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.

Samir Mahmood
untitled, 2024 (detail)
Gouache on paper on canvas
430 x 34 cm

Survey

  • Primal State I, 2023

    tea wash, pigments on Wasli paper

    Photo: Simon Mills

  • Dissolve, 2023

    tea wash, and pigments on Wasli paper

    Photo: Simon Mills

  • Primal State II, 2023

    tea wash, pigments on Wasli paper

    Photo: Simon Mills

  • Unboundedness = Connectedness, 2023

    tea wash, pigments on Wasli paper

    Photo: Simon Mills

Biography

Mahmood’s recent exhibitions include a solo show Of Other, and Possibility, curated by Rachel Botha (2023), Braid at Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork (2022) and Mysterious Ways at Glucksman Gallery, Cork (2024). Recent awards include Next Generation Artist Award (2023) and Visual Arts Bursary Award (2024) The Arts Council, Ireland. Mahmood is also a recipient of two-year residency at the Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Dublin (2023/25).

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