Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Yousef Bahzad
Yousef Bahzad works with painting and experimental photography. The artist maintains and builds upon what he refers to ‘visual mythos,’ consisting of past drawings, paintings, and photographs. Bahzad observes how the works supplement and speak to each other as a starting point to explore themes of individuality and universality.
Yousef Bahzad has exhibited work at Fire Station, Doha, Qatar, and ITSLIQUID Group, Venice, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Yousef Bahzad, Wraith, 2019, oil on canvas, 353/8 × 395/16 in. (89.92 × 99.82 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Cave, 2016, oil on canvas, 681/2 × 681/8 in. (173.99 × 172.97 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Untitled, 2017, oil on canvas, 681/8 × 681/8 in. (172.97 × 172.97 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Conflagration, 2017, oil on canvas, 181/8 × 24 in. (45.97 × 60.96 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, I, 2017, oil on canvas, 24 × 297/8 in. (60.96 × 75.95 cm).
Residents from Qatar
Past Resident2022: Danish Arts Foundation
Silas Inoue
Silas Inoue’s practice is characterized by an idiosyncratic approach to nature and natural sciences, and a style he describes as Quasi-Asian in reference to he’s mixed Danish and Japanese heritage. He makes use of classic as well as less conventional materials, including sugar, cooking oil, mold and other living organisms. Combining intuitive methods with more analytic observations of the world, he creates works that are humorous, sensorial, and thought evoking. Interested in how different life forms are distributed, Inoue explores ideas around consumption/formation, ecological/economic growth, and connectedness between the species and the planetary.
Silas Inoue has exhibited work at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark; Augustiana Kunsthal, Augustenborg, Denmark; and Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Fall Open Studios
November 13, 2021
Silas Inoue, Infrastructure, 2020, clear acrylic, wood, silicon, radiant acrylic, plastic, mold, bronze respiratory system, 1711/16 × 511/2 × 1113/16 in. (44.96 × 130.81 × 29.97 cm).
Silas Inoue, Installation view of eat & becʘ̃me at Huset for Kunst & Design, 2020. Jonas Søgaard.
Silas Inoue, Installation view of Young Danish Art–Forecasting the Future at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art. David Stjernholm.
Silas Inoue, ∞, 2019, pencil, watercolor, and dirt on paper in stainless steel frame, 195/16 × 24 in. (49.02 × 60.96 cm).
Silas Inoue, Wolf Pack, 2018, pencil on paper, Walnut frame, 343/16 × 475/8 × 25/16 in. (86.87 × 120.9 × 5.84 cm).
Residents from Denmark
Kubra Khademi
Kubra Khademi considers herself as a multidisciplinary artist. Interested in subjects of female identity such as sexuality, she has—for the past few years—been creating performances and performative videos where her body is always at the center. Recently, using personal stories as raw material for art, she has returned to her drawing practices of self-portraits and images of women.
Kubra Khademi has exhibited work at Galerie Eric Mouchet, Paris; MUCEM, Marseille; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, among others.
Kubra Khademi, The Warm War, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 141 × 95 in. (358.14 × 241.3 cm).
Kubra Khademi, Untitled, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 39 × 31 in. (99.06 × 78.74 cm).
Kubra Khademi, Untitled, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 29 × 22 in. (73.66 × 55.88 cm).
Kubra Khademi, The Great Accord, 2019, gouache on paper, 39 × 29 in. (99.06 × 73.66 cm).
Kubra Khademi, Falak, 2019, gouache on paper and gold, 47 × 74 in. (119.38 × 187.96 cm).