Ibrahim Ahmed

Born in Kuwait (1984), Ibrahim Ahmed spent his childhood between Bahrain and Egypt before moving to the US at the age of thirteen. In 2014, he relocated to Cairo, where he currently lives and works in the informal neighbourhood of Ard El Lewa. Ahmed’s manipulations of material, especially textile, are informed by research into the histories and movements of peoples and objects. His works in mixed media, sculpture, and installation engage with subjects related to colonial legacies, structures of power, cultural interactions, and fluid identity, generating discussion around ideas of the self and notions of authenticity within the parameters of the nation-state.

Ahmed has shown his work in solo exhibitions at Tintera Gallery, Cairo (2022); the ICA, Richmond (2021); ; Primary, Nottingham (2019); Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome (2018); Gallery Nosco, Marseille (2018); Volta Art Fair, New York (2016); Townhouse Gallery, Cairo (2016); artellewa art space, Giza (2014) and Solo(s) Project House, Newark (2010). His work has also been included in numerous group exhibitions, including at the Sharjah Art Museum, 13th edition of the Biennial of Dakar - Dak'art, 13th Havana Biennial, 4th International Biennial of Casablanca, 12th edition of the Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography.

 

His works are at the Newark Public Library Special Collection, USA, the Hudson County Community College Foundation Art Collection, USA and the Printmaking Center of New Jersey Collection, USA.