Nabila Abdul Fattah
b. 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon
Artist, writer and activist, based in Gothenburg
Nabila Abdul Fattah
b. 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon
Artist, writer and activist, based in Gothenburg
She grew up in Sundsvall and Gothenburg, and has also lived in Skärholmen in Stockholm.
She trained as a social pedagogue and has worked with young people in Hammarkullen and Alby, among other places.
Her artistic practice takes its starting point in förorten, the Swedish suburb, and revolves around questions of democracy, representation, and economic and social justice.
She trained as a social pedagogue and has worked with young people in Hammarkullen and Alby, among other places.
Her artistic practice takes its starting point in förorten, the Swedish suburb, and revolves around questions of democracy, representation, and economic and social justice.
After burning out in 2016, she started drawing in her children’s colouring books. Since then her practice has grown to include drawing, painting, documentary photography, installation and text.
In 2017 she made her first public artwork during Hammarkullen Urban Art, a mural and a tribute to the place she calls home.
Before visual art there was writing and music. She has written columns, editorials and opinion pieces, and contributed to anthologies. She started rapping as a teenager and was later a member of the group Wordsilah.