Raisan Hameed (*1991) is an Iraqi-German multimedia artist based in Leipzig. He is currently a Meisterschüler with Prof. Tina Bara at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, after completing his Diploma in Photography. His work has been featured in various international exhibitions, including the Prix Photoforum Biel, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and the Carte Blanche Exhibition in Paris.
Hameed's practice is defined by a subtle and metaphorical visual language, profoundly impacted by his personal experiences of loss, and displacement. At the heart of his work is the transformation of intimate visual memories into universal narratives, as exemplified in one of his most acclaimed projects, Zer-Störung. Recontextualizing damaged family photographs that bear the scars of his hometown, Mosul, Hameed explores the destruction inflicted upon his family while reflecting on human themes of resilience and survival.
Intertwining personal history with collective memory, Hameed’s practice sheds light on the wounds imposed on societies by political violence. His work engages with ongoing discourses about conflict and remembrance. Transcending photography, Hameed incorporates various media such as archival research and Google Street View. The enduring relevance of his practice is fueled by a nuanced perspective on our fragile world, one that is perpetually shaped by violence and displacement.
Education
- 2022-2025 Meisterschüler with Prof. Tina Bara
2022 Diploma at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig/Academy of FineArts Leipzig
- 2023-2024 Dozent für künstlerische Fotografie an der Abendakademie der HGB Leipzig.
- 2018-2022 study of photography at the Academy of FineArts Leipzig, with Prof. Tina Bara
- 2017-02.2025 Scolarship at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- 2016-2018 study of photography at the Academy of FineArts Leipzig
- 2012-2014 Mosul University College of Fine Arts
Publications
Ties That Bind, PHmuseum online,Verdi, Uni Globale, Asadi, Rotary, Leipziger Schriften, Fstop Magazine Online, Fresh Eyes Photo Book, Matratze Magazin, LoosenArt (Language), ArtAsyl-Present Magazine, Forum Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, großer Gefühle-KVGW, FUTURES23 Katalog.
2024 finalists Prix Photoforum 2024, Photoforum Pasquart Biel, Swiss
2024 finalists CHARTA AWARD 2024
2024 finalists PREMIO LIBRO D‘ARTISTA BOOK AWARD
2023 selected for Carte Blanche/Paris Photo 2023
2023 selected for FUTURES PHOTOGRAPHY 2023
by Der Greif
2022 nominated Lenscratch Student Prize for the
Project Zer-Störung in L.A.
2021 selected for Fresh Eyes Photo 2021
2021 1. Platz Altered Narratives Fotografie Preis,
ETH zürich-Max Planck Gesellschaft-Picter
2017 nominated Uni Fotograf Award Munster - Germany
News, Press
Talk: FUTURES x Magnum Artist Spotlight:
Interview: Siilk Gallery
Interview: Der Greif X FUTURES: Raisan Hameed
Article: Artmagazine: Raimar Stange, Auf den Spuren des Krieges
Article: Urbanite, Embers of Narratives
Interview: The gaze of a Mosuliot, Raisan Hameed
- 2022-2025 Meisterschüler with Prof. Tina Bara
2022 Diploma at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig/Academy of FineArts Leipzig
- 2023-2024 Dozent für künstlerische Fotografie an der Abendakademie der HGB Leipzig.
- 2018-2022 study of photography at the Academy of FineArts Leipzig, with Prof. Tina Bara
- 2017-02.2025 Scolarship at Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- 2016-2018 study of photography at the Academy of FineArts Leipzig
- 2012-2014 Mosul University College of Fine Arts
Publications
Ties That Bind, PHmuseum online,Verdi, Uni Globale, Asadi, Rotary, Leipziger Schriften, Fstop Magazine Online, Fresh Eyes Photo Book, Matratze Magazin, LoosenArt (Language), ArtAsyl-Present Magazine, Forum Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, großer Gefühle-KVGW, FUTURES23 Katalog.
2024 finalists Prix Photoforum 2024, Photoforum Pasquart Biel, Swiss
2024 finalists CHARTA AWARD 2024
2024 finalists PREMIO LIBRO D‘ARTISTA BOOK AWARD
2023 selected for Carte Blanche/Paris Photo 2023
2023 selected for FUTURES PHOTOGRAPHY 2023
by Der Greif
2022 nominated Lenscratch Student Prize for the
Project Zer-Störung in L.A.
