"I do not make homes to define identity, I build to question what it means to belong."

Rim Albahrani

ABOUT ME

Artist, Curator,
and Researcher

Rim Albahrani (b. 1995, Amman, Jordan) is a Swedish-Iraqi interdisciplinary artist based in New York. Her practice engages questions of identity, structure, and place through a conceptual and material investigation of form. Working across sculpture, painting, and silkscreen prints, Rim develops a visual language that explores how meaning is shaped through repetition, orientation, and spatial relationships.
A recurring element in Albahrani’s work is the use of architectural forms, particularly the house, as a structure through which broader questions of identity and positioning are explored. These forms allow her to examine how identity is shaped, negotiated, and reconfigured across different contexts, without relying on fixed narratives or singular readings.
Albahrani’s practice is informed by her background in art history and curatorial research. She holds a BA and MA in History of Art from the University of York, where she focused on modern and contemporary art, critical theory, and the visual cultures of the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. She has worked as a researcher and curator at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha. Across both artistic and curatorial practice, Albahrani remains invested in examining how structures, frameworks, and contexts shape the production of meaning.

EXHIBITIONS

February, 2026

Between the Majlis and the Gallery

SANAD,
Doha, Qatar

January, 2026

Conditions for Being

Art District Gallery, Beirut,
Lebanon

November, 2025

Fareej Arts and Design Festival

Qatar Ministry of Culture and the Visual Arts Center,
Doha, Qatar

June, 2025

Textures of Expressions

Art District Gallery, Beirut,
Lebanon

May, 2025

Built Elsewhere

Folkartspace, Manama,
Bahrain

May 2025

Solo Exhibition – Folkartspace

Manama, Bahrain

February 2025

No Man's Land

Art District Gallery, Beirut,
Lebanon

June, 2025

Art Cairo

Salam Gallery, Cairo,
Egypt

September 2024

Women in War

CAP Gallery, Kuwait City,
Kuwait

April – June 2024

Urban Perspectives

Al Markhiya Gallery, Katara Art Center,
Doha

April – May 2023

Elusive Dreams of Belonging

Art District Gallery, Beirut,
Lebanon

IN THE PRESS

Selected international coverage and features.

Alaraby

2026 

Reem Al Bahrani... Bronze sculptures for an unfinished house

Agenda Culturel

2026

CONDITIONS FOR BEING, RIM ALBAHRANI

Doha News

2025

Meet the women making a difference through their passion

Selections Arts Magazine

2025

Rim AlBahrani at Art district