













Jali, An Elephant in front of the Window, 2025
Laser-cut aluminium, wood frame, set of 4 panels, 280 × 150 cm each
Giant’ Chair, 2022-25
Acrylic on canvas, sewn textile, chains, hand painted and glazed ceramics, App. 538 x 178 cm
Giant, Big Eye, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, sewn textile, hand painted and glazed ceramic, App.280 x 210 x 10 cm
Giant, Seeding, 2022-25
Acrylic on canvas, sewn textile, chains, hand painted and glazed ceramics, App. 343 x 190 cm
Giant, Foot and Tentacules, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, sewn textile, hand painted and glazed ceramic, App. 252 x 210 x 64 cm
Backdrop, Fish Riders , 2025
Acrylic, ink, mirrors, pendants, strings of pearls on canvas and sewn textile, 120 x 100 cm
Backdrop, Elephants Cluster, 2025
Acrylic, ink, mirrors, pendants, strings of pearls on canvas and sewn textile, 120 x 100 cm
Backdrop, Smoking Putti , 2025
Acrylic, ink, mirrors, pendants, strings of pearls on canvas and sewn textile, 120 x 100 cm
Backdrop, Love Wrestling , 2025
Acrylic, ink, mirrors, pendants, strings of pearls on canvas and sewn textile, 120 x 100 cm
Prägungen und Entfaltungen. Rolf Nesh, Nadira Husain and Ahmed Umar, 2025, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, DE
photo: Frank Kleinbach








The Haunted Museum, Hooka, 2025, Art Basel Unlimited, CH
Mixed media: acrylic paint, watercolor, acrylic mirrors, chains, glazed ceramic, textile, and painted hard foam panels
408 x 239 x 55 cm
The Haunted Museum, Replica, 2025, Art Basel Unlimited, CH
Mixed media: acrylic paint, watercolor, acrylic mirrors, chains, glazed ceramic, textile, and painted hard foam panels
App. 420 x 262 x 55 cm
The Haunted Museum, Exit Procession Street, 2025, The Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
Mixed media: acrylic paint, watercolor, acrylic mirrors, chains, glazed ceramic, textile, and painted hard foam panels
App. 449 x 270 x 55 cm
The Haunted Museum, Hooka, 2025, The Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
Mixed media: acrylic paint, watercolor, acrylic mirrors, chains, glazed ceramic, textile, and painted hard foam panels
408 x 239 x 55 cm
The Haunted Museum, 2025 at Art Basel Unlimited, PSM and Hua International, CH
Photo: Ivan Erofeev
The Haunted Museum at What Are Our Collective Dreams? Global Connections — Abandoned Friendships, 2025, The Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
Photo: Daniel Rumiancew








Swim, Swim, Swim, 2020
Kalamkari (vegetable dye on cotton), watercolour and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 225 × 175 cm
Gombos, 2020
Kalamkari (vegetable dye on cotton), watercolour and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 205 × 150 cm
Laughing Turtle, 2020
Kalamkari (vegetable dye on cotton), watercolour and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 197 x 134 cm
Liquid Grids, 2025, Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, DE
Photo: Studio Kukulies






Exhibition view, group show, Burning Down the House: Rethinking Family, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 2024 © Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Photo: Sebastian Stadler
Global Bâtarde Education, 2024
Acrylic and ink, inkjet print on canvas, Kalamkari (vegetable dye on cotton) and sewn denim, 200 x 150 cm
Global Bâtarde Education, Rides 2025
Acrylic and ink on canvas, Kalamkari (vegetable dye on cotton) and sewn denim, 200 x 150 cm
Soft Situation and Curls, 2018, silkscreen, inkjet print and ink on canvas and sewn textile, 200 × 150 cm
Fantastic Plastic, Monobloc chairs, Lila, 2022, spray paint and stickers on plastic, 54 x 80 x 56 cm
Fantastic Plastic, Monobloc chairs, Beige, 2022, spray paint and stickers on plastic, 54 x 80 x 56 cm
Global Bâtarde Education, ongoing series, started in 2024
Photo: Eric Tschernow












Breasts, 2020, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 67.5 x 39 x 39 cm
Boobs, 2020,hand painted and glazed ceramic, 28 x 36 x 32 cm
Torso, 2020, hand painted and glazed ceramic,52.5 x 30 x 30 cm
Butt, 2020, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 39 x 29 x 29 cm
Tongue, 2020, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 39 x 21 x 21 cm
Chest, 2023, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 50 x 31 x 31 cm
Fish on the Hips, 2023, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 40 x 30 x 30 cm
Hands on Hips, 2023, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 39.5 x 35 x 30 cm
Ears, 2024, handpainted and glazed ceramic, 41 x 28 x 23 cm
Fish Riders, 2025, hand-painted and glazed ceramic, 35 x 26 x 26 cm
Panoramic, 2025, hand-painted and glazed ceramic, 31 x 37 x 31 cm
Exhibition view, group show, TERRA COGNITA: A CERAMIC STORY, 2023 © Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago, US
Photo: © 2023 Mariane Ibrahim
Selected Ceramics, ongoing series, started in 2020
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza and Studio Kukulies




Smoking Ornaments, 2024
Installation consisting of printed transparent textile panels each appr. 200 cm x 140 cm
Smoking Ornaments, 2024
Installation consisting of printed transparent textile panels each appr. 200 cm x 140 cm
Smoking Ornaments, 2024
Installation consisting of printed transparent textile panels each appr. 200 cm x 140 cm
Smoking Ornaments, 2024
Installation consisting of printed transparent textile panels each appr. 200 cm x 140 cm
A Sense of Safety (group show), 2024, Yermilovcentre, Kharkiv, UKR
Photo: Oleksandr Osipov & Andrei Stseburaka













Giant, Hands, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, sewn textile, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 269 x 190 x 48 cm
Giant, Foot and Tentacules, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, sewn textile, hand painted and glazed ceramic, 252 x 210 x 64 cm
Giant, Big Eye, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, sewn textile, handpainted and glazed ceramic, 280 x 210 x 10 cm
The Haunted Museum, Hooka, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, mirror on canvas and sewn textile, 62 x 49 cm
The Haunted Museum, Exit Procession Street, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, mirror on canvas and sewn textile, 62 x 49 cm
The Haunted Museum, Souplesse, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, mirror on canvas and sewn textile, 62 x 49 cm
Backdrop, Ants and Putti, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, mirror on canvas, jewelry and sewn textile, 62 x 49 cm
Backdrop, Eros in the Bush, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, glitter, mirror, jewelry on canvas and sewn textile, 62 x 49 cm
Eros in the Bush, Fuchsia, 2023
Gouache, acrylic and glitter on canvas, 62 x 49 cm
Somewhere between Love and Fighting, Elephant, 2024
Acrylic, watercolor, mirror on canvas and sewn textile, 62 x 49 cm
Somewhere between Love and Fighting, Détour, 2023
Gouache, acrylic and glitter on canvas, 62 x 49 cm













Manzil Monde - Nadira Husain
Manzil Monde – Nadira Husain, 2022
ed.by Sandra Bornemann-Quecke and Philipp Gutbrod
Artistic Concept HIT and Nadira Husain
Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Museum Künstlerkolonie
Texts by Jamila Adeli, Sandra Bornemann-Quecke, Philipp Gutbrod, Nadira Husain, Carolina Maddè and Barbara Muhr
hit-studio manzil-monde
dcv-books manzil-monde




Coeur Noeud
Coeur Noeud, 2020, silkscreen, handpainted, and glazed ceramic tiles, dimension variable
Manzil Monde, 2022, Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Museum Künstlerkolonie, Darmstadt, DE
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza










Jali Window to the Past and the Future, 2022, inkjet print on semi-transparent textile, each curtain 400 x 230 cm
Jali Window to the Past and the Future, 2022, inkjet print on semi-transparent textile, each curtain 400 x 230 cm
Fantastic Plastic, Monobloc chairs, 2022, spray paint and stickers on plastic, 54 x 80 x 56 cm
Grosse Lassitude, 2018-2022 (ongoing), ink pen on paper and wall paper
Grosse Lassitude, 2018-2022 (ongoing), ink pen on paper and wall paper
An Elephant in front of the Window, Blue Marble, 2021
Inkjet print, acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 133 x 112 cm
An Elephant in front of the Window, Kulfi, 2022
Inkjet print, acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 139 x 120 cm
An Elephant in front of the Window, White Bretzel, 2021
Inkjet print, acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 125 x 106 cm
Manzil Monde, 2022, Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Museum Künstlerkolonie, Darmstadt, DE
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza




Becoming, 2022 (ongoing), inkjetprint on textile, each banner 97 x 60 cm
Becoming, 2022 (ongoing), inkjetprint on textile, each banner 97 x 60 cm
Becoming, 2022 (ongoing), inkjetprint on textile, each banner 97 x 60 cm
Becoming, 2022 (ongoing), inkjetprint on textile, each banner 97 x 60 cm
documenta 15, 2022, with*foundationClass*collective, Kassel, DE
documenta-fifteen artist *foundationclasscollective
*foundationclass at documenta fifteen







