Jwan Yosef

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| image = Jwan Yosef Golden Globe Awards 2018.jpg

| caption = Yosef at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|09|06|df=y}}{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1kc4lnMlc/ | title=Jwan Yosef on Instagram: "Birthdays keep getting better ❤️" | access-date=13 November 2020 | archive-date=15 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415081756/https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1kc4lnMlc/ | url-status=live }}

| birth_place = Ras al-Ayn, Al-Hasakah, Syria

| occupation = {{hlist|Painter|artist}}

| years_active = 2011–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Ricky Martin|2017|2023|end=divorced}}

| children = 2

}}

Jwan Yosef (born 6 September 1984) is a Swedish-Syrian painter and artist. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England.[http://www.beatmagazine.co.uk/post/106420871351/jwan-yosef-portraits-of-absence Beat Magazine: Jwan Yosef – Portraits of Absence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121101312/http://www.beatmagazine.co.uk/post/106420871351/jwan-yosef-portraits-of-absence |date=21 November 2016 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/jwan-yosef/ |title=Kaltblut: Interview with Jwan Yosef |access-date=19 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910125910/http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/jwan-yosef/ |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}

Early life and education

Yosef was born in Syria,{{cite web |last1=Anwar |first1=Mo |title=Meet Syrian Artist Jwan Yosef: The Millennial Modern Gypsy |url=https://en.vogue.me/culture/living/interview-syrian-artist-jwan-yosef-stockholm-exhibiton/ |website=Vogue.com |date=10 November 2016 |publisher=Vogue |access-date=22 October 2018 |archive-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208120519/https://en.vogue.me/culture/living/interview-syrian-artist-jwan-yosef-stockholm-exhibiton/ |url-status=live }} to a Kurdish father and an Armenian mother.{{cite news|title=U+MAG {{!}} A conversation with artist Jwan Yosef |url=http://www.umagmag.com/2015/08/a-conversation-with-artist-jwan-yosef/ |accessdate=18 November 2016 |date=2 September 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902041630/http://www.umagmag.com/2015/08/a-conversation-with-artist-jwan-yosef/ |archivedate= 2 September 2015 }} His family emigrated to Sweden when he was two years old,{{Cite news|last=Johansson|first=Victor|date=2018-04-18|title=Jwan Yosef: "Jag var beredd på det offentliga livet med Ricky Martin " {{!}} SvD Perfect Guide|language=sv|work=Svenska Dagbladet|url=https://www.svd.se/jwan-yosef-jag-var-beredd-pa-det-offentliga-livet-med-ricky-|access-date=2021-07-24|issn=1101-2412|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201144844/https://www.svd.se/jwan-yosef-jag-var-beredd-pa-det-offentliga-livet-med-ricky-|url-status=live}} 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.[http://www.c-print.se/#!archive/c4ba/there-and-back-again- C Print: There and Back Again] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017211357/http://www.c-print.se/#!archive/c4ba/there-and-back-again- |date=17 October 2017 }}.

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.[http://www.svd.se/spegelvanda-bilder-fangar-tystnaden SvD: Spegelvända bilder fångar tystnaden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731114346/https://www.svd.se/spegelvanda-bilder-fangar-tystnaden |date=31 July 2017 }} {{in lang|sv}}[http://www.kunstkritikk.no/kritikk/baklangesdansen/ Kunstkritikk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731072714/http://www.kunstkritikk.no/kritikk/baklangesdansen/ |date=31 July 2017 }} {{in lang|no}} 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.[http://bon.se/article/galleri-bon-dit-och-tillbaks-igen/ Galleri Bon: Dit och tillbaks igen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731152716/https://bon.se/article/galleri-bon-dit-och-tillbaks-igen/ |date=31 July 2017 }} {{in lang|sv}} He is a founding member and studio holder at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation in Archway, North London.{{Cite web|url=http://bombfactory.org.uk/index.php/artists/|title=Artists {{!}} Bomb Factory Art Foundation|website=bombfactory.org.uk|access-date=18 May 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602002245/http://bombfactory.org.uk/index.php/artists/|archivedate=2 June 2016}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/186985_ricky_martin_makes_glamorous_red_carpet_debut_with_new_boyfriend_jwan_yosef/ |title=ET Online: Ricky Martin Makes Glamorous Red Carpet Debut With New Boyfriend Jwan Yosef |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=19 April 2016 |archive-date=23 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023203910/http://www.etonline.com/news/186985_ricky_martin_makes_glamorous_red_carpet_debut_with_new_boyfriend_jwan_yosef |url-status=live }}[http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Ricky-Martin-officialise-avec-son-petit-ami-Jwan-Yosef-948541 Paris Match: Ricky Martin officialise avec son petit ami, Jwan Yosef] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018194031/http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Ricky-Martin-officialise-avec-son-petit-ami-Jwan-Yosef-948541 |date=18 October 2017 }} {{in lang|fr}} On 31 December 2018, Martin and Yosef announced, via Instagram, the birth of their daughter, Lucia Martin-Yosef.{{Cite web|title=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEZEkjgnde/|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216025428/https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEZEkjgnde/|url-status=live}} On 29 October 2019, Martin and Yosef announced the birth of their son, Renn Martin-Yosef.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B4OC0ViHwNz/|title=Nuestro hijo Renn Martin-Yosef ha nacido. / Our son Renn Martin-Yosef was born.|first=Ricky|last=Martin|date=29 October 2019|accessdate=30 October 2019|publisher=Ricky Martin verified Instagram account|archive-date=29 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229105300/https://www.instagram.com/p/B4OC0ViHwNz/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/ricky-martin-jwan-yosef-welcome-baby-son-renn/|title=Ricky Martin and Husband Jwan Yosef Announce the Birth of Their Fourth Child, Son Renn|first=Joelle|last=Goldstein|work=People|date=29 October 2019|accessdate=30 October 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030054149/https://people.com/parents/ricky-martin-jwan-yosef-welcome-baby-son-renn/|url-status=live}} In July 2023, it was announced that Martin and Yosef had separated after six years of marriage.{{Cite web |last1=Denman |first1=Amy |last2=Updated |date=2023-07-06 |title=Ricky Martin and husband Jwan Yosef announce split after six years of marriage |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-ricky-martin-husband-jwan-30401523 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=mirror |language=en}}