About

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Samir Mahmood

Born in 1968 in Peshawar, Pakistan

Reside and work in Dublin, Ireland.

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.

Education

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 Symplegmatic Portals, Rampa, Porto, Portugal

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 The Medium is the Message, The College of Psychic Studies, London, UK
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

Commissions

2025 Guardians over the city, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and Dublin City Council on Culture Night

Collections

The Glucksman, Cork, Ireland

Grants and 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

2026 Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)

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

Board member, Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin

Last Updated 24.10.37

Samir Mahmood

Symplegmatic Portals

Guardians Over the City

Of Other, and Possibility

Balcony