A fine artist concerned with place and belonging, informed by the cosmology of African animism within the complex human and other-than-human networks that encompass a landscape.
Over the past few years my work as a fine artist has been mainly concerned with place and belonging within the context of the global environmental crisis.
My practice is informed by the cosmology of African animism and involves immersing myself within the complex human and other-than-human networks that encompasses a landscape and from there allowing the work to emerge. I see the resultant artworks as a response to a conversation with a place which involves deep listening processes. These have taken various forms such as performance art pieces, paintings, communal prayer projects and poems.
In addition to the act of making, I organize and create talks, discussion panels and group processes around artistic practice in order to uncover new ways of relating to the natural world, to each other and to ourselves.
Hanien is one of our members featuring their work as part of the ClimateCultures Quarantine Connection series. We shared her piece, 40 nights / 40 DAYS, on Day 36 of the 40-day series.
Creative Showcase
Hanien has contributed a piece to our Creative Showcase, an evolving collection of new and recent works from our members.
Her exhibition, Water-Verse: Traces Of The Traceless, showcases a decade of painting, film and performance where she has worked with water as both medium and teacher. This ongoing collaboration with water offers a deep meditation on our relationship with the natural world, at a time when droughts, floods, and ecological crises are shaping our shared future.
Hanien's ClimateCultures posts:
Attending to Muse & Nature in Lockdown
Writing on Water