*1990, SY
lives and works in Vienna, Austria
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
2026: Inserzioni, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, IT
2025: Turning Narratives: In Rehearsal, Kunstraum Memphis, Linz, AT
2025: Anatomy of an Endless Scene, MQ Freiraum, Vienna, AT
2025: Several Attempts For Not Forgetting, philomena plus, Vienna, AT (Duo with Noor Abuarafeh)
2024: (In)verso. Between the Lens and the Archive, Camera Austria, Graz, AT (Duo with Ana de Almeida)
2024: Fluid Grounds, Performative Screenings / School, Vienna, AT
2024: Rewinding(s). In Rehearsal, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, AT
2023: Clarity is the Closest Wound to the Sun, Galerie Crone, Vienna, AT
2021: meet me by the fire, Studiowalls, Vienna, AT (Duo with Rehema Chachage)
2020: weaving truths, untangling fictions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT (Duo with Abiona Esther Ojo)
2020: of cities and private living rooms, die schöne Gallery, Vienna, AT
2018: Disconnect to Connect, A collaborative project with Teuta Jonuzi, Kunstzelle, WUK, Vienna, AT
2017: Starry Nights, the Afro Asiatisches Institut, Graz, AT
2016: A Storytelling; I only wish I could be there… , Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, Graz, AT
2015: Let’s Play-The Game, [.Box] Video Art Project Space, Milan, IT
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2026: In Search of Remnant Images, Palestine Museum, Birzeit, Palestine
2026: Lebt und Arbeitet in Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
2026: What the Olive Branch Has Seen, opbo studio, Piraeus, GR
2026: As Stones on Their Palms, Embers and Flame, La Fabra Centre d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, SP
2025:
Regarding Land, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, CA
2025: Past Tense, ifk (International Research Center
for Cultural Studies), Vienna, AT
2025: 00970, Ordet, Milan, IT
2025: Screen Memories, Abrons Arts Center, New York, USA
2025: She Who Starts the Song…, 17th Gjon Mili International Exhibition of Photography and Moving Image at National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina, XK
2024: Genossin Sonne, Kunsthalle Wien x Brunnenpassage, Vienna, AT
2024: Über das Land, Raum Für Fotografie, Klagenfurt, AT
2024: Auf Den Schultern Von Riesinnen, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
2023: Über das Neue. Wiener Szenen und darüber hinaus, Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria (Withdrawal Statement)
2023: Anyways, soon everything will be forgotten, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, SL
2022: You can’t discourse without disco, Gallery Nova, Zagreb, HR
2022: Nominated…Vordemberge-Gildewart Stipendium 2022!, mumok - museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien, Vienna, AT
2022: Precarious Circumstances, Soho Studios, Vienna, AT
2021: Gender and Space, Exhibit Studio, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
2021: inframince, infra-mince, infra mince, Universitätsgalerie im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, AT
2021: Hair Salon, Afro Asiatisches Institut, Graz, AT
2020: Produktive Unterbrechung II, Die Angewandte Festival, Vienna, AT
2020: Neue Räume / Neue Perspektiven, Stiftung Mercator, Berlin, DE
2019: Neue Räume / Neue Perspektiven, Stiftung Mercator, Essen, DE
2019: Angewandte Festival, at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2018: Essence, TransArts view room, curated by Judith Fegerl at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2018: and | or – but, yay*, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, AT
2018: and | or – but, yeah*, Flux 2 in collaboration with Kunstraum Lakeside, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
2018: Lullaby Das Untermarkersdorf Experiment, Krinzinger Lesehaus, Untermarkersdorf, AT
2018: Und noch lag die Schöpfung formlos da, Pferd in Vienna, AT
2017: PX, MAMÜ Gallery in Budapest, HU
2017: L’Art en Mouvement, Maison des Associations in Nice, FR
2016: We Together, Schaumbad - Freies Atelierhaus Graz, AT
2016: Behind the Lines, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, CA
2016: Arrivals/Departures, Gallery Centrum, Graz, AT
2016: 9. Weave “Migration: women’s strategies”, Daily Rhythms Collective, Graz, AT
2016: Bread and Roses, Centre d'art Sa Quartera, Mallorca, SP
2016: Die Kunst der Intervention, Lichtenbergstudios, Berlin, DE
2015: ALART Festival, Addaya Centre for Contemporary Arts, Alaró, Majorca, SP
2015: Incubarte Festival International de Arte, Tossal and Escalante Galleries, SP
2014: GLOBAL (CON)TEMPORARY, Fluc, Vienna, AT
2014: KulturKontakt Austria, Ausstellungraum des Bundeskanzleramtes, Vienna, AT
2014: Transcendental Translations of Today, Schloss Laudon, Vienna, AT
Awards
2025: Kardinal-König Kunstpreis
2022: Shortlisted for Belvedere Art Award
2022: Vordemberge-Gildewart Award
2020: Kunsthalle Wien Prize
Grants, Residencies, Collections, and Fellowships
2025: Han Nefkens Foundation - Museu Tàpies Video Art Production Grant
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
2026: In Search of Remnant Images, curated by Amin Alsaden. Qattan Foundation. In: Cairo, Beirut, Alexandria, Damascus, Carthage, Casablanca.
2026: Ghost Histories, curated by Chiara Cartuccia, Zumzeig Cinecooperativa, Barcelona, SP
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: AMATEURINNEN*, Austian Film Museum, Vienna, AT
2019: From the South Film Festival, Thessaloniki, GRC
2016: STIFF Student International Film Festival, Rijeka, HR
Curatorial Work:
2025: Online screening: GPC STREAMS (#6) Remnants, Co-curated with Enar de Dios Rodríguez, The Golden Pixel Cooperative
2022: Screening programme: It Appeared as a Falling Star, Secession, Vienna, AT
2022: Group Exhibition: Porous Projections, Co-curated with Kyungrim Lim Jang, Afro-Asiatisches Institute, Graz, AT
Biennale:
2026: Necessary Wishes, 2026 Biennale Matter of Art
2026: 18th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art