Karimah Ashadu has been awarded the 2026 Philipp Otto Runge Foundation Fellowship. The grant will support the presentation of the work Muscle (2025) in the group exhibition “BUT I | WORLD | I SEE | YOU” opening on 4 June 2026 at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, curated by Dr. Corinne Diserens. Muscle continues Ashadu’s experimental approach…
Camden Art Centre has announced a newly commissioned audio work by Tabitha Thorlu Bangura accompanying “Tendered”. Composed from sonic fragments of MUSCLE, the audio work is presented via NTS Radio and Camden Art Audio.
Karimah Ashadu’s new film “MUSCLE” (2025) will screen at Berlinale Forum Expanded on Sunday February 15th for its festival premiere. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director. Save the datePremiereSunday February 15, 8:30 PMKino Betonhalle at Silent Green, Berlin 2nd ScreeningMonday February 16th, 6:15PMKino Betonhalle at Silent Green, Berlin
“Machine Boys” by Karimah Ashadu has been nominated in the Best Short Film category for the Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2025, marking an important recognition of her work within contemporary cinema. The award ceremony will take place on February 15th at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany.
The film ‘Machine Boys‘ and the sculpture ‘Wreath’ (2024) are currently exhibited in the 18th Istanbul Biennial, titled ‘The Three-Legged Cat’ and curated by Christine Tohmé. The event will unfold over three years, from 2025 to 2027. The first leg will take place from 20 September to 23 November 2025. 18th Istanbul Biennial, 4th Floor…
The event “Karimah Ashadu: Scenes of Labor” is a screening of selected films, introduced by Karimah Ashadu, followed by a conversation between Sofia Thiệu D’Amico and Caroline Taylor Shehan of Canal Projects. The program includes the following films : Apapa Amusement Park (2013), Lagos Sand Merchants (2013), King of Boys (Abattoir of Makoko) (2015) and Plateau (2021-2022). The event will…
Karimah Ashadu’s film “Brown Goods” (2020) features in the group exhibition “The Gatherers” at MoMA PS1, New York. The show is curated by Ruba Katrib, Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, with Sheldon Gooch, Curatorial Assistant. Ashadu’s practice employs an intimate and singular lens to examine notions of labour, formations and perceptions of the…
Karimah Ashadu’s first institutional solo show in the USA has opened at Canal Projects in May 2025. Central to the show is the award-winning film “Machine Boys” (2024). The show will be open until July 26, 2025.
“Machine Boys” is part of the official selection of IndieLisboa 2025, in the Silvestre category. The festival will take place at Cinema São Jorge, Lisbon on May 2nd, at 7.15 PM.
“Machine Boys” is part of the official selection of In the Palace International Short Film Festival, in the Best Documentary Film category. The festival will take place in the Palace of Culture Pernik (Pernik, Bulgaria) from June 28th until July 5th, 2025.