The ideas
for my practice come from research on experiences of migration, citizenship,
identity and spirituality. I focus on themes of the body, transformation, transcendence, and the cultures surrounding queer existence. My art practice borders
between planned and spontaneous. The work produced through this engagement comprises digital photo-collages, paintings, objects, and video.
Samir Mahmood
Born in 1968 in Peshawar, Pakistan
Reside and work in Dublin, Ireland.
Education/training:
2018 - 2020 BA in Contemporary Art Practices, ATU, Ireland
2010 - 2014 PhD (Health Promotion) - National University of Ireland, Galway
2008 - 2009 MA (Health Promotion) - National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Selected solo exhibitions:
2025 TRANSGRESSION, Rampa, Porto, Portugal (forthcoming)
2025 Symplegmatic Portals, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork, Ireland
2023 Of Other, and Possibility, MART Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Balcony, St. Thomas’ Hall, Dugort, Achill, Ireland
Selected group exhibitions:
2025 Staying with the Trouble, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Take Hold CCA Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland
2025 Out of the Strong, Came forth Sweetness, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2025 All flowers in time bend towards the sun, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
2024 A Language to Shout In, Periodical Review 14, Pallas Projects Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2024 FSAS Presents, Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2024 Mysterious Ways: Art, faith and transcendence, The Glucksman, University College Cork, Ireland
2023 Connections, Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
2023 Body Of, LHQ Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2022 Remaining Places, Backwater Artists, Cork, Ireland
2022 Braid, Sample Studios, Cork, Ireland
2020 Re-Root, Embassy of Pakistan, Dublin, Ireland
2018 Lost and Found – Video ‘Humans are made in homes’, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
2017 B D G R L (Bad Girl), 126 Artist-run-Gallery, Galway, Ireland
2016 Metamorphosis 126 Artist-run-Gallery, Galway, Ireland
Collections:
The Glucksman, Cork, Ireland
Grants & Awards:
2024 Bursary Award, The Arts Council, Ireland
2023 Next Generation Artists’ Award, The Arts Council, Ireland
2022 Bursary Award, The Arts Council, Ireland
2021 Agility Award, The Arts Council, Ireland
2021 Artist Support Scheme Funding, Galway County Council
2020 Inaugural Mary Lavelle Burke Bursary Award
Residencies:
2025 Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork
2024 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Next Generation Artist Award recipient, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
2023 - 2025 Fire Station Artists’ Studio, Dublin, Ireland (ongoing)
2021 Heinrich Boll Cottage Artist’s Residency, Achill, Ireland
2015 - 2016 Resident studio tenant 126 ArFst-run-Gallery, Galway, Ireland
Selected press:
Jennifer Redmond, Critique ‘Braid’ The VAN
Miguel Amado, Periodical Review 14 Visual Artists’ News Sheet
Membership
Fire Station Artists’ Studio (resident)
Founder Elysium Reads (queer reading group)
Board member, Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin
