https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com Nimco Kulmiye Hussein Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:59:30 +0000 https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com en https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/HOME Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:18:31 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/HOME { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Nimco Kulmiye Hussein", "alternateName": "NKH", "url": "https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com", "image": "https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/q/75/i/95e24924dd570620786d39f523e8f4a2d82644eeca34f6de8164b590405e800a/Portrait_Credit_Mika_Kailes.JPEG", "jobTitle": "Artistic Director, Photographer, Creative Consultant", "worksFor": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "198 Contemporary Arts & Learning", "url": "https://www.198.org.uk/" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.instagram.com/nimco.kulmiye/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimco-kulmiye-hussein/", "https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com" ], "knowsAbout": ["Art", "Photography", "Creative Direction", "Culture Consulting"], "alumniOf": { "@type": "EducationalOrganization", "name": "Your University (if relevant)" } } https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/SELECTED-PROJECTS Sun, 25 Dec 2022 14:25:32 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/SELECTED-PROJECTS https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/ABOUT Sun, 09 May 2021 13:51:04 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/ABOUT <img width="2999" height="3999" width_o="2999" height_o="3999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95e24924dd570620786d39f523e8f4a2d82644eeca34f6de8164b590405e800a/Portrait_Credit_Mika_Kailes.JPEG" data-mid="162734395" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95e24924dd570620786d39f523e8f4a2d82644eeca34f6de8164b590405e800a/Portrait_Credit_Mika_Kailes.JPEG" /> Portrait: Mika Kailes Education MA Culture, Criticism, CurationCentral Saint Martins, University of The Arts London(Grade: Distinction) MA Fashion and Design Studies (Theory) Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture(Grade: Distinction) BA Fashion and Design Studies (Practice &amp; Theory)Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture About Nimco Kulmiye Hussein is a Finnish-born curator and writer based in London, working across contemporary art, cultural history, and cultural leadership. Their practice integrates curatorial research, creative strategy, and public engagement, with a strong commitment to accessibility, participation, and inclusive cultural practice. Through exhibitions, public programmes, and critical writing, they examine how cultural narratives are produced, contested, and rearticulated within institutional and public contexts. They have curated extensively across international contexts, collaborating with artists, thinkers, and cultural institutions to deliver research-led, interdisciplinary exhibitions, commissions, and public programmes. Their work is grounded in strategic cultural thinking, focusing on organisational vision, long-term impact, and sustainable artistic development. Alongside curatorial practice, their writing engages with the social, historical, and political dimensions of contemporary art, operating in dialogue with curatorial work to broaden access to critical discourse and cultural knowledge. Until November 2025, Hussein served as Artistic Director of 198 Contemporary Arts &amp; Learning, where they led the organisation’s artistic vision, creative strategy, commissioning, partnerships, and learning programmes. Working closely with artists, communities, and stakeholders, they positioned the organisation as a site of rigorous, socially engaged, and research-driven practice. They are currently pursuing a PhD in Art History, Cultural Heritage, and Cultural History, further strengthening a research-led approach to curating and cultural strategy, with interests in cultural memory, architecture, representation, and knowledge circulation. Hussein’s wider professional experience includes advisory roles with the New Museum of Architecture &amp; Design in Helsinki and jury positions for international festivals. They hold an MA in Culture, Criticism, and Curation with Distinction from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and an MA in Fashion and Design Studies with Distinction from Aalto University. Contact Email: nimcokulmiyehussein@gmail.com Instagram︎︎︎Linkedin︎︎︎ https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/CONTACT Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:38:19 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/CONTACT <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c0ef3dfbe34f325740805f2c3beb289342bc60e01a4c4d6b62fe29f47864174/IMG_6908.JPG" data-mid="197143309" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c0ef3dfbe34f325740805f2c3beb289342bc60e01a4c4d6b62fe29f47864174/IMG_6908.JPG" /> CONTACT Email:&nbsp;nimco.hussein@icloud.com Instagram︎︎︎ Linkedin︎︎︎ https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/Texts Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:17:11 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/Texts WRITING Oct 2023 Profile for Teo Ala-Ruona Sept 2023Southnord ArtfestEssay for the Exhibition Catalogue‘Curating, Preserving: On African Diasporic Cultural Heritage’ Feb 2023Saastamoinen FoundationContributed three essays on Roni Horn, Vivian E. Browne and Sandra Mujinga for Saastamoinen Foundation publication ‘30 Works from the Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection’. Oct 2022Nicholas Metivier GalleryCatalogue Essay on Stephen Appleby-Barr Sept 2022ArtsyEditorial: Group show Sensitive Content at UNIT London Aug 2022Love &amp; Anarchy: Helsinki International Film Festival Review: Seek Bromance by Samira Elagoz Aug 2022Hunajanjyvä Art FestivalExhibition text'Playing the Game at Crossroads – The Four X’s (eXplore, eXpand, eXplain, eXit) of Kauttua' Apr 2022ArtsyReview: Ludovic Nkoth’s Vivid Paintings Capture All of Life’s Intensities Mar 2022Paradise Row Gallery Exhibition Essay Jan 2022ArtsyReview: Gisela McDaniel Paints Dazzling Portraits of Indigenous Resilience Oct 2021FRIEZEReview: Jordan Casteel Finds Beauty in the Fleeting Commonplace Jun 2021Museum of Turku (WAM)Text for SPEKTRI-exhibition on photographer Emma Sarpaniemi’s work. INTERVIEWS Jul 2021NO NIIN MagazineOn “The feeling of being on display and under pressure” — a conversation with Man Yau Feb 2021 Year Zero Magazine ”On Processuality” - a conversation with Charmmone, Leat and Bhenji Ra&nbsp; 2021 Ante Nouveau Magazine A conversation with Electronic Market 2020 Ante Nouveau MagazineA conversation with Amanda Ripatti https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/theirs-magazine Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:40:27 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/theirs-magazine theirs Issue 1, Spring-Summer 2024 COVER IMAGE: Mina Galan photographed by Joseph Echenique theirs&nbsp; about / magazine / stockists <img width="3508" height="2480" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1500/h/1060/q/75/i/Z1863989411649173036612622510304/theirs_no1_front_cover.jpg"> <img width="2250" height="1500" width_o="2250" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7436d2ae849f5c3712c8ee97254954b748f466fb5296999d2a3cc0eba4ee86ab/josephechenique-theirs-6-copy.jpg" data-mid="214732686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7436d2ae849f5c3712c8ee97254954b748f466fb5296999d2a3cc0eba4ee86ab/josephechenique-theirs-6-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1600" width_o="2000" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62733922db17a59fe259257f35bc296a0fa5e76a5c75f9319544e64cd48d99d4/marg_02-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="214730526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62733922db17a59fe259257f35bc296a0fa5e76a5c75f9319544e64cd48d99d4/marg_02-copy-2.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14919d7c3c273dea12fa85d3028d26e7da7ee0dff941182f3c63e3cf48526ff4/IMG_4236-copy.jpg" data-mid="214730525" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14919d7c3c273dea12fa85d3028d26e7da7ee0dff941182f3c63e3cf48526ff4/IMG_4236-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1071" height="1500" width_o="1071" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/832937ca0186b2495714507a3eafeb38eb2024a3bf2fc6495e030a486e2b87f9/Tryptic-3.jpg" data-mid="214732689" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/832937ca0186b2495714507a3eafeb38eb2024a3bf2fc6495e030a486e2b87f9/Tryptic-3.jpg" /> <img width="993" height="1499" width_o="993" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d44f6b4f59dc73a5a53157c9dafc0ac67044a7ed7dbda2cb8cdd4212f04751d/Yiling_theirs_8-2-copy.jpg" data-mid="214732685" border="0" data-scale="60" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/993/i/0d44f6b4f59dc73a5a53157c9dafc0ac67044a7ed7dbda2cb8cdd4212f04751d/Yiling_theirs_8-2-copy.jpg" /> theirs Issue 1, Spring-Summer 2024 / Mina Galan photographed by Joseph Echenique theirs is an independent magazine focused on the diverse narratives and