Raisan Hameed (*1991) is an Iraqi-German multimedia artist based in Leipzig.
He is recently completed his Meisterschüler with Prof. Tina Bara at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, after completing his Diploma in Photography. His work has been featured in various international exhibitions, including the Prix Photoforum Biel, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and the Carte Blanche Exhibition in Paris.
Hameed‘s practice is defined by a subtle and metaphorical visual language, profoundly impacted by his personal experiences of loss, trauma, and displacement.
At the heart of his work is the transformation of intimate visual memories into universal narratives, as exemplified in one of his most acclaimed projects, Zer-Störung. Recontextualizing damaged family photographs that bear the scars of his hometown, Mosul, Hameed explores the destruction inflicted upon his Family while reflecting on human themes of resilience and survival.
Intertwining personal history with collective memory, Hameed’s practice sheds light on the wounds imposed on societies by political violence. His work engages with ongoing discourses about conflict and remembrance. Transcending photography, Hameed incorporates various media such as archival research and Google Street View. The enduring relevante of his practice is fueled by a nuanced perspective on our fragile world, one that is perpetually shaped by violence and displacement.
- since 04.2025 artistic lecturer photography, in the class of Photography in the field of contemporary art with Prof. Anna Ehrenstein at the Academy of Fine Arts-Leipzig.
- 2023-Now lecturer for Artistic Photography at the Evening Academy of the HGB Leipzig
- 2022-03.2025 Meisterschüler with Prof. Tina Bara at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
- 02.2022 Diploma in visual arts with honors at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
- 2016-2018 studies in photography at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
- 2012-2014 Mosul University College of Fine Arts. in Mosul-Iraq.
2024
Finalist Prix Photoforum 2024, Photoforum Pasquart Biel, Swiss
2024
Finalist CHARTA AWARD 2024
2024
Finalist PREMIO LIBRO D‘ARTISTA BOOK AWARD
2023
Selected for Carte Blanche / Paris Photo Prize.
2023
Selected for FUTURES PHOTOGRAPHY by Der Greif.
2022
Finalist Lenscratch Student Prize in L.A.
2021
Selected for Fresh Eyes Photo 2021 in NL.
2021
Winner Altered Narratives Photography Prize, ETH-zürich, Max Planck Gesellschaft and Picter in Zürich.
25.01-30.03.2025
Embers of Narratives, GfZK Leipzig
16.09-08.10.2023
Broken Paths, Die Putte - Neu Ulm
Selected Group Exhibitions
25.04.-29.06.2025
Rethinking Photography: Presence/Absence, Visible/Invisible, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg.
21.03.-29.03.2025
„An Ecological Speculation within the Web of Life“ Khoj Studios, New Delhi.
28.02–04.05.2025
EMOP Berlin: was zwischen uns steht, ADK, Berlin.
08.12.24-26.01.25
Prix Photoforum 2024, Photoforum Pasquart Biel, Swiss.
12.09-15.09.2024
PhMuseum, International Photography Festival Bologna, Italy.
31.08-03.11.2024
DAZUGEHÖREN! BELONGING!
kunsthaus Dresden / Robotron Kantine, Dr-Gr.
31.05-16.06.2024
WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN - Galerie KUB - Leipzig.
20.05-10.06.2024
Arid - the Culture Factory Gallery - Sulaimaniyya, Iraq
12.04-06.06.2024
Welches Foto schaut dich an? Kunstverein Hildesheim.
10.04-26.05.2024
Navigating Strangeness - F für Fremd Burg Galerie - Halle.
01.03-31.03.2024 LA MÀQUINA SENSIBLE I LES POLÍTIQUES DE L’AMOR - Centre Cívic El Coll - La Bruguera - Barcelona.
12.2023
international film festival ANGAELICA (Mossul Dream), L.A. USA.
11.2023
Carte Blanche / Paris Photo Prize 2023. FR.
25.06-21.08.2022
Fragments From Now, kunsthaus Dresden, Robotron Kantine, Dr- Gr.
10.2021
ARCIPELAGO, LEIPZIG/PALERMO, Église, Palermo. IT.
25.06.–04.07.2021
come closer, f/stop Festival, Halle 14, Spinnerei Leipzig, Gr.
06.2020
Fragments From Now. Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Gr.
02.2020
Rotterdam Photo Festival 2020, Netherlands.
01.2020
gestern heute morgen. Sprechsaal Galerie Berlin, Gr.
11.2019
Fragments From Now. Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Gr.
03.2019
Stick together. Gallery of the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Gr.
10.2018
102. Xposure International Photography Festival. Sharjah, UAE.
07.2017
After You. D21, Leipzig, Gr.
