AHMAD MALLAH (1990)
He/They — Palestinian Artist
Born in Damascus, Syria · Dutch citizenship
Based in Amsterdam- the Netherlands
Website: https://artahmadmallah.com
Instagram: @artahmadmallah
Representation: Madé van Krimpen
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
AKV | St. Joost Academy of Art & Design, Breda, NL (2016–2020)
– Exchange Program: Art & Interaction, Avans Hogeschool, Breda, NL (2019)
Bachelor of Medicine
University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria (2007–2013)
GRANTS & FUNDING
2025
– Mondriaan Fonds, Voucher Development
– Amarte Fonds, Development Grant
– Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), Stipend
2024
– AFK, Project Subsidy (with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger)
– Mondriaan Fonds, Voucher Development (with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger)
2023
– AFK, Project Subsidy, A New Era (first application)
– Successful crowdfunding (Voor de Kunst) for solo exhibition What a Shit Show, supported by Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and Municipality of Amersfoort
2022
– Mondriaan Fonds, Artist Start Stipend
– Province of Utrecht, Project Subsidy, group exhibition I See You – I Hear You (curated by Ahmad Mallah), De Ploegh, Amersfoort
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2025
– Nominee, Sybren Hellinga Keunstpriis
– Top Finalist, MyMA Artist Grant (Painting)
2024
– Public Prize Winner, Business Art Award (Painting)
– Jury Prize Nomination, Business Art Award
– Second Round Selection, Royal Award for Modern Painting
2022
– Second Round Selection, Business Art Award (Painting)
– Nominee, Galatea Art Prize (Painting)
2021
– Nominee, Galatea Art Prize (Painting)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2026 (upcoming)
– Funded Residency, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL
2025
– Funded Duo Residency with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL
2023
– Arthouse Holland, Leiderdorp, NL (duo residency)
2022
– Arthouse Holland, Leiderdorp, NL
– Rijks Hemelvaart Dienst, Amsterdam, NL
2020
– De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025
– Pulling Blood from Stone (duo) with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL
2024
– A New Era (solo), Madé van Krimpen Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
– Love Letters (duo), Pexpo with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger, Amsterdam, NL
– Protest (solo), No Limits! Art Castle / Sexyland World, Amsterdam, NL
– Facade exhibition (solo), Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
2023
– What a Shit Show (solo), De Ploegh, Amersfoort, NL
2022
– Rituals of the Siege (solo), Rijks Hemelvaart Dienst, Amsterdam, NL
2021
– The Basement (solo), Exbunker, Utrecht, NL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 (current and upcoming)
– Act Like You Still Know Me, Sybren Hellinga Keunstpriis exhibition, curated by Titus Nouwens, SYB Kunsthuis, Beetsterzwaag, NL (8 Nov 2025 – 17 Jan 2026)
– Shopping Against Genocide, No Limits! Art Castle, Amsterdam, NL (14 Nov 2025 – 18 Jan 2026)
. "STAIRWAY to...?" with Rebecaa Lillich//Krüger, 31 Jan - 10 May 2026, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort NL
2025
– Pulling Blood from Stone (duo) with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL
– RE:FWD – A Reply to the Present, A Forward to Us All, duo presentation with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger, curated by Bijbels Museum,
• NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, NL (18 July – 30 Aug 2025)
• Kunstlinie, Almere, NL (7 Feb – 6 July 2025)
– Dreamers, group exhibition, Madé van Krimpen Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (11 Apr – 17 May 2025)
2024
– Gaza: A Moment of Becoming, group exhibition, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine (Mar – June 2024)
– Very Very Rare, group exhibition, The Green Room, Amsterdam, NL (16 Aug – 6 Sep 2024)
– Story Line, group exhibition, De Ploegh, Amersfoort, NL (4 July – 11 Aug 2024)
– Rebel Images, group exhibition, Zema Gallery, Barcelona, ES (12 July – 15 Aug 2024)
– Gallery Launch, group exhibition, Zema Gallery, Barcelona, ES (15 June – 10 July 2024)
– Through the Window, online group exhibition, Prince Claus Fund, NL (26 June 2024)
2023
– Buro Stedelijk, Amsterdam — Manifestation #35, zondergelijkheid geen vrede, collaboration with Sexyland World (2023)
– Vrijheid, group exhibition, Kunstuitleen Alkmaar, Alkmaar, NL (24 Sep – 19 Nov 2023)
– ZomerSalon Royaal, group exhibition, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL (22 July – 26 Aug 2023)
– Verlangen naar Vrijheid, group exhibition, Johanneskerk, Amersfoort, NL (May – June 2023)
– Migrations and the Shifting Borders, group exhibition & film screening, LoosenArt Gallery, Rome, IT (26 Jan – 16 Feb 2023)
2022
– I See You – I Hear You, group exhibition (curated by Ahmad Mallah), De Ploegh, Amersfoort, NL (8 Dec 2022 – 15 Jan 2023)