artistic expressions associated with those navigating the complexities of gender identity. Existing as a testament to support creativity within a community where traditional notions of fashion are seamlessly blurred. Instagram:@theirs.magazine General enquiries:contact@theirsmagazine.co.uk Advertising and special projects:katie@theirsmagazine.co.uk Table of Contents:Love in the Ring by Estelle Hanania and Benoit BéthumeI Stay Grounded by Kíra Krász and George RoastAs Opposed to? by Yiling Zhao and Salomé PoloudennyGod Loves This City by Joseph Echenique and Mina GalanWatching the World Go By with Miguel Adrover in conversation with Nimco Kulmiye HusseinBetween Prunus and Syringa by Iiris KamariSupporting Love by Evan PurdyOn Friendship by Inès Michelotto and Dani d’IngeoPower of Perception by Diane Betties &amp; Céline LavioletteHello Girlies by Ana Viktoria DzinicMountain of A by Margaret LiangI See You Again by Niko and Inês BizarroGrief Letter by Amanda Ripatti£20 + Shipping https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/ADELE-HYRY-CHICKEN-LEGGED-HUNTER-LADYBUG-KANANJALKAINEN-METSASTAJA Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:29:58 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/ADELE-HYRY-CHICKEN-LEGGED-HUNTER-LADYBUG-KANANJALKAINEN-METSASTAJA Chicken-Legged Hunter Ladybug / Kananjalkainen Metsästäjä Leppäkerttu Adele Hyry, 2022 <img width="1244" height="808" width_o="1244" height_o="808" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ccbfee162547c9b60538df80508afe8b4e435a5d3b4cae318f1cf1fb24961cd/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-09.41.32.png" data-mid="246777559" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ccbfee162547c9b60538df80508afe8b4e435a5d3b4cae318f1cf1fb24961cd/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-09.41.32.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1327" width_o="2000" height_o="1327" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7166e82168ab2e58f2c04824b023b5e992e1678ec791b3ca92091c035124da6/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_008.jpg" data-mid="246776892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7166e82168ab2e58f2c04824b023b5e992e1678ec791b3ca92091c035124da6/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_008.jpg" /> <img width="2027" height="3000" width_o="2027" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/614fd52f82d1eada6a768013f66c02d7f9695b7e92723b307e1aad5f2cfc2da2/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_007.jpg" data-mid="246776891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/614fd52f82d1eada6a768013f66c02d7f9695b7e92723b307e1aad5f2cfc2da2/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_007.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2024" width_o="3000" height_o="2024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/966023ccb8d826dfb99cac32936b435b71d312fd28d99f776cde40116f543ad8/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_006.jpg" data-mid="246776890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/966023ccb8d826dfb99cac32936b435b71d312fd28d99f776cde40116f543ad8/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_006.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fce565286aa712adc7dea259777b9ebc20a31ed71f0eb5e78bf12b9e957228c0/Photo_Tuure_Leppanen_Adele_Hyry_Chicken-Legged_Hunter_Ladybug_12.jpg" data-mid="246776895" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fce565286aa712adc7dea259777b9ebc20a31ed71f0eb5e78bf12b9e957228c0/Photo_Tuure_Leppanen_Adele_Hyry_Chicken-Legged_Hunter_Ladybug_12.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90eeeb8a43b2d74d5791649c512b78cab334a228fc8920f95f91a9b21e6ef68f/Photo_Tuure_Leppanen_Adele_Hyry_Chicken-Legged_Hunter_Ladybug_013.jpg" data-mid="246776896" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90eeeb8a43b2d74d5791649c512b78cab334a228fc8920f95f91a9b21e6ef68f/Photo_Tuure_Leppanen_Adele_Hyry_Chicken-Legged_Hunter_Ladybug_013.jpg" /> <img width="2920" height="1940" width_o="2920" height_o="1940" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcb8c910264723c80481bcc555b3f2116465beb3c48fd8bce6ec2a59947da4e0/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_015.jpg" data-mid="246776894" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcb8c910264723c80481bcc555b3f2116465beb3c48fd8bce6ec2a59947da4e0/Photo_by_Adele_Hyry_015.jpg" /> Chicken-Legged Hunter Ladybug / Kananjalkainen Metsästäjä Leppäkerttu Adele Hyry, 2022 Adele Hyry's debut artist book is an experimentally and poetically reconstructed collection of documentary photographs, text and sketches. The intimate and ephemeral photographs have been culled with a norm-critical eye from Hyry's personal archive from 2002–2021 and structured into thematic chapters. Animal energy, gloominess and fun intertwine in photographs that are embodied messages from the nerves of time. In momentary and repetitive self-portraits and encounters with others, memories, stories and events are intermingled in streams of experience that test the boundaries of the real and the personal. Images that defy preconceived definitions and conventions humorously confound binary and aesthetic norms. At the thematic core are the dark side of the mind, consciousness and representation, as well as the emotional dimensions of communality and bystanderhood. The publication includes written encounters conducted remotely during the book's production process, in which the artist discusses their artistic process with curator Nimco Kulmiye Hussein, as well as the themes of the work and references to other authors and works. "Adele Hyry's photographs play with the intimate aspect of one's lifetime without pushing the visual expression to become relatable. Instead, the sharing of a reservoir, loaded with one's memories, is centred. Within the eight divisions, the poetic is met with a level of complexity. What could be seen at first as an auto-biography, becomes rather a polyphonic dialogue between multiple actors — the photographed (family, friends and lovers), the referenced (Francesca Woodman, Pipilotti Rist, Hiromix), and the photographer. The affective elements become unfeigned, non-chronological assemblages of yesterday, the present and the possibilities of tomorrow — an exploration of the 'elsewheres'." Nimco Kulmiye Hussein "Adele Hyry's book activates a strong, almost cinematic narrative. The author has had the courage to play with carefully thought-out images. It's an ambitious first book and an impressive work that gives you the feeling that the artist is saying: 'I'm doing this anyway!'" Photobook Award 2022 jury 244 pages, 219x264mm, hardcover, edition of 300, self-published Photography, design &amp; text: Adele Hyry Written encounters: Adele Hyry &amp; Nimco Kulmiye Hussein FI &amp; EN, printed at Jelgavas Tipografija, Latvia Supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) ISBN 978-952-94-7080-8 https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/GROUP-EXHIBITION-WITNESSES Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:59:30 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/GROUP-EXHIBITION-WITNESSES Thursday, 7 Aug 2025—Thursday, 18 Sept 2025 WITNESSES GROUP EXHIBITION 198 CONTEMPORARY ARTS &amp; LEARNING GROUP EXHIBITION: WITNESSES <img width="1374" height="916" width_o="1374" height_o="916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a88ab9dda70e9e05e932c7be37978cde0e792e5ec22db40de876b3ed8719e4c3/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.23.png" data-mid="246782824" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a88ab9dda70e9e05e932c7be37978cde0e792e5ec22db40de876b3ed8719e4c3/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.23.png" /> <img width="1376" height="916" width_o="1376" height_o="916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee32b09a8f75ef063fec5b532438c4117350b2345d5230a9e2184d22a5c487b7/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.41.png" data-mid="246782826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee32b09a8f75ef063fec5b532438c4117350b2345d5230a9e2184d22a5c487b7/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.41.png" /> <img width="1376" height="1424" width_o="1376" height_o="1424" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d62f4912ec92524861169497e2ba4971217f4561ea93145297491cdd93f52cdf/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.32.png" data-mid="246782825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d62f4912ec92524861169497e2ba4971217f4561ea93145297491cdd93f52cdf/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.32.png" /> <img width="1374" height="914" width_o="1374" height_o="914" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fcba5ab99f3215f5a6e8ba9b12b09bac40fca656feece97dceebcc4879818df/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.16.png" data-mid="246782823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fcba5ab99f3215f5a6e8ba9b12b09bac40fca656feece97dceebcc4879818df/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.16.png" /> <img width="1376" height="916" width_o="1376" height_o="916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/207f6d3ee5d11a13d37783837074a62f9cf9714ea4d1b7e78dad732245fdfe27/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.01.49.png" data-mid="246782820" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/207f6d3ee5d11a13d37783837074a62f9cf9714ea4d1b7e78dad732245fdfe27/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.01.49.png" /> <img