The Most Famous
ARTISTS from Afghanistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Artists. The pantheon dataset contains 125 Artists, NaN of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 0th most number of Artists.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Artists of all time. This list of famous Afghan Artists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Lida Abdul (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 36.70, Lida Abdul is the most famous Afghan Artist. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.
Lidā Abdul (Dari: لیدا عبدل; née Lidā Abdullah, Dari: لیدا عبدالله; born 1973), is an American-Afghan-born video artist and performance artist. She was born as Lida Abdullah in Kabul in 1979 and fled the country as a child during the Soviet Invasion. She went on to live in India, Germany, and the United States. Her work has been featured at the 2005 Venice Biennale, Kunsthalle Vienna, Museum of Modern Art Arnhem Netherlands and Miami Cantral, CAC Centre d'art contemporain de Brétigny and Frac Lorraine Metz, France. Her work has also been exhibited in festivals in Mexico, Spain, Germany, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Kabul.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Afghan artists born between 1973 and 1973. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Afghan artists include Lida Abdul. As of April 2024, 1 new Afghan artists have been added to Pantheon including Lida Abdul.