Équilove, Golden Bretzel, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
80 x 62 cm
Équilove, Orbite, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
80 x 64 cm
Équilove, Nouilles, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
80 x 64 cm
Équilove, Mamal, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
78 x 60 cm
Équilove, Deepwater, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
80 x 64 cm
Équilove, mo mo, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
78 x 60 cm
Équilove, Eros in the Bush, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
78 x 62 cm
Équilove, 2021
silkscreen print, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza





Eros in the Bush
Eros in the Bush, 2021
underglaze screen print in seven colours on a set of four tiles 17,5 × 20 cm each
Edition of 31+ 3 AP made with Handsiebdruckerei Editionen
Photo: Arne Fehmel
editionen handsiebdruckerei






Gombos, 2020
vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, watercolour & acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
205 × 150 cm
Swim, Swim, Swim, 2020
vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, watercolour & acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
225 × 175 cm
Laughing Turtle, 2020
vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, watercoulour & acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
197 x 134 cm
Pilotage automatique, 2020
vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, watercoulour & acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
160 x 125 cm
Réunion en masse compacte, 2020
vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, watercoulour & acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
157 x 135 cm
Bastard Magical Pragmatism, Nadira Husain with Zoé Claire Miller, 2020, PSM, Berlin, DE
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza
Bastard Magical Pragmatism press release












Nadira Husain
Nadira Husain, 2020
ed. by Nadira Husain and Maria Isserlis
Heidelberger Kunstverein and Andreas Felger Kulturstiftung
co-ed. Villa du Parc, centre d’art contemporain Annemasse
Texts by Leeza Ahmady, Sonia Recasens, Haytham el-Wardany







Intersec* femme, the Super Empowered, 2020, wall installation with Miss Banana, Blue Najia, Hom, Hopy, Mother, Nefertiti, Bâtarde, Rodalicient, Sexy Lady
What is burning under my skin, wall installation, each poster 60 x 41 cm
WEST 2016-20, installation, inkjet print on canvas and sewn textile, each curtain 300 x 250 cm and Monument of Existence, 2020, installation
we found love (barricade), 2 channel video installation, full HD, 46:31 min – 01:27:41 min, color, audio 9:25 min
WEST 2016-20, installation, inkjet print on canvas and sewn textile, each curtain 300 x 250 cm and TRUST US 2017-20, 4 channel video installation
*foundationClass/speaks,2020-21, radio/recording station that led to a series of podcast
*foundationClass - from within the cracks, hub for collective learning, 2020, with *foundationClass, nGbK, Berlin, DE
Photo: Can Mileva Rastovic






Migration Pride, 2020, WHO WE ARE, 2023, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DE
Photography: Simon Vogel, 2023 © Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany
Migration Pride, 2020
Gouache, acrylic and watercolour on canvas
3 parts, 170 x 455 cm
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza











Global Bastard Education, 2019
wood frame, jeans, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, stickers, blue painted stones, gouache and silkscreen on paper
80 × 135 cm
ICI, autour de la mer, 2019
wood frame, jeans, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, stickers, marbled and dyed paper, and ink on paper
80 × 135 cm
Plastic Manzil series, 2019
inkjet print on tarp
150 × 210 cm
Somewhere Between Love and Fighting, rouge, 2020,
watercolor and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
172 × 155 cm
Somewhere Between Love and Fighting, argent, 2020
watercolor and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
200 × 170 cm
Somewhere Between Love and Fighting, rose, 2019
gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile
200 × 170 cm
Confluence Sangam سنگم संगम, Nadira Husain with Varunika Saraf & Amina Ahmed, 2020, in honor of the WERK.STOFF Price, awarded by the Andreas Felger Kulturstiftung and the Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE
Photo: Wolfgang Günzel






Jeté d’éléphant, 2019, silkscreen, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 200 × 130cm
Janam, 2019, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 180 × 159 cm
Performative Body – Embodied Performances, Red 2018, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 180 × 140 cm
Performative Body – Embodied Performances, Blue 2018, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 180 × 140 cm
My Future Will Be Unicorn, 2019, silkscreen, gouache and acrylic on canvas and sewn textile, 200 × 135 cm
Blumen und Elefant, 2019, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, DE
Photo: Falk Messerschmidt



Gang de filles, 2014, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, 90 × 70 cm
Body in Pieces, 2019, KAI 10, Arthena Foundation, Dusseldorf, DE
Photo: Studio Kukulies



