Biography

Wassem Alahmad (b. 1986, Qamishli, Syria) is a Kurdish-Syrian artist based in Celle, Germany since 2018. His self-guided practice centers on an ongoing search for forms that transcend mere visual experience—works meant to be felt and deeply absorbed.

Rather than explaining the world, his art proposes alternative ways of perceiving it. Each painting emerges from the dynamic tension between immediate perception, raw sensation, and a slower, more intimate understanding.

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

2010 – Latakia, Syria
2015 – Qamishli, Syria
2016 – Wandliebe Wallpaper Museum, Celle – The Holiest Moment of Death
2016 – Qamishli, Syria
2018 – Galerie am kleinen Plan, Celle
2020 – Wandliebe Wallpaper Museum, Celle – Third Lung
2022 – Wandliebe Wallpaper Museum, Celle – Outside the Circles
2023/24 – Wandliebe Wallpaper Museum, Celle – Emotions, but Too Late

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2009 – Latakia, Syria
2012–2015 – Qamishli, Syria
2015 – Diyarbakir, Turkey
2017 – Kurdistan Region, Iraq
2025 – Connections, FREIRAUM, Celle

Languages: Kurdish (native), Arabic (native), German, English