Projects

Asma Belhamar explores the phenomenon of the megastructure in the Emirates and its impact on the topographical memory of local landscapes through installation, experimental print, video and 3D modelling.

Shaped by his Iraqi-Jewish heritage, Michael Rakowitz’s work braids together seemingly disparate elements of cultural history,
mythic symbolism, contemporary geopolitics, Pop culture, food and looted artefacts.

Yulia Grigoryants uses photography to document the harsh reality of displacement, unrest and extreme poverty in conflict zones and border regions, especially as experienced
by ethnic minorities.

Documentary photographer Solmaz Daryani captures social, political and ecological issues relating to Iran and the surrounding region.

Omar Badsha’s work focuses on themes of identity, alienation and politics as associated with diverse histories of South Africa, specifically those overlooked by the western artistic canon.

Hiroji Kubota’s photography is characterised by his ability to find moments of beauty and dignity amid the routines and chaos of human existence.

Ángela Ponce’s photography grapples with social issues, political conflicts, disability rights and collective memory in the Latin American context.

Saddam Al Jumaily’s surreal compositions operate as metaphors of anxiety, loss and suffering, underscoring the ways in which
the chaos of war in his native Iraq has destabilised time, meaning and belonging.

Varunika Saraf draws upon archival and mythical imagery to reference complex histories of South Asia and their place in the political and social arrangements of contemporary India.

Wook-kyung Choi (1940–1985) envisioned her body of work as a commitment to personal expression, aiming for a form of abstractionism in which the depicted subject
could be clearly recognised.

Obaid Suroor’s mixed media practice draws from natural landscapes and traditional architecture of the Emirates.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi’s multimedia and performance practice investigates power structures and imagines possible alternatives.

Jawad Al Malhi’s multidisciplinary practice reflects upon the Palestinian social fabric, illuminating cyclical human movements and daily routines in East Jerusalem.

Kimathi Donkor reimagines mythic, historical and everyday encounters across Africa and its global diasporas, addressing the erasure of Black subjectivity and Black historical figures from western canonical art history.

For over four decades, Fathi Afifi’s practice has been equally concerned with both human and
machine, as well as their synergistic lockstep.