2021 selected for Fresh Eyes Photo 2021
2021 1. Platz Altered Narratives Fotografie Preis,
ETH zürich-Max Planck Gesellschaft-Picter
2017 nominated Uni Fotograf Award Munster - Germany
News, Press
Talk: FUTURES x Magnum Artist Spotlight:
Interview: Siilk Gallery
Interview: Der Greif X FUTURES: Raisan Hameed
Article: Artmagazine: Raimar Stange, Auf den Spuren des Krieges
Article: Urbanite, Embers of Narratives
Interview: The gaze of a Mosuliot, Raisan Hameed
Solo exhibitions
16.09-08.10.2023 Solo exhibtion Broken Paths
Die Putte - Neu Ulm
25.01-30.03.2025 Meisterschühler Ausstellung, Raisan Hameed: Embers of Narratives, GfZK Leipzig
Selected Group Exhibitions
21.03.-29.03.2025 "An Ecological Speculation within the Web of Life" Khoj Studios, New Delhi
28.02.–04.05.2025 EMOP Berlin: was zwischen uns steht, Akademie der Künste Berlin
28.02.-23.03.2025 Do You Have Something to Fight for?Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
08.12.24-26.01.25 Prix Photoforum 2024, Photoforum Pasquart Biel, Swiss
12.09 – 15.09.24 PhMuseum Days 2024
International Photography Festival Bologna, Italy
31.08 – 03.11.2024 DAZUGEHÖREN! BELONGING! kunsthaus Dresden / Robotron Kantine
31.05 - 16.06.2024 WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN - Galerie KUB - Leipzig
20.05 - 10.06.2024 وشکەڵان Arid - the Culture Factory Gallery - Sulaimaniyya
12.04.2024 - 06.06.2024 Welches Foto schaut dich an? with Shirin Abedi, Cihan Çakmak, Hannah Darabi and Aslı Özdemir - Kunstverein Hildesheim
10.04 - 26.05.2024
Navigating Strangeness - F für Fremd(-) Burg Galerie - Halle
01.03 - 31.03.2024 LA MÀQUINA SENSIBLE I LES POLÍTIQUES DE L’AMOR - Centre Cívic El Coll - La Bruguera - Barcelona
11/2023 Carte Blanche Exhibition /Paris Photo 2023
12.23 international film festival ANGAELICA (Mossul Dream), L.A.
25.06 - 21.08.22 Fragments From Now. For an Unfinished Future, kunsthaus Dresden / Robotron Kantine
05/2022 RIZOMA, Klasse Bara, Artgluchowe, Glauchau.
10/2021 ARCIPELAGO, LEIPZIG/PALERMO, Église, Palermo. IT.
14-17.10.2021 FRESH EYES Exhibition, Kahmann Gallery, Rotterdam.
07.08 - 03.10.2021 The Makeable Mind Noorderlicht Photography festival, Netherlands
25.06.–04.07.2021 come closer, f/stop Festival, Halle 14, Spinnerei Leipzig
05/2021 Language LoosenArt Mag/Galerie, Rom. IT.
03/2021 F-stop Mag The Constructed Image, Online Exhibition
09/2020 4 Wände Lindenow-Festival, Baturina Gallery, Leipzig
07/2020 Artwalk What comes after.. east of Leipzig, Germany
06/2020 Fragments From Now. For an Unfinished Future. Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany
02/2020 Rotterdam Photo Festival 2020, Netherlands
01/2020 gestern heute morgen. Sprechsaal Galerie Berlin, Germany
01/2020 FORUM and FRIENDS. Forum for contemporary photography Dresden, Germany
11/2019 Fragments From Now. For an Unfinished Future. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
03/2019 Stick together. Gallery of the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany
10/2018 102. Xposure International Photography Festival. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
06/2018 Friends. Exhibition by the Circle of friends of the House of Photography. Triennial of Photography, Hamburg, Germany
04/2018 Blue. Middle East College, Mascate, Oman
10/2017 Wir.We.Nahnu. Exhibition in the Bürgerfoyer of the Saxon Parliament, Dresden, Germany
10/2017 The Real and the Fake. Lindenow #13 Art-Festival, Leipzig, Germany
07/2017 After You. Exhibition of the HGB photography class. D21, Leipzig, Germany
06/2017 Ton in Ton. Exhibition for art and music. Pöge-Haus, Leipzig, Germany
06/2017 Untitled exhibition. Open Space, Zeitz, Germany
10/2016 101. Xposure International Photography Festival. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Workshops
