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B. 1992, Mariehamn, The Åland Islands, FI
Lives and works in Turku, FI
nayabnoorikram@gmail.com
+358 (0) 40 7163337
Instagram @NayabNoorIkram
Facebook @NayabIkramVisualArtist
UPCOMING
2025 'Acts of Care: Families’ — with Sampsa Virkajärvi, Curated by Kati Kivinen & Pirkko Siitari, Kana Kawanishi Photography, Tokyo, JP
2025 - 2026 The Finnish Museum of Photography, Curated by Päiviö Maurice Omwami & Orlan Ohtonen, Helsinki, FI
2026 HIAP Gallery Augusta, Curated by Clément Beraud, Helsinki, FI
EDUCATION
2011 - 2015
Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Media Production, Photography Department
Novia University of Applied Sciences, Jakobstad, FI
2014
Erasmus exchange at The Faculty of Fine Arts, Media Department
National College of Art and Design, Dublin, IE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 ’Waves of Waves’ — The Sibelius Museum, Turku, FI
2019 ’In Between’ — TransFolk Kucku at Galleri Saltbodan, Loviisa, FI
2019 ’Babe, call me back’ — Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki, FI
2017 ’In Between’ — EXIT Konsthall, a portable gallery at Katarinavägen, Curated by Alva Roselius, Stockholm, SE
2017’ In Between’ — EXIT Konsthall, a portable gallery at Miramarparken, Curated by Alva Roselius, Mariehamn, FI
2017 ’In Between’ — Embassy of Pakistan in Brussels at Steigenberger Wiltcher’s, Brussels, BE
2016 ’In Between’ — Galleri Zebra, Karis, FI
2016 ’In Between’ — B-Kalleria, Turku, FI
2015 ’Archived II’ — Galleri Norra Dörren, Mariehamn, FI
2015 ’In Between’ — Kalleria Galleria, Helsinki, FI
2015 'Archived II’ — Turun kirjakahvila, Turku, FI
2015 'Archived II’ — Ritz, Vaasa, FI
2015 ’Archived II’ — Musikcafé After Eight, Jakobstad, FI
2015 ’Archived I’ — Galleri Fäktargubben, Mariehamn, FI
2012 ’The Young Debutant of The Year’ — The Åland Islands Art museum, Mariehamn, FI
SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2021 ’Can You Hear The Ocean’ — with Ramina Habibollah, Maa-Tila, Helsinki, FI
2020 ’Bland läten’ — with Ursula Sepponen, Energiverket, Jakobstad, FI
2018 ’Bodies In Between’ — with Minna Palmqvist, Åland Islands Art museum, Mariehamn, FI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 ’We are fluid from all directions, from all directions we meet’ — Curated by Anneli Bäckman & Mini Davarasl, Botkyrka konsthall, Botkyrka, SE
2024 ’Acts of Care’ — Curated by Kati Kivinen & Pirkko Siitari, The Finnish Pavilion at The 15th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, KR
2024 ’HAIHATUS25’ — Curated by Elham Rahmati, Art Center Haihatus, Haihatus, FI
2023 ’Nuoret 2023’ — Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
2023 ’Shared Space’ — Curated by Aleksandra Kiskonen & Kristiina Ljokkoi, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
2022 ’Moms - Sisters - Daughters - Me’ — Curated by Irina Chmyreva, The Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, CH
2022 ’In Your Face’ — The Åland Islands Art Museum, Mariehamn, FI
2022 ’We Can Talk’ — Curated by Starkaður Sigurðarson, Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, IS
2022 ’Porous Beings’ — Titanik Gallery, Turku, FI
2021 ’To Err Is Human’ — Curated by Anna Ruth, XXV Mänttä Art Festival, Mänttä, FI
2021 ’Blindspot’ — Curated by Daría Sól Andrews, Reykjavik City Library, Reykjavik, IS
2021 'Vetrarljós’ — Winter Light Festival, The Nordic House, Faroe Islands, FO
2020 - 2021 ’Föreställningar om naturen’ — Västerås konstmuseum, Västerås, SE
2020 ’In Between’ — Open Art Gallery, Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, FI
2020 ’2084’ — Curated by Anne Klontz, Cable factory, Helsinki, FI
2019 ’ART at EP - Works of Art from Finland’ — Curated by Juha-Heikki Tihinen (Pro Artibus), European Parliament, Brussels, BE
2019 ’Sea Views’ — Site-specific exhibition, Dalsbruk, FI
2018 ’Listening to the Sound of the Shell’ — Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tammerfors, FI
2018 ’If I change something, what is being moved?’ — Curated by nynnyt (Orlan Ohtonen & Selina Väliheikki), Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, FI
2018 ’Konstkvinnor x IFEMA International Female Film Festival Malmö’ — Panora Folkets Bio Malmö, Malmö, SE
2018 ’Blåkulla lever!’ — Curated by Konstkvinnor, Grand Malmö, Malmö, SE
