ROSALIND NASHASHIBI

Lives and works in London (UK)

Rosalind Nashashibi’s practice, comprised of filmmaking and painting, chronicles intimate moments of contemporary life across diverse circumstances with a deeply empathetic and personal approach. In both her films and paintings, one piece often permeates into the next one, creating an ongoing dialogue between bodies of work. Nashashibi’s oeuvre is similarly imbued with precise references to the works of other filmmakers and painters— such as references to David Hockney, Pierre Bonnard and the filmmakers Alexander Kluge and Chantal Akerman.

Her paintings incorporate motifs that are pulled from her everyday environment, which are then reworked in multiple variations. There is both a softness and an immediacy present in her works that comes from an intuitive, process-based exploration. Although Nashashibi’s paintings share certain qualities with German Expressionism, they are more reserved, enriched by their stillness and focus.

Nashashibi was shortlisted for the 2024 edition of the Film London Jarman award and her film was showcased in venues across the UK. She was the first artist in residence at The National Gallery in London (UK), after the program was re-established in 2020. She was a Turner Prize nominee in 2017, and represented Scotland in the 52nd Biennale di Venezia (IT). Her work has been included in Documenta 14, Manifesta 7, the Nordic Triennial, and Sharjah 10. She was the first woman to win the Beck’s Futures prize in 2003.

Nashashibi was recently included in the group exhibition A Room Hung With Thoughts: British Painting Now, curated by Tom Morton at the Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX (US) and will be participating in a group show titled Viaje a la luna at The Wattis Institute at California College of Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA (US) on view from June 13 – July 26, 2025.

Selected exhibitions: Part 2, 11Parthenon, Nicosia, Cyprus (CY); TO DIE FOR, Rosalind Nashashibi and Elena Narbutaitė, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); O Rose: Marie Lund & Rosalind Nashashibi, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen (DK), 2024; 2019, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (AT), 2024; Infinity Pool, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo (JP), 2023; The Cynics Republic, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR), 2024; Hooks, Nottingham Contemporary (UK), 2023; Monogram, Musée Art Contemporain Carré d’Art, Nîmes (FR), 2022; and Cinéma du Réel festival, Centre Georges Pompidou and Forum des Images, Paris (FR), 2019.

Selected collections: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US); Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris (FR); Centre Pompidou - Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (FR); Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris (FR); FRAC Provence-Alpes- Côte d’Azur, Marseille (FR); Imperial War Museums, London (UK); Kunsthaus, Zürich (CH); MACBA, Barcelona (ES); Musée Art Contemporain Carré d’Art, Nîmes (FR); National Gallery, London (UK); National Galleries of Scotland (UK); S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (US); The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US); and Tate, London (UK), among others.

Courtesy GRIMM