Saadia Hussain
Saadia is an visual artist, art activist, artistic director and art educator based in Stockholm. Born in Lahore in 1973 and raised from the age of 7 in Stockholm.
Saadia's visual work/prints and installation Playground has toured in Sweden for two years (2010 -2012) She has had several solo shows and group shows in Sweden. Her most recent work has been shown at Vårsalong, Liljevalschs konsthall 2014 and at Architectural and Design center (2013 – 2014) Saadia experiments and discusses the complexity, plasticity, artificiality and authenticity connected to identities and belonging through her work.
In her role as artistic director, Saadia has led 18 collective mural art projects with over 1500 participants of all ages in Stockholm, with a strong emphasis on accessibility, democracy, participation and freedom of expression in the public space. She has developed methods and led processes that allow non-professionals to participate and engage in the creative processes.
Saadia collaborated on Oh my Home - Lost and Found for CORNERS of Europe.
Saadia's visual work/prints and installation Playground has toured in Sweden for two years (2010 -2012) She has had several solo shows and group shows in Sweden. Her most recent work has been shown at Vårsalong, Liljevalschs konsthall 2014 and at Architectural and Design center (2013 – 2014) Saadia experiments and discusses the complexity, plasticity, artificiality and authenticity connected to identities and belonging through her work.
In her role as artistic director, Saadia has led 18 collective mural art projects with over 1500 participants of all ages in Stockholm, with a strong emphasis on accessibility, democracy, participation and freedom of expression in the public space. She has developed methods and led processes that allow non-professionals to participate and engage in the creative processes.
Saadia collaborated on Oh my Home - Lost and Found for CORNERS of Europe.
