Registration now open for the 2017 Australian Muslim Artists exhibition

Source: Islamic Museum of Australia Facebook page.

Australian Muslim Artists (AMA) an annual shortlisted exhibition presenting the work of emerging to established Australian Muslim artists across all mediums, is calling for participants for the 2017 edition.

The exhibition aims to facilitate a new movement of expressions and cutting-edge exhibits and provide a professional platform for artists to exhibit at the Islamic Museum of Australia.

Interested?

Entries close on 15 January 2017, and the exhibition will open on 15 February 2017, running till 15 May. Register

Abdul Rahman Abdullah is Artist in Residence at the Islamic Museum of Australia

Source: Abdul Rahman Abdullah's
Instagram page.

The Islamic Museum of Australia has highlighted Artist in Residence Abdul Rahman Abdullah, an emerging West Australian artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. 

Abdul Rahman's work is part of the collections of Artbank, Islamic Museum of Australia, Campbelltown Art Centre, Murdoch University and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. In 2013 he was the West Australian recipient of the Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award. In 2014 he was awarded an Art and Australia / Credit Suisse Contemporary Art Award and won the Fishers Ghost Sculpture Award. His practice draws on the storytelling capacity of animal archetypes to explore alternative definitions of cultural identity, focusing on memory and autobiographical narratives to examine esoteric social histories within an Australian environment. 

The Artist in Residence Program 2015 engages the arts as a means for cultural exchange and encourages an exploration of artistic and cultural dialogue. The programme includes a residency in Malaysia with programme partner Galeri Petronas.

Interested?

Read about Abdul Rahman’s Malaysia experience (search entries dated August 2015)

Follow Abdul Rahman on Instagram at @abdul_rahman_abdullah

Hybrid II exhibition at the Islamic Museum of Australia explores the paths of Australia and Pakistan

Source: IMA website.

The Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA) and Joshua McClelland Print Room will be presenting HYBRID II, a collaboration between Damon Kowarsky and Atif Khan. 

Hybrid II is a collaborative exhibition produced by artists Kowarsky from Australia and Khan from Pakistan, exploring the countries' shared colonial histories and the post-independence establishment of national identities and images through a series of prints. 

The exhibition will run from May 8 to August 8 2015 at the Islamic Museum of Australia.