Samir Mahmood

Samir Mahmood is a Pakistani-Irish artist whose work encompasses painting, collage, and film. He explores themes of identity, migration, and spirituality, infusing his pieces with the bodily experiences of queer existence. By focusing on the queer body, Mahmood reflects on human vulnerability and its connection to the world, aiming to propose a liberating new reality. His art incorporates religious references that allude to the experiences of migration and the need to reconcile new, old, and similar ideas and qualities that are represented across different cultures.