2018 ’Art Meets Fashion’ — Lindex Showroom, Stockholm, SE
2017 ’Culture of Silence: Invisible Violence’ — Curated by Analco Project, Third Space, Helsinki, FI
2017 ’Keelung Nights - Nordic Lights’ — Architecture and Design House, former Tai Pin Elementary School, Keelung, TW
2017 ’Sunk3n place’ — Curated by Antoine & Amanda, Online exhibition, The Wrong Art Biennale
2017 ’PhotoVisa 2017 International Festival of Photography’ — Curated by Irina Chmyreva, Krasnodar, RU
2017 ’Platform Nord 2017’ — Kristiansand, NO
2017 ’In the name of ART’ — SAK UNG at Svenska Konstnärernas Förening, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, SE
2017 ’Distribution of Crisis’ — Mältinrannan Taidekeskus, Tampere, FI
2017 ’Art Fair Suomi’ — Cable Factory, Helsinki, FI
2017 ’ALTER - YOUYOUBERS - EGO’ — Moderna Museet at Galleri UNG, Stockholm, SE
2017 ’Rotterdam Photo 2017’ — Rotterdam, NL
2016 ’Fria Fotografers Filial’ — Galleri 5, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
2016 ’Strangest Greetings from Santa and 23 other extraordinary Finns’ — Online exhibition, ThisisFINLAND.fi
2016 ’Identitet’ — Curated by Klubb Kahlo, Konstskolan Basis, Stockholm, SE
2016 ’Mobile 2016’ — Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä, FI
2016 ’Dokument A’ — Site-specific exhibition, Konstfestival Moment at Algots Varv, Mariehamn, FI
2016 ’Ebakõla / Dissonance’ — Site-specific exhibition, Saaremaa, EE
2016' Distribution of Crisis’ — Valssaamo, Helsinki, FI
2015 ’Fenestra’ — Northern Photographic Center, Oulu, FI
2015 ’From Here To Now’ — Tobaksmagasinet, Jakobstad, FI
2014 ’Mobile 2014 @FI’ — Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä, FI
2014 ’Konstbussen’ — Curated by Minna Öberg och Simon Törnqvist, Touring Art Bus Exhibition, The Åland Islands, FI
2014 ’Watercooler’ — Steam Box, Dublin, IE
2014 ’From Context to Exhibition’ — Unit 3 at The LAB Gallery, Dublin, IE
2014 ’Collision’ — Mabos, Dublin, IE
2014 ’MK10VP06’ — Pohjanmaan Valokuvakeskus, Lapua, FI
2014 ’Peterstad’ — Campus Allegro, Jakobstad, FI
2013 ’Peterstad’ — Loft Project ETAGI, St. Petersburg, RU
2013 ’Nature Morte’ — Galleri Gro, Jakobstad, FI
PERFORMANCES
2019 ’Mehndi & Vicks’ — Curated by Fanni Suvila and Taika Mannila, Pink Space at Flow Festival, Helsinki, FI
2019 ’Närhetens distans 6275 km till dig’ — Boy Konsthall, Bollebygd, SE
2016 ’Wudu’ — by collective MUSSY SPACE, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
2019 ’Konsten att dölja sitt ansikte’ — by collective YOUYOUERS, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
SCREENINGS
2018 ’Wudu: Performance by MUSSY SPACE’ — Curated by Konstkvinnor, IFEMA International Female Film Festival, Malmö, SE
2017 ’Wudu: Process & Performance by MUSSY SPACE’ — Göteborg Film Festival, Göteborg, SE
2015 ’In Between’ — Parkkino Outdoor Filmfestival, Pargas, FI
2013 ’Licking Landmines’ — VERA Filmfestival, Mariehamn, FI
2010 ’Valet är ditt’ — VERA Filmfestival, Mariehamn, FI
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2022 ’Symbiosis’ — Puotila Comprehensive School, Puotila, FI
Commissioned by the City of Helsinki, Curated by HAM Helsinki Art Museum
SELECTED TALKS
2023 ’Behind the artistic process’ — TEDxMariehamn, Mariehamn, The Åland Islands, FI
2019 ’Svad talks: Symposium on contemporary art and curatorial practices’ — Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, PK
2019 Panel discussion — with inaway for Performance Days, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Turku, FI
2019 Lecture performance — with inaway for Gathering for Rehearsing Hospitalities, Frame Contemporary Art Finland, MIF, Helsinki, FI
2019 Lecture — with inaway for The Praxis Programme, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, FI
2018 Panel discussion — Tidskriften Astra at Helsingfors Book Fair, Helsingfors, FI
2017 Artist talk — Skogn Folkehøgskole, Skogn, NO
2016 Pecha Kucha — Nordens Institut på Åland, Mariehamn, FI
2016 Artist talk — Fotoklubben Obscura, Mariehamn, FI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2018 Katalog Journal — Issue 21/1
2018 Tidskriften Astra — Issue 1/2018
2018 ’Denna framtid är vår!’ — Tidskriften Astra & Förlaget, ISBN: 9789523331037
2016 Tidskriften Astra — Issue 2/2016
2013 ’Book of lies’ — MustaTaide & Aalto PHOTO Books, ISBN: 978-952-292-002-7
2011 ’Blickfångat’ — Fotoklubben Obsucra, ISBN: 978-952-92-9293-6 952-92-9293-7
SELECTED AWARDS
2024 PortRe 2024 Portfolio Residency Program — The Finnish Cultural Institute in Denmark & The Stina Krook Foundation in Finland
2022 Culture award — Anna-Lena Dreijers Konstfond, Stiftelsen Ålands Vänner, Mariehamn, FI
2021 Culture grant — Julius Sundblom Stiftelse, Mariehamn, FI
2019 Culture award — The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Helsinki, FI
2017 Winner of Portfolio Review for Young Nordic Photographers — Landskrona Foto, Landskrona, SE
2013 Winner of Ung VERA film — VERA Filmfestival, Mariehamn, FI
RESIDENCIES
2024 Acme London Residency & Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, London, UK
2022 SIM Residency, Reykjavik, IS
2020 Energiverket Residency, Jakobstad, FI
2019 - 2020 Art Lab Gnesta Residency, Gnesta, SE
2019 Öres Residency, Örö Island, FI
2019 Boy konsthall Residency, Bollebygd, SE
2019 Mustarinda Residency, Hyrynsalmi, FI
2017 Architecture and Design House, former Tai Pin Elementary School, Keelung, TW
2016 B7 Baltic Islands Network, Saaremaa, EE
GRANTS
2025 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Working grant (12 months)
2025 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Travel grant
2025 The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant
2025 The VISEK Centre for the Promotion of Visual Art, Working grant (1 month)
2024 Turku Art Society
2024 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Travel grant
2024 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Travel grant
2024 Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse
2023 The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant
2023 The City Of Turku, Project grant
2023 The Finnish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Project grant
2022 The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Working grant (6 months)
2022 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Travel grant
2022 Letterstedtska föreningen, Travel grant
2022 The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant
2021 The Finnish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Project grant
2021 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Project grant
2021 The Åland Cultural Delegation, Project grant
2020 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Working grant (12 months)
2020 Konstsamfundet, Project grant
2020 The Åland Cultural Delegation, Travel grant
2019 Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Travel grant
2019 The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Project grant
2017 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Apprenticeship grant (12 months)
2017 Konstsamfundet, Project grant
2017 The Åland Cultural Delegation, Travel grant
2017 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Travel grant
2016 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Project grant
2016 The Åland Cultural Delegation, Project grant
2014 The Åland Cultural Delegation, Project grant
2014 The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Project grant
POSITION OF TRUST
2023 – 2026 Member, Acquisitions Committee, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, FI
2018 – 2021 Substitute member, Konstnämnden, The Åland Cultural Delegation, FI
2018 – 2019 Member, Critical Friends’, Arts Council Norway, NO
MEMBERSHIPS
2016 – Photographic Artists’ Association, FI
2012 – 2017 Union of Student Photographers of Finland (VOry), FI
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
City of Helsinki, deposited at HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Stiftelsen Ålands Vänner, deposited at The Åland Islands Art museum
The Åland Islands Art museum
Private collecions in Belgium, Iceland, Finland
OTHER
2022 – Studio at The Art House Turku / Taiteen Talo, The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, Turku, FI
2020 – 2022 Participating in Platform GÁTT, a project by The Nordic Council of Ministers led by Reykjavík Arts Festival
2019 Participating in the organised orientation trip to The United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, by The Mondriaan Fund & Frame Contemporary Art Finland