width="1376" height="920" width_o="1376" height_o="920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ec91461a8f1ff510fb5e379eeb2a169bee85299e673e07b4ded63eea3f92665/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.07.png" data-mid="246782822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ec91461a8f1ff510fb5e379eeb2a169bee85299e673e07b4ded63eea3f92665/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.02.07.png" /> <img width="1374" height="916" width_o="1374" height_o="916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b308c23caf29c79b5ff1e8686d7b84fe280fdd315065b11e375b9507a03b8fd/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.01.58.png" data-mid="246782821" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b308c23caf29c79b5ff1e8686d7b84fe280fdd315065b11e375b9507a03b8fd/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-10.01.58.png" /> WITNESSESA two-person exhibition featuring London-based artists ihsan saad ihsan tahir&nbsp;and&nbsp;Amida Deen. If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive. — Audre Lorde Witnesses explores the politics of the gaze: how we are seen, how we see ourselves, and how visibility shapes the way we live, relate and remember. Taking inspiration from the writings of Audre Lorde, the exhibition brings together two distinct but interconnected practices that consider witnessing as both an intimate act and a political position.Amida Deen’s work is rooted in the Black British experience while celebrating her Sierra Leonean heritage. Her practice centres Black female subjectivity and focuses on everyday gestures, memory and care. She invites viewers to witness moments not often held in public view, offering a vision of selfhood beyond expectation. ihsan saad ihsan tahir’s work examines how the Arab body has been racialised, dehumanised and cast as monstrous within dominant visual cultures. Working across carved wood, stained glass and installation, his practice draws on horror aesthetics, gothic architecture and countercultures to unpick systems of representation and reclaim space for subjectivity and survival. Together, the artists consider the act of witnessing as a shared and layered encounter; one that holds the power to affirm, disrupt and transform. The Private View takes place on 7 August 2025, 6-9pm, and the exhibition is accompanied by a curated public programme and playlist by Amida, that extend its sensory experience. Witnesses runs from 8 August to 11 September 2025 at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning. About the Artists Amida Deen is a British-Sierra Leonean artist whose work reflects the perspective of a child of the diaspora. Her work is rooted in the Black British experience while celebrating her Sierra Leonean heritage. Working primarily in oil painting, Deen creates fictional characters inspired by everyday life, capturing the vibrancy of working-class communities and the nuances of growing up in Hackney. Deen’s paintings are shaped by personal memories and influenced by Black British, African American, and West African films, which she reinterprets into narratives that balance familiarity with ambiguity. Colour plays a central role in her work. Yellow serves as the foundation of all her paintings, symbolising warmth and soul, while vibrant hues like orange reflect her family’s efforts to bring the glow of West Africa into London’s cold, magnolia-toned council estates. Deen’s palette is informed by childhood memories, from lively parties to the rich vibrancy of everyday life. Positioned within the contemporary discourse on identity and community, her work explores themes of belonging, cultural memory, and resilience. It challenges stereotypes by celebrating the beauty and complexity of Black diasporic life. Approaching her practice with a focus on storytelling and representation, Deen aims to create work that resonates across cultures while remaining deeply rooted in her own experiences. ihsan saad ihsan tahir Across painting, drawing, sculpture and writing, tahir&nbsp;produces works that revolve around notions of class, cross-cultural exchange, displacement and masculinity. His practice often examines narratives of migration, modern literature, personal histories and language, how we exchange these themes and how our relation to factuality is formed by those exchanges. tahir's work is at once unpolished and serene, contextual codes and encrypted visuals - typically circulated in the mass media - is cut out from their original