The Last Sector traces back the artist’s father's long-concealed past, weaving it with her reflections on her first visit to his homeland, Iraq – a place he left behind due to a repressive regime and to which he hasn't been able to return since. The title, The Last Sector, directly refers to a particular section in Sadr City, the impoverished slum of Baghdad, where her family resides. A tribute to her father, this ongoing project draws its context from her personal experiences during the visit and from the stories shared with her, stretching back into the distant past.

Helena Tahir, born in 1992 in Jesenice, Slovenia, is a visual artist specialising in printmaking and drawing. She earned a BA in printmaking and an MA in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, and further developed her practice through academic studies in Porto, PT and Leipzig, DE. She has exhibited at MGLC, RAVNIKAR, and art fairs such as Art Brussels and ARCO Lisboa. She is an artist-in-residence at Švicarija (MGLC) and works as an assistant professor of printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.

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Poslednji sektor sledi dolgo prikriti preteklosti umetničinega očeta, ki jo prepleta z lastnimi razmišljanji ob svojem prvem obisku njegove domovine, Iraka – kraja, ki ga je zapustil zaradi represivnega režima in kamor se ni več mogel vrniti. Naslov, Poslednji sektor, se nanaša na sektor v Sadr Cityju, v obubožani revni četrti Bagdada, kjer prebiva njena družina. Projekt, ki je poklon umetničinemu očetu, črpa ne le iz avtoričinih osebnih izkušenj med obiskom, temveč tudi iz tamkajšnjih zgodb, ki segajo daleč v preteklost.

Helena Tahir, rojena leta 1992 na Jesenicah v Sloveniji, je vizualna umetnica, ki deluje na področju grafike in risbe. Diplomirala je iz grafike in magistrirala iz slikarstva na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani, dodatno se je izpopolnjevala na akademskem študiju v Portu na Portugalskem in Leipzigu v Nemčiji. Svoja dela je predstavljala v MGLC, Galeriji RAVNIKAR in na umetniških sejmih, kot sta Art Brussels in ARCO Lisboa. Trenutno je rezidenčna umetnica v Švicariji (MGLC), obenem pa poučuje na oddelku za grafiko na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani.