Abd’s practice involves experimentation, self-reflection, and dialogue with peers. The resulting works manifest as installations, incorporating sculpture, video, sound, and text. He is also interested in community-building and discussions/discourses around "What-If" scenarios. Abd investigates themes of indoctrination, studying how knowledge is formed, and shared within communities.



Education

YearDetails
2024Meisterschueler — University of Art Bremen, Germany
2020Fine Art — University of Art Bremen, Germany
2018Integriertes Design — University of Art Bremen, Germany

Group Exhibition

YearDetails
Upcomingwhere scribbles could cradle themselves — Horner Eck, Bremen, Germany
2025Jahresausstellung — Haus der Wissenschaft, Bremen, Germany
2025what is that invisible thing your arm is resting on — Weserburg Museum, Bremen, Germany
2025The Inbetween — KZNSA, Durban, South Africa
2024Diploma Trilogy — Theorie Raum, HfK Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2023Outcome — University of Art, Sulaimanya, Kurdistan
2023MINE — UMZU pavilion, Bremen, Germany
2023Lacuna Inside a Dumpling II — Weserburg Museum, Bremen, Germany
2022Die Biest Festival — Nürnberg, Germany
2022Lacuna Inside a Dumpling I — University of Art Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2022OUR POROUS LIMITS II — Dauerwelle, Bremen, Germany
2022Something to Declare/Nothing to Declare — Gröpelingen Supermarket, Bremen, Germany
2021Stretching Invisibility — Circa 106, Bremen, Germany
2021Conditions of a Necessity — Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2021Pro-Act — Spedition, Bremen, Germany
2020Conditions of a Necessity “Assembly” — Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2020Sky as Screen — University of Art, Bremen, Germany
2019Holy Shit — University of Art, Bremen, Germany

Solo Exhibition

YearDetails
2022Reversal Outsight — Spedition, Bremen, Germany

Residencies/Exchanges

YearDetails
2024–2025Durban University of Technology — Durban, South Africa
2023University of the Arts — Sulaimanyah, Kurdistan
2022Die Biest — Nürnberg, Germany
2021Circa 106 — Bremen, Germany

Curation

YearDetails
2021Junoon 3 “Pro-Act” — Spedition, Bremen, Germany
2020The Detainee (She) — Spedition, Bremen, Germany
2019Junoon 2 — Spedition, Bremen, Germany
2019Junoon 1 — Menschmeier, Berlin, Germany
2018Junoon 1 — Spedition, Bremen, Germany

Workshops/Talks

YearDetails
2024Doing Here Doing There — DUT, Durban, South Africa
2024How to Make a Transition — Kultur im Bunker, Bremen, Germany
2023Tracing the Horizonless Realm — UMZU pavilion, Bremen, Germany
2022Safely Seeded — Dauerwelle, Bremen, Germany
2021Capturing the City Soundscape — Hafen University, Hamburg, Germany

contact:

abdtammaa@riseup.net