surroundings and brought together in classic sculptural form. He associates differing symbols and subjects, plucking text and common icons to offer new connotations, countercultures and constitutive representations. tahir attempts to reveal and challenge the ways in which we tend to accept existing portrayals and tropes in present-day. Images by Arthur Gray https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/GROUP-EXHIBITION-HARD-EVIDENCES Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:20:40 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/GROUP-EXHIBITION-HARD-EVIDENCES Friday, 14 Feb 2025—Sunday, 30 Mar 2025 HARD EVIDENCES GROUP EXHIBITION 198 CONTEMPORARY ARTS &amp; LEARNING GROUP EXHIBITION: HARD EVIDENCES <img width="3002" height="1484" width_o="3002" height_o="1484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4641a76c523e50e2d091b035e85de032202eca07370f7c8b3945e0e31f0952c/DIVINE.jpg" data-mid="245314830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4641a76c523e50e2d091b035e85de032202eca07370f7c8b3945e0e31f0952c/DIVINE.jpg" /> I wore your tongue so loud against me (2024), still from a single-channel video, 04:45 mins, by Divine Southgate-Smith Memory is elusive, yet it shapes our understanding of the present. Myths embed themselves in collective consciousness, forming the foundations of identities and histories. Hard Evidences is a multidisciplinary exhibition where memory, myth, and history intersect to illuminate the often-hidden forces that shape our contemporary realities. Through the works of Tiffany Wellington, Tamara Al-Mashouk, and Divine Southgate-Smith, this exhibition examines the delicate yet potent power of unveiling truths, confronting erasures, and imagining futures beyond the confines of the past. Central to the exhibition is the collaborative performance, lipsync serenades for soft occasions, where composer Tze Yeung Ho, textile artist Kholod Hawash, and performance artist Josh Spear intertwine music, embroidery, and queer love narratives. Myth and modernity collide in a dazzling performance exploring the fragility and resilience of love. Opening Night Performance: Fadi Giha x Tamara Al-MashoukWithin the context of Tamara Al-Mashouk’s body of work 'I’d search forever, I want to remember', Giha has choreographed a sequence that allows his body to simultaneously be swept up in the water and embody the water itself. It is in this liberatory practice of confronting victimhood that Giha shifts power.Fadi Giha is a choreographer and dancer. He is interested in the interdependency of body, space and the hyper-politicisation of society. Through his choreography Giha creates restrictive parameters within which his and his dancers bodies respond; coming up against walls/borders/rules and breaking them down––his gestures are at once fantastical and minute. Featured artists: Tiffany WellingtonBorn in 1996 in Kingston, Jamaica, is an artist living and working in London. Wellington’s work explores the relationship between the object and the narrative, folklore and reality, the ghost and the being. Their multimedia works consider storytelling through the interweaving of personal experience and cultural histories. Across photography, performance, sound and sculpture, the installations are approached by the artist as a collection of thoughts that become embodied through the space. Tamara Al-MashoukA London-based Palestinian-Saudi artist and organiser, Tamara Al-Mashouk employs multi-channel video, performance, and architectural installation to examine the displacement of people on both intimate and global scales. Her work negotiates the relationship between home, memory, and collective histories, expanding the study of epigenetics beyond the body into place and matter. Her socially engaged practice addresses intersections of personal histories, global migratory narratives, and identity, rooted in anti-racist, de-colonial, and anti-imperialist frameworks. Divine Southgate-SmithBorn in 1995 in Lomé, Togo, and currently based in London, Divine Southgate-Smith is a Togolese-British transdisciplinary artist. Her/Their practice spans photographic collage, sculpture, moving image, performance, writing, spoken word, and 3D animation. Her/Their work explores complex narratives within speculative spaces, questioning traditional equations between sight and understanding. She/They address themes of oppression, stereotyping, intersectionality, empowerment, and joy, often referencing and rethinking articulations of Black, queer, and female experiences. Performance: lipsync serenades for soft occasions Composer Tze Yeung Ho and textile artist Kholod Hawash have collaborated&nbsp; to