Painter, filmmaker, student and runner.
Born in 1992 (Baghdad), lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Education
2015 B.A in visual arts, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Jordan, Visual Art department. Specialty drawing and painting.
2019 - Now Fine arts in the Lensbased Class led by Hito Steyerl at The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK).
2023 Department of Japanese Painting (Nihonga 日本画), Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan.
Solo Shows
2023 "FAST", Contemporary Art Fair in Espacio Bustamante, with OMA Galeria, Santiago, Chile.
"Nasiri Award for Graphic Arts", Karim Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
Group Exhibitions
2022 "Schulz Stübner Prize exhibtion", Aula, Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK).
"NATASHA", The seventh edition of the Singapore Biennale, Singapore.
2021 "KHE Residence", Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany.
"CONDITIONS OF A NECESSITY", Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany.
2020 "Keyword: Palestine II", Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C, USA.
"How to reappear: through the quivering leaves of independent publishing", MMAG Foundation, Amman, Jordan.
2019 "MERRY CRISIS", Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
"How to maneuver: Shape-shifting texts and other publishing tactics", Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
"Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011", MoMA PS1, New York City, USA.
"SOIL IS AN INSCRIBED BODY. ON SOVEREIGNTY AND AGROPOETICS", S A V V Y CONTEMPORARY, Berlin, Germany.
''45th Bahrain Annual Fine Art Exhibition", with Saleh Barakat Gallery, Ritz-Carlton Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain.
2018 "Connected", Benhadj & Djilali Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
"Integration", Losito Art Prize Exhibition, Löwenpalais Lounge der Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany.
"EB-Dietzsch Art Prize Exhibition 2018", Volksbank Gera, Gera, Germany.
"House of Wisdom", Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
2017 "A Journey of Belonging", POSITIONS Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
"Empathy and Craft in the 21st Century", The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
"Metascape", The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
"House of Wisdom", Dzialdov Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
"House of Wisdom", Bilgelik Evi, istanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfi, part of the 15th Istanbul Biennial's, Istanbul, Turkey.
"House of Wisdom", Framer Framed, Amsterdam Art Week, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2015 "Local" open studio, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan.
"Spring Harvest" Spring Sessions, The Studio, Amman, Jordan.
"A sideshow of a sideshow" with Tom Hunter, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan.
2014 "The Martyrs Die Smiling", Dar al Anda Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
"The Jordanian Contemporary Art", Riwaq Art gallery, Manama, Bahrain.
2012 "Youth Innovation for the year 2012", Cairo Amman Bank Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
"Annual Carnival of Faculty of Art and Design", Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
"Colored Festivities", Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
2011 "No, Violence" Organized by Centre for Victims of Torture, The Jordan Association of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
"Taranim al Awdah" (songs of return), Dar al Anda Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
Experience
2022 Archivist, Marwan Kassab Bachi studio, Berlin, Germany.
2021-Now Team member, Common Ground at UdK, Berlin, Germany.
2019-Now Kiez Mobil (Glass workshops), Berlin Glas e.V., Berlin, Germany.
2015–2017 Archivist, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan.
2014–2017 Archivist and printmaker at Rafa al Nasiri Studio, Amman, Jordan.
2013 Assistant to Japanese sculptor Norio Takaoka, Amman, Jordan.
2012–2015 Assistant to Iraqi artist Mohammed Muhraddin, Amman, Jordan.
2011–2014 Art Assistant, Dar al Anda Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
Workshops
08.2022 "In Between with Rabih Mroué", KlangKunstBühne, UdK, Berlin.
11.2021 "Master Class with Gary Kuehn", The American Academy in Berlin, Germany.
04.2017 "Empathy and Craft in the 21st Century", lead by Khaldoun Hijazin (JO), Patte Loper (USA), Diran Malatjalian (JO) and Ethan
Murrow (USA), The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
03.2017 Meta-scape, lead by Suje Garcia(USA) and Khaldoun Hijazin(JO), The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts,
Amman, Jordan.
10.2015 A sideshow of a sideshow, lead by Tom Hunter (UK) at Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan.
04.2015 Workshop lead by Michael Rakowitz (USA), Amman, Jordan.
03.2015 Mapping prince Mohammad Street, lead by Failed Architecture (Netherlands), Amman, Jordan.
03.2015 Peasant intellectual production and rural culture, lead by Asuncion Molinos Gordo (Spain/Egypt), Amman, Jordan.
02.2015 Local, lead by Emily Jacir, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan.
Fellowships, Residencies & Prizes
Mar–Jun. 2015 Spring Sessions, The Studio, Amman, Jordan.
Nov-Dec. 2017 CAA-Berlin, Position Gallery, Bikini Berlin, Germany.
Sep-Oct. 2021 Artist in Residence, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany.
Jan-Feb. 2022 Akademie der Künste der Welt (ADKDW), Cologne, Germany.
Jun. 2022 Schulz-Stübner-Preis, Berlin, Germany.
Jan. 2023 "Nasiri Award for Graphic Arts", The 8th annual printmaking award, Amman, Jordan.
Performances & Podcasts
"Go Tell It to The Mountain" – with Joud Al-Tamimi, Taiwanese pavilion, 60th International Venice Biennale.
"Singing out within the crash of passing sun" – with Joud Al-Tamimi, Practice Institute at Asian Art Museum and Chinese Culture of San Francisco: GENDER, HUMOR, SOLIDARITY! Documenta 15, Kassel.
Conversation with Ala Younis and Dina Taha, Kochi-Muziris Biennale and TBA21 | Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.
Collections
Luciano Benetton collection (Italy), Museu de l’Art Prohibit (Barcelona), AKAT-KADIST (Paris), Schulz-Stübner-Stiftung (Kirchzarten), and private collections in Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Doha, Amman, Sydney, Cairo, Beirut, Singapore City, Vienna, Dubai, Copenhagen and Washington, D.C.