– Birds of Paradise, group exhibition, MartiniPlaza, Groningen, NL (25 Sep 2022 – 29 Jan 2023)
– Present, group exhibition, Kunstliefde, Utrecht, NL (19 Nov – 25 Dec 2022)
– Hybrid Dialogues, group exhibition, Punt WG, Amsterdam, NL (Nov 2022)
– New Art MANIA, group exhibition, De Meerse, Hoofddorp, NL (10 Nov – 10 Dec 2022)
– Unblock Tomorrow, group exhibition, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL (8 Sep – 19 Nov 2022)
– New Members Exhibition, De Ploegh, Amersfoort, NL (4 Aug – 11 Sep 2022)
– Tot Slot – Vrijheid, group exhibition, Slot Zeist, Zeist, NL (13 May – 26 June 2022)
– Kunstliefde, group exhibition, Utrecht, NL (7 – 29 May 2022)
2021
– Nieuw Land, Nieuw Huis, group exhibition, Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd Museum, NL (14 Oct – 7 Nov 2021)
– House Peace, group exhibition, Hotel Mokum, Amsterdam, NL (Nov 2021)
– The Platform, group exhibition, Club Atelier, Amsterdam, NL (Nov 2021)
– Jouw Stad, Jouw Toekomst, group exhibition, Kerkstraat, Dordrecht, NL (2021)
– Decolonizing Realities, group exhibition, Cinetol, Amsterdam, NL (2021)
– ALL INN, group exhibition, Het HEM, Zaandam, NL (2021)
2020
– If We Propose You Are Invited, Graduation Show, Backer & Rueb, Breda, NL
– Why Lie, group exhibition, Chassé Theater, Breda, NL
– Alle Neuzen Dezelfde Kant Op, group exhibition, Electron, Breda, NL
– Shift, group exhibition, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL
2019
– Fusion Festival, group exhibition & performance program, Lärz, DE
– TAC, group exhibition, Eindhoven, NL
ART FAIRS
2025
– This Art Fair, solo presentation, Door Open Space, Amsterdam, NL
– Art Island, duo presentation with Hsu Che-Yu & Wan-Yin Chen, Madé van Krimpen Gallery, Forteiland IJmuiden, NL
2024
– Art Antwerp, duo presentation with Klaas Rommelaere, Madé van Krimpen Gallery, Antwerp, BE
– Big Art, duo presentation with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger, Het Slotervaart, Amsterdam, NL
– Prospects, Mondriaan Fonds, duo presentation with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2023
– Unfair, solo presentation, Amsterdam, NL
– Springboard Art Fair, solo presentation, Werkspoorkathedraal, Utrecht, NL
2022
– Art Nordic, solo presentation, Copenhagen, DK
2020
– Smart Distance Lab, solo presentation, De Kromhouthal, Amsterdam, NL
PERFORMANCE PRACTICE (with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger)
2026 (upcming)
– Yalla Tnam, Momo Festival- Amarte Fonds, Rotterdam, NL
– Yalla Tnam, Come Together Festival, Frascati Theater, Amsterdam, NL
– Yalla Tnam, HYPERTROVE, project space SIGN, Groningen, NL
2025
– Yalla Tnam, Podium voor Palestina, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, NL
– Yalla Tnam, Syrian Tonalities, Garage Noord, Amsterdam, NL
– Pulling Blood from Stone, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL
– The Price of Bricks, Oerol Festival, Terschelling, NL
– The Price of Bricks, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
– The Price of Bricks, Sismògraf Festival, Olot, ES
– The Price of Bricks, Danzahra Festival, Zahara de los Atunes, ES
– The Price of Bricks, opening performance, RE:FWD, Kunstlinie, Almere, NL (curated by Bijbels Museum)
– The Ladder, Vuurol Theater Festival, Lage Vuursche, NL
– The Ladder, Sismògraf Festival, Olot, ES
2024
– The Ladder, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL
– The Ladder, SCHUNCK Museum, Heerlen, NL
– The Ladder, Oerol Festival, Terschelling, NL
– The Ladder, Prospects / Art Rotterdam, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
– The Price of Bricks, Unfair Art Fair, Gashouder Westergas, Amsterdam, NL
– The Price of Bricks, Big Art, Het Slotervaart, Amsterdam, NL (3 performances)
– The Price of Bricks, opening performance, Boujloud Beats: Rhythms of Plurality, No Limits! Art Castle, Amsterdam, NL
SOLO PERFORMANCE
2024
– Rituals of the Siege, Lely Broedplaats, Amsterdam, NL
2022
– Rituals of the Siege, Rijks Hemelvaart Dienst, Amsterdam, NL
2021
– The Basement, Exbunker, Utrecht, NL
2020
– Break the Walls, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL
2019
– You Are Invited to Heal, durational performance & immersive installation, TAK, Eindhoven, NL
FILM SCREENINGS
– The Price of Bricks & The Ladder, Down The Rabbit Hole Festival (curated by Arnhem Museum)
– Stateless, University of Amsterdam, Anthropology Department
COLLECTIONS
– AkzoNobel Art Foundation
– Collection of Princess Beatrix
– CBK Zuidoost Amsterdam
– Kunstuitleen Alkmaar
– Various private collections
CURATORIAL WORK
2022–2023
– I See You – I Hear You, De Ploegh Gallery, Amersfoort, NL
ARTIST TALKS & PUBLIC PROGRAMS
2024
– Felix Meritis, ADE Green Conference: Voices from and for Palestine
– Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam, LAB111
– Museumnacht Amsterdam (with Rebecca Lillich//Krüger) sexylandworld
– Radio Alhara, panel on Art & Activism
TEACHING & OTHER EXPERIENCE
2023
– Guest Artist Workshop, artBRUUT, Inloophuis Makom, Amsterdam, NL