Farah Al Qasimi

Working across mediums of photography, film, and music, Farah Al Qasimi (b. 1991, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) interrogates the hierarchies of information and emotion inherent in the internet, embracing a multiplicity of screens and printing techniques including large-scale vinyl imagery. Many of her video works feature anthropomorphized narrators, informed by her interest in the complexity of storytelling and value-building in children’s cartoons. Through a highly collaborative practice, she has worked with hand-sewn puppets, falcons, African land snails, exorcists, and, most recently, a Jack Sparrow impersonator. Her work is held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; and the Guggenheim Museum, New York and Abu Dhabi. She has participated in residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, Delfina Foundation in London, and the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas.