inches (closed), 15 x 23 inches (open), January 2021

Poison, written by Nadia Anjuman in the Summer of 2001 in Herat, Afghanistan.
“Poison”, Poem written by Nadia Anjuman in the Summer of 2001 in Herat, Afghanistan, Letterpress on archival paper, 14 ½ x 15 inches, 2015
TENDHER 2015 Screenprint on Rives BFK paper 28 x 20 inches
TENDHER, ode to Corita Kent, Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, 28 x 20 inches. Edition: 10, 2015
Black Sonnet, 2018, Poem by Candace Williams, Collaboration with Candace Williams, Paper lithograph on Rives BFK paper, 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
“Black Sonnet”, Poem by Candace Williams, Collaboration with Candace Williams, Paper lithograph on Rives BFK paper , 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, 2018
BLACK HEARTS 2014 Screenprints on kozo paper 40 x 21 inches
HEARTS, Screenprints on Kozo paper, 40 x 21 inches, 2014
WARRIOR/WORRIER
WARRIOR/WORRIER, Screenprints on kozo paper 31 x 22 inches, 2014
HEAT HEART 2013 Screenprint on kozo paper 24 x 14 inches
HEATHEART, Screenprint on Kozo paper, 24 x 14 inches, 2013
ACHE pink
ACHEART pink, Screenprint with beet juice, sumi ink and graphite on archival paper 30 x 44 inches, 2014

Ishqnama / Book of Love

Ishqnama / The Book of Love
Colophon: Ishqnama / Book of Love was printed and produced in collaboration with Marina Ancona, Wazhmah Osman, Abdullah Osman, Lila Yomtoob, and Nooshin Rostami

Colophon: Printed and produced in collaboration with Marina Ancona, Wazhmah Osman, Abdullah Osman, Lila Yomtoob, and Nooshin Rostami with original title calligraphy by Sina Goudarzi.

Ishqnama / The Book of Love Page “The Secret”
Ishqnama / The Book of Love Page “Heart Sighs”

Ishqnama / Book of Love, artist’s book, 4-panel double-sided accordion, screenprint and letterpress on Rives BFK paper, 6 x 8.5 inches closed. Edition 50

Ishqnama / Book of Love is archived in these libraries.

RED, 2011, Solar plate etching with chine colle on Rives BFK paper 11 x 15 inches, Variable Edition
RED, Solar plate etching with chine collé on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches, Variable Edition, 2011
Solar plate etching with chine colle on Rives BFK paper 11 x 15 inches Variable Edition
Soldier, Solar plate etching with chine collé on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches, Variable Edition, 2011
Solar plate etching with chine colle on Rives BFK paper 11 x 15 inches Variable Edition
WRECK, Solar plate etching with chine collé on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches, Variable Edition, 2011
sulh صلح
Sulh / Peace, Solar plate etching with chine collé on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 15 inches, Variable Edition, 2011
Untitled 2010 Inkjet print with gouache, tea, spice and sparkle on Rives BFK Paper 30 x 22 inches
Untitled, Inkjet print with gouache, tea, and spice on Rives BFK Paper, 30 x 22 inches, 2010
Untitled 2010 Inkjet print with gouache, tea, spice and sparkle on Rives BFK Paper 30 x 22 inches
Untitled, Inkjet print with gouache, tea, and spice on Rives BFK Paper, 30 x 22 inches, 2010

War on Terror Book

War on Terror, hand-cut inkjet print on Rives BFK Paper, 9 x 6 inches (closed), Edition: 5, 2010. This is one of the first books I made. A three-panel flip-flap structure typically used for children’s books.
Untitled, Screenprint with natural pigments on linen fabric, 12 x 5 Feet, 2010
Untitled, Screenprint with natural pigments on linen fabric, 12 x 5 feet, 2010
drawings inspired by dried cotton stems, Untitled, Copper Plate Etching, Sugarlift and Spitbite Aquatint, Plate size, 18 x 12 inches, 2009
drawings inspired by dried cotton stems, Untitled, Copper Plate Etching, Sugarlift and Spitbite Aquatint, Plate size, 18 x 12 inches, 2009

cotton stem studies, Copper Plate Etching, Sugarlift and Spitbite Aquatint, Plate size, 18″ x 12″, 2009

line drawing of a chain necklace, Chains, Copper Plate Etching, 15 x 11 inches, Variable Edition: 3, 2009
Chains, Copper Plate Etching, 15 x 11 inches, Variable Edition: 3, 2009
soldiers pushing into a forest of flowers, “They will be greeted by flowers…”, watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper, 4 foot x 5 foot and 5 inches, 2011
“They will be greeted by flowers…”, watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper, 4 x 5 feet, 2011

Apartment Studies

apartment study, pencil, tea, watercolor on paper, 2012
apartment study, pencil, tea, watercolor on paper, 2012
apartment study, pencil, tea, watercolor on paper, 2012
apartment study, pencil, tea, watercolor on paper, 2012

apartment studies, graphite, tea, watercolor on paper, 2011-2013