Artist
Osman Yousefzada
Artist
Artist Bio
Osman Yousefzada is a British-South Asian interdisciplinary artist and writer, engaging with the representation, rupture and reimagining of the migration experience. He works across textile, sculpture, moving image, installation and performance, referring to the socio-political issues of today. Yousefzada’s practice is led by modes of storytelling, merging autobiography with fiction and ritual.
Yousefzada is a research practitioner at the Royal College of Art, London and a visiting fellow at Cambridge University. His work has been shown at notable international institutions including: Whitechapel Gallery; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (solo 2018); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Wapping Project, London; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; Ringling Museum, Florida; Lahore Museum, Pakistan; Design Museum, London; Lahore Biennale, Pakistan; and Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh.
Artwork Description
With More Immigrants Please Yousefzada seeks to shift the conversation on migration by reappropriating visual language of barricade tape, usually associated with exclusion, and including the symbol of a welcoming rug of Eastern design, to convey a bold message of hospitality.
