Ahmad Mallah - Love, lust, hurt

Ahmad Mallah (He/They) — (b. 1990) Is a Palestinian artist born and raised in Syria. He holds a bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the St. Joost Academy in Breda and currently lives and works in Amsterdam. His art revolves around themes of war, diaspora, identity, gender, and the body. Mallah uses various art forms to document his personal and political experiences. Ahmad's work has travelled among plenty of groups and solo art exhibitions at the Chasse Theater in Breda, ALL INN in Het Hem in Zaandam, Landhuis Oud-Amelisweerd Museum, Art Nordic International Fair in Copenhagen, Unfair 2023, Prospects- Art Rotterdam 2024, Art Antwerp 2024 and others. Exbunker solo exhibition in Utrecht 2021, De Ploegh Solo exhibition in Amersfoort 2023, No Limits Art Castle Solo exhibition in Amsterdam 2023 and Madé van Krimpen art gallery Solo exhibition in Amsterdam 2024. Mallah's ongoing duo performative collaboration with his partner Rebecca Lillich// Krüger has been shown at Prospects-Mondrian Fonds at Art Rotterdam , Oeroel festival in Terschilling , Schunck Museum in Heerlen, Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and Sismògraf Festival in Olot- Spain to name a selection. Mallah received the Emerging Artist Stipendium from the Mondriaan Fonds, alongside support from public and private fonds including the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, the Municipality of Amersfoort, Amarte Fonds, and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. He was nominated twice for the Galatea Art Prize and was nominated for the Sybren Hellinga Keunstpriis in 2025. His paintings from the series A New Era were selected for the second round of the Royal Award for Modern Painting in 2024. In the same year, he won the Public Prize (Painting Category) at the Business Art Award.