HEM / HOME

2020, Nävertorp Katrineholm

Commissioned by Katrineholm Konsthall

Saadia planned the painting based on the location and the people who live in the area. Saadia's idea is to show what HOME means to us. From various groups in Nävertorp, she received ideas, pictures, colors and shapes. Which she then processed and designed the mural from. The mural is a celebration of HOME. Saadia completed the mural during 2 weeks.To help her in the final phase itself, five committed young people from the Platform ”Lyckliga Gatorna” joined the painting process.

Saadia hopes that the mural will be a unifying force for the community living in the area as well as create curiosity to visit Närvertorp among people from outside of the area. 

WE ARE FITTJA

2019, Fittja
Exhibited at Botkyrka Konsthall 2020

Artistic direction: Saadia Hussain
Photographer: Per björklund
Image processing: Victor J. larch

These är 10 unique portraits of 10 elderly people living in Fittja. The portraits are discussed based on the elderly's lives, memories, experiences and what they want to tell and how they want to be seen / portrayed.

OUR ELDERS
Sargit Petterson
Berit Hugo
Tahir Saygin
Kamile Kayhan
Gonzalo Elias Vega Gonzalez
Elsa Miriam Quinones de Vega
Ulf Kurt Arne Hansson
Brita Höglund
Iskender Sayar
Pentti Niemi

SHARED LAYERS

Lagersbergs IP, Eskilstuna
2020

Public Art commissioned by Eskilstuna

Lagersbergs IP (sports arena) is the venue for this public art installation. Its installed on the fences of both sides of the arena, each side 80 m x 4 m.  The Art work is co-created with students from Lagersbergs school, youth from Eskilstuna Art Camp 2019, community at Träffpunken and with elderly from the old home Lagersbergsgården. They have alla contributed with their own layer to the piece.

KVARTERETS KVINNOR

Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2019

Saadia Hussain was invited to create the large paintings in the exhibition ”Kvarterets Kvinnor/The women of the neighborhood” in the Studio, Kulturhuset. The murals are Saadias Visuell take and portraits of the women from the Klara neighborhood in Stockholm.  

A collaboration between Kulturhuset och Kvinnohistoriska museet.

TUNNELN TILL FRAMTIDEN  
TUNNEL TO THE FUTURE

Markbacken, Örebro
2018

Artistic director: Saadia Hussain

Artists:
Amina Abdiiwali,
Najiib Ahmed Daahir
Safia Bashir
Sheriff Camara
Yonnis Muuse
Zakaria Omer
Jamilla Zimmermann
Hanna Överängen

Art educator: Kata Wennberg

Assisting artist: Alexander Creutz

The tunnel to the future is a collective art project planned and designed by Saadia Hussain and co-created eight young people from different parts of Örebro as part of their summer job.

A kaleidoscopic design with stenciled patterns are mixed with improvised shapes. The walls are colorful and ornamental, decorative and at the same time charged with strong symbols. The richness of detail allows the bypasser to discover new things in the painting.

The tunnel, which is located right next to Tegelbruket connects two districts. It is one of the two tunnels that the municipality wanted to make safer and more pleasant with the help of art. The tunnel to the future is now a place for a paus, to stop in, a public place for reflection and inspiration.

The project has been carried out in a collaboration between Tegelbruket, Partnerskap Örebro, ÖBO, Örebro municipality and Örebro Konsthall.