Razan Sabbagh's work explores socio-political issues and questions oppressive power structures, such as investigating the political infrastructure of prison. The artist often collects oral narratives and stories or takes existing texts, interviews or testimonies as a starting point for her work. Her minimalist installations, videos and performances often explore the relationship between art, activism, aesthetics and power.
She has participated in numerous exhibitions around the world, including the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Kampnagel and Talia Theater in Hamburg, the Sharjah Art Museum in the UAE, the Goethe Institute in Paris and Casino Display in Luxembourg.
EDUCATION
2023 M.A. Master of Arts, Hochschule für bildende Künste Saar.
2011 Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of fine art, Damascus University.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 WERFEN, Hbksaar Gallerie, Saarbrücken, Germany
2022 Malerei. Zeichnung. Grafik, Burgbentheim/ Schlossstraße, Bentheim, Germany
2022 RENDEZ-VOUS, DFG, Saarbrücken, Germany
2021 SUTURE, Goethe Institut, Paris
2021 VON, BIS, AUS, Saarbrücken, Germany.
2021 RENDEZ-VOUS, DFG, Saarbrücken, Germany.
2021 GEHEN_BLEIBEN, HBK, by Prof. Eric Lanz and Prof. Mattias Winzen.
2021 VON WANN, BIS WANN?, Saarbrücken, Germany.
2020 STATE OF ART, Galerie Postel.
2020 ABSENCE, Berlin, Germany.
2019 IN BETWEEN, Galerie Postel, Hamburg, Germany.
2018 Where ART you from, Baku Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 Fliegende Teppich, Cologne, Germany
2017 Millerntorgallery #1, Maastricht, Niederland
2017 Im Ausland, Mom art space, Hamburg, Germany
2017 250 Jahre HFBK, Hamburg, Germany
2017 Meet the Syrian, Amsetrdam, Niederland
2016 Still Alive, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
2016 What am I doing here?, Kulturbunker Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2014 Millerntorgallery #4, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Contemporary Islamic Festival, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
2010 Jameel Prize, National Museum, Damascus,Syria
2009 Rundgang, Faculty of ne arts, Damascus, Syria
2009 ECUME, Haddath Campus, Beirut, Lebanon
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2022 How do you look.., HBKsaar RUNDGANG, Saarbrücken, Germany
2021 Tülüfülükülümülü #4, Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
2021 30X30, MK&G Museum, Hamburg, Germany
2021 FUTURADIO, Hamburg, Germany.
2021 Behind the walls, Von_Bis_, Saarbrücken, Germany
2020 SMALL TALK, UDK Rundgang, Coculture, Berlin Germany
2020 Space, Mauerpfeife, Saarbrücken, Germany
2020 30x30, Public space, Berlin, Germany
2020 1 min between 2 stations, Public space, Berlin, Germany
2019 Baynatna, Dead-Line, Berlin, Germany
2019 ‘I’ performance, Bremen, Germany
2018 Gefangene des Schneckenhauses, Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Entrance, Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
2018 FUTURADIO, MuT Theater, Hamburg, Germany
2017 Ritual Circle, Kleiner Michel, Hamburg, Germany
2017 What if, Fusion Festival, Germany
2016 White hole, Mushabak nights, Berlin, Germany
2016 Growing down, Knusthaus, Cologne, Germany
2016 Still Alive, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
2016 Syria Are.., Ingensteds, Oslo, Norway
2016 Utopia, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany
2015 You first, Metropolis-Kino, Hamburg, Germany
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Islamic Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
FELLOWSHIPS
22/23 Deutschlandstipendium
22/23 Artistic research lab, display casino Luxembourg
2021 Gopea Förderprogramm 21/22
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Fotoculmagazine
2017 wir machen das magazin
2016 ABWAB
2016 kulturschog
2014 Elephant Magazine
2012 Al Yaum
SELECTED PARTICIPATIONS
2022 Artists in exile, Panel discussion, Musée National de la Résistance, Luxembourg
2022 Nahaufnahme - KUNST SPIEGELT LEBENSRAUM, Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken
2022 Fluctoplazma, Discussion on cultural diversity in the performing arts, Thalia Theater, Hamburg
2022 Panel Discussion on "Can Art Change the World? with Bettina Steinbrügge and Michael Gwosdz, Abaton Cinema, Hamburg
2021 Panel Discussion on “Is revolution female?, Kampnagel, Hamburg
2021 Artist training Berlin
2018 Artist talk with Veronika Schöne from Freunde der Kunshalle, Galerie postel, Hamburg
2018 Artist talk with the artist: Sarah Nabil and the curator: Julia König, Baku Gallery, Berlin
2018 FLAX workshop artists: Katharina Grosse and Nasan Tur, Berlin
2012 Jameel prize workshop, by the National Museum in Damascus and V&A Museum in London), Damascus, Syria
2009 ECOME’ - cultural exchanges in the mediterranean, Beirut, Lebanon