2022 Assyrian International Art Competition
Third Place

This artwork in the name of the daughter of Mesopotamia embodies the cultural inventory of the women of Mesopotamia, the cradle of the Sumerian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Chaldean, Aramaic and Assyrian civilization. This wonderful mixture of cultures with its human, scientific, religious and artistic dimension was and still is the enchanting inspiration for the people of my nation and the people of the whole world. The daughter of Mesopotamia is the first mother goddess. She is the queen of the Hanging Gardens. She is the commander of the Assyrian armies. She is the Priestess of Ishtar. She is a temple dancer and singer. She is Tammuz's lover

Rima Lahdo was born in Syria in 1972, and grew up in the city of Qamishli. She studied at the (Roland Khoury) Private Academy of Fine Arts for four years, and her graduation thesis was about the Art of European Orientalism. Later on, Lahdo worked for the National Museum of Aleppo for ten years. She participated in many group exhibitions in Aleppo and Damascus. Lahdo moved to Germany in 2014, and underwent several special courses to learn painting techniques. The topics of Rima Lahdo’s artistic work revolve around the issues related to women and the human feelings that they experience. Her paintings contain many symbols and inscriptions related to the civilization of Mesopotamia, to say: “Yes I am proudly the daughter of this ancient civilization."