Performative Body – Embodied Performances, Hibiscus, 2018
gouache and acrylic on canvas
180 × 140 cm
Performative Body – Embodied Performances, Bougainvillea, 2018
gouache and acrylic on canvas
180 × 140 cm
WERK.STOFF Price, 2018, awarded by the Andreas Felger Kulturstiftung and the Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE
Photo: Markus Kaesler









Performative Body – Embodied Performances, Blue and Red, 2018, gouache and acrylic on canvas
180 × 140 cm on Corps bleu, stickers wall collage
Équilove, 2017, gouache on Ikat fabric, 204 × 140 cm and Sol de seins, stickers floor installation
Only Paradoxes to Offer, 2018, gouache and acrylic on canvas, triptych, each part 150 × 115 cm
polystyrene and plaster hand-painted rocks
Et un autre oiseau s’avança, 2017, painted and glazed ceramic tiles, 306 × 306 cm
Grosse Lassitude, 2018, Wall painting
Cosmic Trip, 2018, Al-borak assise, or and Al-borak s’envole, red, semi-transparent painted curtains
280 x 260 cm
Pourquoi je suis tout bleu, 2018, Villa du parc centre d'art contemporain, Annemasse, FR
Photo: Aurélien Mole








Turbo Queen, 2017, gouache and acrylic on Ikat fabric, 204 × 138 cm
Milky Way, 2017, gouache on Ikat fabric, 204 × 138 cm
Ponus Express, 2017, silkscreen, dye and gouache on canvas, 213 × 140 cm
Dans la diagonale, 2017, silkscreen, dye and gouache on canvas, 178 × 136 cm
Ecrasé dans le bleu, 2018, silkscreen, dye, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 49 × 36 cm
Krishna, le roi des schtroumpfs, 2018, silkscreen, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 59 × 43 cm
Rider Path and Vehicle, 2017, PSM, Berlin, DE
Photography: Nick Ash







Rêve centrifuge, 2016, silkscreen, dye and gouache on canvas, 102 × 101 cm
No English Translation, 2016, silkscreen, dye and gouache on canvas, 101 × 103 cm
La Danse du haricot, 2016, silkscreen, inkjet print and gouache on canvas, 100 × 75 cm
Harvest Girl, 2016, silkscreen, inkjet print and gouache on canvas, 100 × 75 cm
Etagères et sauvagerie, 2016, silkscreen, dye and gouache on canvas, 55 × 42 cm
Radio sympa, 2016, silkscreen, dye and gouache on canvas, 55 × 42 cm
Nadira Husain, with PSM, 2016, Present-Future Artissima, Turin, IT
Photo: Andrea Rosetti






@ chez moi, 2016, painted and glazed ceramic tiles, metal and wheels, 90 × 90 cm
@ chez moi, 2016, painted and glazed ceramic tiles, metal and wheels, 90 × 90 cm
27 Juillet, 2016, inkjet print and silkscreen on fabric and sewn textile, 224 x 130 cm
Ici, Riace, 2015, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, 105 × 80 cm
Ici, Lewinsky Park, 2015, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, 105 × 80 cm
Interim, 2016, Tempo Rubato, Tel Aviv, IL








Gang de filles, 2014, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, 90 × 70 cm
Vent d’anarchie, 2014, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, 90 × 70 cm
Dessin dans la prairie, 2014, vegetable-dyed Kalamkari cotton fabric, 90 × 70 cm
Fauve transat, 2015, handmade bathrobe, printed cotton, unique
Mûr petit-pois, 2015, handmade bathrobe, printed cotton, unique
Tor violet, 2015, handmade bathrobe, printed cotton, unique
Onion Skinning, 2016, Appartement, Paris, FR






Her in Charge, Drift series, 2015, silkscreen, dye and gouache on handwoven Ikat fabric, 218 × 84 cm
Her, Juvenile Crisis, Drift series, 2015, silkscreen, dye and gouache on handwoven Ikat fabric, 190 × 77 cm
Dreamy Baby, Drift series, 2015, silkscreen, dye and gouache on handwoven Ikat fabric, 190 x 77 cm
Postérieurs fanfarons, Drift series, 2015, silkscreen, dye and gouache on handwoven Ikat fabric, 220 x 79 cm
Femme Fondation, 2015, Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, DE
Photo: Falk Messerschmidt
Femme fondation press release




Feature Furry
Feature Furry, 2015, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg, DE
Photo: Heiner Heine





Beugen Strecken
Beugen Strecken, 2014, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, DE
Photo: Björn Behrens



Mon jardin est un tapis
Mon jardin est un tapis, 2014, PSM, Berlin, DE
Photo: Hans-Georg Paul