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.