create an interdisciplinary performance piece based on two original love songs created for the project, together with British performance artist and DJ Josh Spear. As Spear takes main stage for the work as a lipsync artist, Hawash’s embroidered garment will reflect the dynamic personality of the live performer through various symbolisms tied to the theme of queer love in&nbsp; the meeting of influences borrowed from Arabic mythology, a reimagined continental European renaissance and contemporary Finnish fashion. This exchange of metaphors in the visual, textual&nbsp; and musical contexts between the three collaborating artists will be crucial in the initial phase of&nbsp; this interdisciplinary work. The two new compositions by Ho have been pre-recorded for the performances in 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning. The compositions feature soprano singer Linnéa Sundfær Casserly and lutenist Tomas Laukvik Nannestad, both of whom are experts in historically informed performance practices for renaissance and baroque music. Together with Josh, Tomas will perform live on a theorbo in conjunction with the pre-recorded tracks.&nbsp; Tze Yeung Ho, Kholod Hawash and Josh Spear were also part of the Altersea Opera by Lap-see Lam at the Nordic Pavilion in the Venice Biennale, Foreigners Everywhere,&nbsp; 2024. Performances generously supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland. https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/GROUP-EXHIBITION-YHTAKIA-SUHDENLY Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:33:46 +0000 Nimco Kulmiye Hussein https://nimcokulmiyehussein.com/GROUP-EXHIBITION-YHTAKIA-SUHDENLY 4.8–27.8.2023 SUHDENLY GROUP &nbsp;EXHIBITION FINE ARTS ACADEMY HELSINKI GROUP EXHIBITION: YHTÄKIÄ/SUHDENLY&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a099017a95a314859cca511d66240655415435dc157b4fc8967c5ee131d3b3b/YHTAKIA.jpeg" data-mid="197138721" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a099017a95a314859cca511d66240655415435dc157b4fc8967c5ee131d3b3b/YHTAKIA.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/babd21f93540d88fb1df6d0880ad00a0419a8a7ecacd1d4e7181ec9f210d3eae/YHTAKIA1.jpeg" data-mid="197138722" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/babd21f93540d88fb1df6d0880ad00a0419a8a7ecacd1d4e7181ec9f210d3eae/YHTAKIA1.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ce881f8c2f6fded756d75be03ba48df329542ff4a3c1b48cfeb2d4df5184731/YHTAKIA2.jpeg" data-mid="197138723" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ce881f8c2f6fded756d75be03ba48df329542ff4a3c1b48cfeb2d4df5184731/YHTAKIA2.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df7267a4412ce6ba41089e2c1a7a2ead4bb251051575749ae0e2208a9ac337ff/YHTAKIA3.jpeg" data-mid="197138724" border="0" data-scale="58" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df7267a4412ce6ba41089e2c1a7a2ead4bb251051575749ae0e2208a9ac337ff/YHTAKIA3.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/394a150d478e3baeda6231f74ec9ebb2d8bac4d9e6878c803774282fd1d6c58f/YHTAKIA4.jpeg" data-mid="197138725" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/394a150d478e3baeda6231f74ec9ebb2d8bac4d9e6878c803774282fd1d6c58f/YHTAKIA4.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9402ec0f139dc9ca0199e4f4ac8db14266fc57238ed6418d33b5b7c0a02d22a0/YHTAKIA5.jpeg" data-mid="197138726" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9402ec0f139dc9ca0199e4f4ac8db14266fc57238ed6418d33b5b7c0a02d22a0/YHTAKIA5.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d536e7ef788825b794603eeee4cc388f55d4d5cc15b86a203b4d8e7d4dea0b5/YHTAKIA6.jpeg" data-mid="197138727" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d536e7ef788825b794603eeee4cc388f55d4d5cc15b86a203b4d8e7d4dea0b5/YHTAKIA6.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/322d93b43eee768f02cf13fdf99221b787eda97dcbc09549004295165c3bea1a/YHTAKIA6jpeg.jpeg" data-mid="197138728" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/322d93b43eee768f02cf13fdf99221b787eda97dcbc09549004295165c3bea1a/YHTAKIA6jpeg.jpeg" /> The hour hand swings. It is a sign of the rotation of the earth for twenty-fourths. A momentary surfacing of the unconscious that can sink back into the depths. You are reading, and the surrounding air, it has no pressure. "Something you've cherished". The sock is broken. I had noticed this earlier, but one day I truly realized there was a damn hole in this sock. The prevailing temperature is the temperature of exhalation - barely exactly anything. Memories are flooding in. Intentions are rising. The gaze moves to the corner of the room. Lists bend to vanishing points according to perspective. Stimuli