*1990, SY
lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Member of The Golden Pixel Cooperative - a Vienna-based association for moving images, arts, and media.
Education:
Currently, PhD Fellow, PhD in Practice at the Academy of Fine Arts - Vienna, AT
2020:MA, “TransArts Department” at the University of Applied Arts “Die Angewandte” - Vienna, AT
2012: BA, "Painting Department" at the Faculty of Fine Arts - Damascus, SY
Solo / Duo Exhibitions
2024: (In)verso. Between the Lens and the Archive at Camera Austria, Graz, AT (Duo with Ana de Almeida)
2024: Fluid Grounds at Performative Screenings / School, Vienna, AT
2024: Rewinding(s). In Rehearsal at Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, AT
2023: Clarity is the Closest Wound to the Sun at Galerie Crone, Vienna, AT
2021: meet me by the fire at Studiowalls, Vienna, AT (Duo with Rehema Chachage)
2020: weaving truths, untangling fictions at Kunsthalle Wien, AT (Duo with Abiona Esther Ojo)
2020: of cities and private living rooms at die schöne Gallery, Vienna, AT
2018: Disconnect to Connect, A collaborative project with Teuta Jonuzi at Kunstzelle, WUK, Vienna, AT
2017: Starry Nights at the Afro Asiatisches Institut, Graz, AT
2016: A Storytelling; I only wish I could be there… video presentation at Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, Graz, AT
2015: Let’s Play-The Game Exhibition and Performance at [.Box] Video Art Project Space, Milan, IT
Awards
2022: Shortlisted for Belvedere Art Award
2022: Vordemberge-Gildewart Award
2020: Kunsthalle Wien Prize
Grants, Residencies, Collections, and Fellowships
2023: The Camargo Foundation Fellowship, Cassis, FR
2022: WHW Akademija Fellowship, Zagreb, HR
2021: Project scholarship, Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture
2021: Artaction Residency, Gallery Crone, Graz, AT
2021: CCN / Bildende Kunst/ Kulturvermittlung Residency program, Graz, AT
2020: Ankauf Sammlung Wien Museum (AT)
2020: Ettijahat Production Award, Laboratory of Arts, 7th Edition
2016: Styria-Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Residency Fellowship. Graz, AT
2016: “Artist in Exile” Kulturvermittlung Residency program, Graz, AT
2014: BMUKK and Kulturkontakt Austria, Residency Fellowship, Vienna, AT
2013: START HOUSE Artist in Residence, Residency Fellowship Amman, JO
Film Screenings
2024: “What the Olive Branch Has Seen” curated by Àngels Miralda, Art Viewer, Screen
2023: Turning, Turns #1: Turning Inward and Back, curated screening by Maggessi/Morusiewicz, @Blickle Kino, Belvedere 21, Vienna, AT
2021: “Les Yeux Dans Les Yeux” as part of AMATEURINNEN*, Austian Film Museum, Vienna, AT
2019: From the South Film Festival, Thessaloniki, GRC
2016: STIFF Student International Film Festival, Rijeka, HR
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2024:
Genossin Sonne at Kunsthalle Wien x Brunnenpassage, Vienna, AT
Über das Land at Raum Für Fotografie, Klagenfurt, AT
Auf Den Schultern Von Riesinnen, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
2023:
Über das Neue. Wiener Szenen und darüber hinaus, Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria (Withdrawal Statement)
“Anyways, soon everything will be forgotten”, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, SL
2022:
“You can’t discourse without disco”, Gallery Nova, Zagreb, HR
“Nominated…Vordemberge-Gildewart Stipendium 2022!”, mumok - museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien, Vienna, AT
“Precarious Circumstances”, Soho Studios, Vienna, AT
2021:
“Gender and Space”, Exhibit Studio, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
“inframince, infra-mince, infra mince”, Universitätsgalerie im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, AT
“Hair Salon” at Afro Asiatisches Institut, Graz, AT
2020:
“Produktive Unterbrechung II” at Die Angewandte Festival, Vienna, AT
“Neue Räume / Neue Perspektiven”, at Stiftung Mercator, Berlin, GR
2019:
“Neue Räume / Neue Perspektiven”, at Stiftung Mercator, Essen, GR
Angewandte Festival, at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2018:
“Essence” at TransArts view room, curated by Judith Fegerl at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
“and | or – but, yay*” curated by Franz Thalmair at Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, AT
“and | or – but, yeah*” curated by Franz Thalmair at Flux 2 in collaboration with Kunstraum Lakeside, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
“Lullaby Das Untermarkersdorf Experiment” curated by Ursula Maria Probst at Krinzinger Lesehaus, Untermarkersdorf, AT
“Und noch lag die Schöpfung formlos da” at Pferd in Vienna, AT
2017:
“PX” at MAMÜ Gallery in Budapest, HU
“L’Art en Mouvement” at Maison des Associations in Nice, FR
2016:
“We Together” curated by Mariam Mohammadi at Schaumbad - Freies Atelierhaus Graz, AT
“Behind the Lines” at Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, CA
“Arrivals/Departures” at Gallery Centrum, Graz, AT
9. Weave “Migration: women’s strategies” at Daily Rhythms Collective, Graz, AT
“Bread and Roses” at Centre d'art Sa Quartera, Mallorca, SP
Die Kunst der Intervention, Lichtenbergstudios, Berlin, DE
2015:
“ALART Festival” at Addaya Centre for Contemporary Arts, Alaró, Majorca, SP
“Incubarte Festival International de Arte” at Tossal and Escalante Galleries, SP
2014:
GLOBAL (CON)TEMPORARY, Fluc, curated by Ursula Maria Probst, Vienna, AT
KulturKontakt Austria, Ausstellungraum des Bundeskanzleramtes, Vienna, AT
Transcendental Translations of Today, Schloss Laudon, Vienna, AT
Lectures/Artist Talks
2024: Inherited Revolution, Panel Presentation, University of Arts, Linz, AT
2022: Notes For An Archive, Artist Lecture, the University of Applied Arts “Die Angewandte” - Vienna, AT
2021: Panel Discussion, Listening As/To/Counter In_Visibility: How Recent Sound Interventions Address Representation with Ricarda Denzer, Kristina Pia Hofer, ÖGGF, Vienna, AT
2020: Abiona Esther Ojo & Huda Takriti in conversation with Joanna Warsza, Kunsthallewien, Online
2016: Artist talk with Reni Hofmüller, Kulturvermittlung, Graz, AT
Curatorial Projects:
2022: Group Exhibition “Porous Projections”, Co-curated with Kyungrim Lim Jang, Afro-Asiatisches Institute, Graz, AT
Publications/Press
2022, of cities and private living rooms, Kunsthalle Wien
2021, dérive, Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung, #85
2021, INFRAMINCE INFRA-MINCE INFRA MINCE, (ed.) Franz Thalmair, Gudrun Ratzinger, Edition Angewandte, De Gruyter
2021, of cities and private living rooms, Huda Takriti in Conversation with Huda Takriti, Sumac Space, Online
2020, EIKON, International Magazine for Photography and Media Art, #113
2018, Research | Recherche, (ed.) Franz Thalmair, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna
2017, City Rules / Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin, Germany