For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Lina Hashim will be joined by curator and director Justine Ludwig. Hashim will present her multidisciplinary practice, which spans performance, photography and site-specific installation, and centers Islamic iconography, institutional critique, and the representation of Muslim women in Western cultural contexts. She will speak with Ludwig about the ways in which her work challenges the exoticization of the Muslim female body through performance, archival research and decolonial aesthetics. They will also discuss Hashim’s investigation into architectural symbolism and spatial politics. A Q&A with the audience will follow.

Lina Hashim is a visual and performance artist working at the intersection of Islamic iconography, bodily presence, and institutional critique. Born in Kuwait with Iraqi heritage and currently based in New York, her practice explores representation, gender, and postcolonial power structures. Through research-based and often confrontational works, she negotiates the visibility of Muslim women in Western cultural spaces. Hashim is currently developing a public art installation, which will open in November 2025, and preparing a practice-based PhD on absence, presence, and institutional framing. She has exhibited work at institutions including the Norton Museum of Art, Florida; Nikolaj Art Gallery, Copenhagen; and East Wing, Dubai. 

Justine Ludwig is the Executive Director of Creative Time. She has curated projects with many artists including Shilpa Gupta, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Pedro Reyes, Laercio Rendondo, Paola Pivi, and Pia Camil. Her research interests include the intersections of aesthetics and architecture, violence, economics, and globalization. Prior to joining Creative Time, she was Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Dallas Contemporary. 

This program is supported by Danish Arts Foundation; Hartfield Foundation; James Rosenquist Foundation; Joe Sultan; Lèna Saltos; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; New York City Council District 34; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Dr. Samar Maziad; Sarah Jones; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; William Talbott Hillman Foundation; and Woodman Family Foundation.
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This in-person event will be live streamed through Instagram: @iscp_nyc

Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. A temporary ramp can be installed to cover the step. To access the second floor, there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our speakers will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios. ISCP can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request.

ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email programs@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.