ABOUT

After completing her Bachelor’s degree in Integrated Design under Prof Asli Serbest and Choi Ahoi at the Hfk Bremen, she obtained her diploma in sculpture under the guidance of Hannes Brunner at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee. Along with studies at the ENSBAP in Paris and at the ESDAMM in Marseille. Her media choice include sound, performance, video, installation and sculpture. The used material composes organics such as food; plants and natural substances, synthetic matter which include poly vinyls; plaster and chemicals and static materials such as wood and metals.

In her work, she deals with the contextual reevaluation of her identity in the Kurdish diaspora in Germany. She takes up the element of language by exploring the interdependencies between language and voice. Understanding language as a political instrument that is used as means of control and thus illustrates power structures. Theories of decolonial feminism are integral part of her practice. When dealing with the background of social structures, she approaches the meaning of work and femininity as well as the differences between paid employment, domestic work and artistic creation. Her Group exhibitions include the MacVal in Paris, Manifesta 13 in Marseille and the Youmein festival in Tangier. Arin Ismail lives and works in Berlin.