Fragments from Strange Lands, Bermondsey Project Space
Intersecting Realities, ICD Brookfield Place, Dubai
A Minute in Exile, Brody Studios, Budapest
Waiting for Time, 99 Bishopsgate, London
Waiting for Time, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
I'm Migrant, Afifa Aleiby, Bermondsey Project Space
NEW PUBLICATION
Fragments from Strange Lands
A new publication of photography and poetry by Iraqi artist Yamam Nabeel is now available.
Like shards of broken mirrors, collected over time and from faraway places, the words and images of Yamam Nabeel reflect the fragmented self of a life in exile.
Produced and distributed by Art Forward and published by Bermondsey Project Space
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION
Fragments from Strange Lands
18 April - 18 July 2024
Librairie Prélude, Institut Français
Francia Intézet, 1011 Budapest
Yamam Nabeel’s second solo show in Budapest. Photography is something Yamam started experimenting with as a child. His family were forced to flee in Iraq in 1980, moving around Europe and the Middle East, before settling in Hungary where he spent his formative years, before the family relocated once again to the UK in 1992.
SCREENINGS COMING SOON
Screening Events
I’m Migrant: Afifa Aleiby
Saturday 16 March 2024, 7-9pm
Bermondsey Project Space, London
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ONGOING PROJECT
I’m Migrant
In this multi-media project Yamam Nabeel searches for his lost heritage in exile through the life stories of exiled and immigrant Iraqi artists. The project comprises of a documentary series, exhibitions of analogue portraits of these artists and some of their selected artwork and a planned book.
Featuring: Afifa Aleiby, Faisel Laibi Sahi, Dia Al Azzawi, Ghani Alani, Nabeel Yasin and Hassan Massoudy.