Discipline
Painting and interdisciplinary
About the artist
Ahmad Mallah, 1990
Ahmad Mallah, 1990 Starting from his own skin and going through different techniques, he immersed himself in a long journey in search of his identity as a Palestinian artist who was born and raised in Syria before the war once again forced him to flee on another asylum journey, until he arrived in the Netherlands in 2014. His art is an exploration of the body, war, diaspora, identity, gender and belonging. Through his interdisciplinary art practice, he represents his personal experiences as being stateless for a long time. Ahmad does not belong to a specific place and time; for him belonging is a dilemma of our existence, a state of emotional and intellectual flux between our human desires for safety and freedom. This flux formulates our contemporary identity and deeply influences our humane fate.
“Majhul Alhuia”, Short Film, 2’48’’, 2024