Saadia Hussain works as an artist, art educator and art activist and has her base in Stockholm. Through her work she wants to create and share tools of creativity and reach out. The creative process has been an vital tool in her own life; to explore, question, create and share. Being born in Pakistan and raised in Sweden, Saadia carries duality within her, of her homeland and her motherland. Her topics revolve around home and identity about losing and finding, about longing for belonging.
Saadia has led various art projects nationally and internationally and worked with thousands of people with emphasis on accessibility, democracy, participation and freedom of expression. She has developed methods of co-creation especially designed for people who are non-professionals within the art field but experts in their stories and lives, to participate, to tell and co-create. Saadia is driven by a need to share art as an experience as well as an process with more people. She wants more people to discover the power and possibilities of Art. She highlights the link between class and creativity and the effects of it. Through art and her work she wants to connect people and also connect and create with people. And make more diverse and complex stories visible in the public spaces for the p
Saadia has led various art projects nationally and internationally and worked with thousands of people with emphasis on accessibility, democracy, participation and freedom of expression. She has developed methods of co-creation especially designed for people who are non-professionals within the art field but experts in their stories and lives, to participate, to tell and co-create. Saadia is driven by a need to share art as an experience as well as an process with more people. She wants more people to discover the power and possibilities of Art. She highlights the link between class and creativity and the effects of it. Through art and her work she wants to connect people and also connect and create with people. And make more diverse and complex stories visible in the public spaces for the p
EDUCATION
︎︎︎ 2003 – 2009 • Konstfack, Stockholm
︎︎︎ 1999 • National college of Arts, Lahore
︎︎︎ 1993 – 1994 • Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm
︎︎︎ 1992 – 1993 • Medborgarskolans Konstskola, Stockholm
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
︎︎︎ 2017 • MAKING AND BREAKING PATTERNS, Tomelilla Konsthall, Tomelilla, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2012 • Playground, Skövde konsthall, Skövde, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2011 • Playground, Ludvika Folketshus, Ludvika, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2010 • Playground, Vänersborg Konsthall, Vänersborg, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2010 • Playground, Ungdomens hus UNO, Karlstad, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2010 • Playground, Söråkers Folkets Hus, Söråker, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2010 • Playground, Konstfrämjandet – Bergslagen, Örebro, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
︎︎︎ 2017 • FemF Art x Third Space: Video Screening – Feminist Forum, Third Space, Helsinki, Finland
︎︎︎ 2017 • FemF Art: Movement – Feminist Forum, Valssaamo at Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
︎︎︎ 2017 • #FRIHET3 / #FREEDOM3: Within the scope of Activity, Husby Konsthall, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • Mellan Svart och Vitt, wip:konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • Fundraising exhibition to support Läkare Utan Gränser/ Médecins Sans Frontières, Gallery Candyland, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • MADE Festival; BE – LONGINGS (Video Installation), Vita Kuben at Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Umami – Fifth Taste of Art, Hallonbergen / Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2014 • Vårsalongen; UNG IDENTITET / YOUNG IDENTITY, (Co-created mural piece), Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2014 • Vem är staden? / Who is the City? – ArkDes, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2012 • Hemslöjden på Liljevalchs; Äkta heligt (Installation & Video), Liljevalschs, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2011 • Grafiktriennalen XIV, Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2011 • Grafiktriennalen XIV, Kulturens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2011 • Grafiktriennalen XIV, Falkenbergs Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2011 • Grafiktriennalen XIV, Landskrona Konsthall, Landskrona, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2010 • SUPERMARKET ART FAIR, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
︎︎︎ 2017 • PAIN AND PLEASURE – Solo project, ArtMadeThis, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • SKAPANDE SKOLA/ CREATIVE SCHOOL-PROJECT – Co-created with students in Östra Ringskola, Västervik, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • FITTJAS MAMMOR TAR PLATS – Community & collective mural art project, made with mothers from Fittja, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • MASAHTI / MY SPACE – Colelctive mural art project, with youth in Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon
︎︎︎ 2016 • UT-TRYCK / X-PRESS – Co-created graffiti art project in a parkour park, Södertälje, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • MEGAKONST / MEGA ART – Public art project‚ URBAN NORTH at Norrlandsopera, Umeå, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • THE ART OF FINDING HOME – Art project for young refugees potray themselves.