08/2019 Museum in Action #3. Workshop. Museum for contemporary Art gfzk, Leipzig, Germany
16.09-08.10.2023 Solo exhibtion Broken Paths
Die Putte - Neu Ulm
25.01-30.03.2025 Meisterschühler Ausstellung, Raisan Hameed: Embers of Narratives, GfZK Leipzig
Selected Group Exhibitions
upcoming
25.04.-29.06.2025 Rethinking Photography: Presence/Absence, Visible/Invisible, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg21.03.-29.03.2025 "An Ecological Speculation within the Web of Life" Khoj Studios, New Delhi
28.02.–04.05.2025 EMOP Berlin: was zwischen uns steht, Akademie der Künste Berlin
28.02.-23.03.2025 Do You Have Something to Fight for?Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
08.12.24-26.01.25 Prix Photoforum 2024, Photoforum Pasquart Biel, Swiss
12.09 – 15.09.24 PhMuseum Days 2024
International Photography Festival Bologna, Italy
31.08 – 03.11.2024 DAZUGEHÖREN! BELONGING! kunsthaus Dresden / Robotron Kantine
31.05 - 16.06.2024 WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN - Galerie KUB - Leipzig
20.05 - 10.06.2024 وشکەڵان Arid - the Culture Factory Gallery - Sulaimaniyya
12.04.2024 - 06.06.2024 Welches Foto schaut dich an? with Shirin Abedi, Cihan Çakmak, Hannah Darabi and Aslı Özdemir - Kunstverein Hildesheim
10.04 - 26.05.2024
Navigating Strangeness - F für Fremd(-) Burg Galerie - Halle
01.03 - 31.03.2024 LA MÀQUINA SENSIBLE I LES POLÍTIQUES DE L’AMOR - Centre Cívic El Coll - La Bruguera - Barcelona
11/2023 Carte Blanche Exhibition /Paris Photo 2023
12.23 international film festival ANGAELICA (Mossul Dream), L.A.
25.06 - 21.08.22 Fragments From Now. For an Unfinished Future, kunsthaus Dresden / Robotron Kantine
05/2022 RIZOMA, Klasse Bara, Artgluchowe, Glauchau.
10/2021 ARCIPELAGO, LEIPZIG/PALERMO, Église, Palermo. IT.
14-17.10.2021 FRESH EYES Exhibition, Kahmann Gallery, Rotterdam.
07.08 - 03.10.2021 The Makeable Mind Noorderlicht Photography festival, Netherlands
25.06.–04.07.2021 come closer, f/stop Festival, Halle 14, Spinnerei Leipzig
05/2021 Language LoosenArt Mag/Galerie, Rom. IT.
03/2021 F-stop Mag The Constructed Image, Online Exhibition
09/2020 4 Wände Lindenow-Festival, Baturina Gallery, Leipzig
07/2020 Artwalk What comes after.. east of Leipzig, Germany
06/2020 Fragments From Now. For an Unfinished Future. Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany
02/2020 Rotterdam Photo Festival 2020, Netherlands
01/2020 gestern heute morgen. Sprechsaal Galerie Berlin, Germany
01/2020 FORUM and FRIENDS. Forum for contemporary photography Dresden, Germany
11/2019 Fragments From Now. For an Unfinished Future. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
03/2019 Stick together. Gallery of the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany
10/2018 102. Xposure International Photography Festival. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
06/2018 Friends. Exhibition by the Circle of friends of the House of Photography. Triennial of Photography, Hamburg, Germany
04/2018 Blue. Middle East College, Mascate, Oman
10/2017 Wir.We.Nahnu. Exhibition in the Bürgerfoyer of the Saxon Parliament, Dresden, Germany
10/2017 The Real and the Fake. Lindenow #13 Art-Festival, Leipzig, Germany
07/2017 After You. Exhibition of the HGB photography class. D21, Leipzig, Germany
06/2017 Ton in Ton. Exhibition for art and music. Pöge-Haus, Leipzig, Germany
06/2017 Untitled exhibition. Open Space, Zeitz, Germany
10/2016 101. Xposure International Photography Festival. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Workshops
08/2019 Museum in Action #3. Workshop. Museum for contemporary Art gfzk, Leipzig, Germany
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