drain the experienced, but something is breaking through: It arrived like a picture: a work, I didn't ask for it or expect it. Memories are flooding in. Intentions rise. Yesterday? Tomorrow? You remember and predict. When I spit on the salad bar? A week after I spit on the salad bar? The original concept of the exhibition invented by artist Hermanni Härmälä is the misspelled word suddenly. It reflects a sense of astonishment, surprise, but is also open to uncertainty and failure to interpret the event. What does the confused statement of the moment refer to? The works in the Yhtäkiä exhibition create lasting possibilities and raise questions related to the materiality of contemporary art. Can permanent and processual works also be objects? And what are the traces left by the performative works and happenings? What are the conditions for truly experiencing a work if the work is based on modification and its "own life"? The theme of the exhibition is also the exploration of possibilities and consequences brought about by suddenness: What does that moment contain? What does it make possible, contingent, and impossible? Is it possible to experience the work as a coincidence? What kind of attitude do melting or perishing works require for their experience? In the Yhtäkiä exhibition, the works are in a fermenting state and open in different ways depending on the visitor's visit. Nine young artists from the Academy of Fine Arts' art fields of painting, sculpture and time and space participate in the Suhduhnle exhibition. The artists have also organized as a working group the exhibitions Inhale a Nail (2021) and exits exist (2022) in Vapaan Taiteen Tila. The exhibition's working group has invited the Bebetton art initiative, formed by Jani Anders Purhonen and Eeva Rönkä to the exhibition. Bebetton's work usually combines a peculiar creativity and the possibility of participation. An example is their long-standing interest in winemaking and its processes. Their works have been exhibited at SIC Space, Titanik gallery in Turku and Monitoimitila O. Along with Bebetton working croup has invented Samuel Thompson-Plant to the exhibition. Thompson-Plant lives in Great Britain and has graduated from Loughborough University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Thompson-Plant has also studied as an exchange student at the Academy of Fine Arts in the academic year 2019–2020. In their multimedia work, they have dealt with perspectives dealing with the experience of consciousness. They have participated the Artists Benevolent Fund residency program financed by Loughborough University. Writer and curator Nimco Kulmiye Hussein has also been invited to the exhibition. Together with Joonas Pulkkinen, a Praxis master's student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Hussein is responsible for the exhibition's curation and curatorial texts. *"Suhduhnle I'm not half what I used to be."* Artists Bebetton (Jani Anders Purhonen and Eeva Rönkä)Milja HavasLina Herrmans Hermanni HärmäläAarne KiveläLassi KontiainenDavid NabelAala NymanSara RantanenSamuel Thompson-Plant Curators Nimco Kulmiye Hussein is a London-based curator and writer who works at the intersection of research, culture, and art. Their approach is based on postcolonial and queer-feminist theories and actively focuses on participatory practices that bring people together around critical, current, and relevant themes. Kulmiye Hussein has completed a master's degree at Aalto University's School of Arts and Design and Central Saint Martins in the field of culture, criticism, and curation. Joonas Pulkkinen is a student, author, curator and postal worker in the Praxis master's program at the Fine Arts Academy of the University of the Arts. Pulkkinen's starting points for working as a curator are related to the openness of the curator's role, critical theory and the social-ecological sustainability of artwork in the present. He is interested in the possibilities of resistance and self-understanding in contemporary art. In addition to the Praxis master's program, Pulkkinen has studied philosophy and aesthetics at the University of Helsinki. EventsExhibition openingOpening of the exhibition on Thursday 3 August from 17:00 to 19:00. Activating the artwork of the Bebetton art initiative, importing the last ingredient of the work and starting the video installation. The work may contain event elements within the exhibition's opening hours. Sara Rantanen's performance about the distillation process at around 17:30. Lasts circa 10 minutes. Finissage 27.8.On the last day of the exhibition, August 27, sound and music performance by Aarne Kivelä at 16:00.