Shown at Botkyrka Konsthall, Mångkulturellt centrum and at Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • FITTJA, MY HOME – Collective mural art project, made with children from Fittja, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2015 • URSPRUNG / ORIGIN – Solo project, Fisksätra Folkets hus, Fisksätra, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2015 • SPEAK OUT SISTER – Collective mural art project, with women in Cairo, Egypt
︎︎︎ 2015 • FINDING HOME – Solo project, Street Art Österlen, Tomelilla, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2015 • F*** OFF!! – Solo project, The Subtopias Outdoor Gallery in Alby, Sockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2014 • UTTRYCK! / EXPRESS! – Co-created art project at Det fria ordets hus/ House of Free Speech, Växjö, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2013 • DÄR VÅRA VÄGAR MÖTS – Co-created mural art projects at Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2012 • VÅR RÖRLIGA VÄRLD – Co-created mural art projects at Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2012 • MITT HEM, MIN BILD – Co-created mural painting, Husby, Sweden
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
︎︎︎ 2015 – 2017 •Oh My Home – Lost & Found – Site specific art installation and performance touring to different cities in Europe
︎︎︎ 2016 • Wudu by MUSSY SPACE – Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Dome of Visions – VJ Live – Performance, Stockholm, Sweden & Copenhagen, Denmark
︎︎︎ 2016 • VI SPELAR ROLL / WE MATTER – Interactive & site specific installation with Junior Residence
a youth program organized by Botkyrka Konsthall, Fittja, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2015 • World Art Day – Cake designer, Konstnärernas Riksförbund, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2014 • RESA, FLYTTA, FLY? – Mobile exhibition & performance with Junior Residence,
a youth program organized by Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2013 • TA PLATS! – Mobile exhibition & performance, a youth program organized in Skärholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2012 • The haircut before the party – Artist talk & Performance, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
︎︎︎ 2018 • Konstnärligt arbete pågår, Art Inside Out, Halmstad, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Grafikens Hus, Södertälje, Sweden
FILM FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
︎︎︎ 2017 • Wudu – process & performance by MUSSY SPACE, Göteborg Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden
SELECTED TALKS & LECTURES
︎︎︎ 2017 • Lecture at Kulan, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • Lecture at Bästa Biennalen – Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • Lecture at Göra Sverige, Alvesta, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • Artist talk at Bilders makt – Mångkulturellt Centrum, Fittja, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Artist Talk at Almedalen – Statens Konstråd, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Lecture at Gerlesborgsskolan, Gärdet, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Lecture at Stadsbyggnadsdagen, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Artist talk at Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • Podcast at Grafikens Hus, Södertälje, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2015 • Artist talk at Handmade Issues – Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2015 • Lecture on World Art Day at Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2014 • Guest Lecturer at The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm , Sweden
︎︎︎ 2012 • Lecture at TEDxSödravägen, Göteborg, Sweden
SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCE
︎︎︎ 2018 • Morgonandakt on Sveriges Radio P, Radio programs with fokus on Sufism
︎︎︎ 2018.01.15 • Min tro – Saadia Hussain
︎︎︎ 2018.01.16 • Min intention – Saadia Hussain
︎︎︎ 2018.01.17 • Mitt ego – Saadia Hussain
︎︎︎ 2018.01.18 • Min mamma – Saadia Hussain
︎︎︎ 2018.01.19 • Min kropp, min själ – Saadia Hussain
︎︎︎ 2017.11.16 • 2017 Östermalmsnytt, Därför målar hon en vagina på porten
︎︎︎ 2017.20.25 • Västerviks Tidningen, Skolans elever gör konsen själv
︎︎︎ 2017.05.26 • Dagens Nyheter, Morsdagskonst av mammor ska berika bilden av fittja
︎︎︎ 2017.03.17 • Dagens Nyheter, Mellan svart och vitt – viktig utställning i Årsta om vardagsrasism
︎︎︎ 2016 • Sveriges Television, Season 1, Episode 6 – Portrayed in the series JAG ÄR MUSLIM
︎︎︎ 2015 • Utbildningsradion, Episode 7 – Portrayed in the series ARTITYD: En resa med Saadia Hussain
︎︎︎ 2015 • Människor och tro on Sveriges Radio P1, 2017.07.01 – Vad är heligt i Sverige idag?
︎︎︎ 2014 • Radio Sweden on Sveriges Radio, 2014.02.26 – Can art bridge the Stockholm social divide?
︎︎︎ 2013 • Tendens kortdokumentär on Sveriges Radio P1, 2013.05.13 – Jag är en global nomad
︎︎︎ 2013 • Vi i Vasastan, 2013.05.17 – Saadia ser konsten som en mötesplats
︎︎︎ 2012 • Epsteins STHLM on Dagens Nyheter, 2012.07.31 – En sextio meter bred muralmålning skapas i husby
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
︎︎︎ 2016 • DO IT TOGETHER – Artistic management team, Hemslöjden/ the National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies
︎︎︎ 2016 • Alla tiders Kalmar län – Participated in a tankesmedja / think tan, Kalmar läns museum, Kalmar, Sweden
GRANTS
︎︎︎ 2016 • FUSION, the Swedish Film Institute
︎︎︎ 2016 • Creative Force, the Swedish Institute in collaboration with Conexus Projects
︎︎︎ 2014 • Assistant grant to Nikolaj Georgii-Hemming for assisting Saadia Hussain, The Swedish Visual Arts Fund
︎︎︎ 2014 • Förorten i Centrum, 1-year project grant, PostkodsLotteriets Kulturstiftelse/ the Culture Foundation of the Postcode Lottery
Artist director for coaching and spreading of co-creating methods
︎︎︎ 2011 – 2013 • Förorten i Centrum, 3-year project grant, Allmänna arvsfonden
Artistic director for development and the implementation of collective mural painting processes in Stockholm
︎︎︎ 2009 • Grant, Konstfack, Stockholm
︎︎︎ 1995 – 2013 • Grant, National College of Arts, Lahore
POSITION OF TRUST
︎︎︎ Member in the artistic council, Stiftelse Ann-Margret Lindells Stipendiefond, Sweden
︎︎︎ Member of the board, Re:Orient, Sweden
︎︎︎ Member of the board, Hemslöjden/ the National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • External lecturer and examiner
Master’s programme in Visual Communication & Interior Design, Konstfack Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • External assessor for the selection process
Bachelors and Master’s programme, The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2017 • External assessor for studio support 2018 – 2020, Stockholms Stads Kulturförvaltningen, Stockholm, Sweden
︎︎︎ 2016 • External assessor for studio support 2017 – 2019, Stockholms Stads Kulturförvaltningen, Stockholm, Sweden