Far from closing the circle

Installation view, Kunstverein Freiburg

Far from closing the circle, 2023

hemp, lime plaster, qadad, and pigment

40 x Ø585cm

Remnants of what was once owed, 2023

brass webbing punched sheets

556x 620 cm (70 x 70 cm each)

Means to flow with, 2023

newspapers, wood, plastic mesh, powder coated steel, brass sprinkle heads, and LED hose

95 x 95 x 200 cm

Means to flow with, 2023

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Means to flow with, 2023

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Means to flow with, 2023

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Postage stamp printing plate (Commemoration of the admission of Yemen to UN), 1947–49

steel plate and metal stand

9 x 6 x 0.6 cm

Two folds, 2023

inkjet print on folded tracing paper

12 x 10 x 0.5 cm

Postage stamp printing plate (Commemoration of the admission of Yemen to UN), 1947–49

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Warrior— or Man with a raised hand, 2023

photopolymer flexo printing plate: Juba alabaster stele c. 1 BCE-1 CE illustrated on 200 YER (replica from British Museum: Object Nr. 2015,4146.17 orig. by James Moore for De La Rue in 1996), glass stand, antique magnifying glass, and qadad cylinder

7 x 7.5 x 0.1 cm, Ø12x 7.5 cm, and Ø3.5x25cm

The front of 28. (200 RIYAL), 2023

glass frame and printed paper (part of page 85 ripped from The Bank Notes of Yemen by P. Symes and M. Hanewich, 1997 edition)

9 x 12 x 0.5 cm

Warrior— or Man with a raised hand, 2023

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Memorial to a fallen traffic man, 2023

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Memorial to a fallen traffic man, 2023

metal cash box, cast pewter whistles, steel sheet, weighing scale PCB, and LED display

10 x 22 x 16 cm

Blows and whistles, 2024

cast pewter whistles, stamped pewter, and acrylic chain

7 x 6 x 12 cm

Weight of a pocket at day’s end, 2023

copper lamp base, weighing scale PCB, LED display, marble, planchet coin on 2 cent coin stack, and sea glass bottle heads

12 x Ø22cm

Utility in low relief, 2023

glass stand and copper letterpress wood blocks

4 x 6 x 10 cm

View of what’s been spent and earned, 2023

1975-1980's 2 Pfennig Web Strip, embossed copper, inkjet print on sticker, and watch crystal

15 x 12 x 10 cm

View of what we passed , 2024 

1975-1980's 10 pfennig web strip, brass, inkjet print on sticker, and watch crystal

13 x 12 x 4.5 cm

Variations in pressure, or a thought for your penny, 2023

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Variations in pressure, or a thought for your penny, 2023

detail - 20 YER on 5 EUR cent altered: Socotra dragon tree pulled by vehicle

Variations in pressure, or a thought for your penny, 2023

detail - 10 YER on 10 EUR cent altered: Shahara bridge with seated people and graffiti ‘We are governed by hope’

Variations in pressure, or a thought for your penny, 2023

detail - 5 YER on 10 EUR cent altered: Central bank of Yemen with people standing in line

Let us remember that these windows open to the west, 2021

Wood, glass mirror, plexiglass, acrylic mirror, steel, polished stainless steel, and beeswax.

140 x 70 x 150 cm / 140 x 160 x 45 cm

RE-TURN / Skulpturenpark Berlin

Let us remember that these windows open to the west, 2021

Let us remember that these windows open to the west, 2021

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Let us remember that these windows open to the west, 2021

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Let us remember that these windows open to the west, 2021

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Let us remember that these windows open to the west, 2021

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Let us remember that these windows open to the west, 2021

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Raising minimum defenses (prelude), 2021

zinc coated steel, print on mesh banner, eyelets, steel wire, bleached velvet paper, metal watch band, and stamped tin

120 x 105 x 40 cm

Raising minimum defenses (prelude), 2021

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Raising minimum defenses (prelude), 2021

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Time in stone (ORIENT), 2018

sea tiles, granite, brass, glass, LED, plaster, marble leaf and door knob, rubber casters, abacus, plaster board, velvet, steel joints, beads, inkjet print on paper

Dimensions variable

Time in stone (ORIENT), 2018

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Time in stone (ORIENT), 2018

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Time in stone (ORIENT), 2018

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Time in stone (ORIENT), 2018

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Tribute to a passerby (ROAMER), 2019

watch dial, plaster, shiv, lime, flocking, silver leaf
metal, watch crystal, sticker, glass shard, sea glass, and metal parts, ruler, wood, bleached velvet paper, inkjet print on sticker on paper, sea tiles, and chiseled sea tiles

dimensions variable

Tribute to a passerby (ROAMER), 2019

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Tribute to a passerby (ROAMER), 2019

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Tribute to a passerby (ROAMER), 2019

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Tribute to a passerby (ROAMER), 2019

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Tribute to a passerby (ROAMER), 2019

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Tribute to a passerby (ROAMER), 2019

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Chisled as a template, 2019

carved sea tiles

8 x 18 cm

Like a ladder from horizon to horizon, 2019

metal ladder, paint, reclaimed glass from a stained window, lead line, glass paperweight, watch band

300 x 45 x 2cm

Like a ladder from horizon to horizon, 2019

Like a ladder from horizon to horizon, 2019

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Like a ladder from horizon to horizon, 2019

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Like a ladder from horizon to horizon, 2019

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Day’s long window, 2023

styrofoam, plaster, glass, metal stand, and spotlight

80 x 40 x 5 cm

Day’s long window, 2023

Work on hold, 2018

metal stand, textured glass, plaster and metal rods

3 x 2.5 x 11.5cm

Accidents posing as intentions, 2016

wax, plaster, ink transfer on paper, plexiglass, concrete, pewter, mirror vinyl, lead, unpolished bronze, silver nails, photo on tessellated paper, and copper

dimensions variable

Accidents posing as intentions, 2016

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Accidents posing as intentions, 2016

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A subtracted solidity, 2016

concrete, glass, and sugar | 30 x 40 cm

Coined Notion, 2016

marble and mis-struck error Lincoln coin 

48 x 18 x 23 cm

Coined Notion, 2016

marble and mis-struck error Lincoln coin 

48 x 18 x 23 cm

Coined Notion, 2016

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Patterns of a drifting list, 2016

carved wall, plaster and transferred photo

dimensions variable

Finding the fabric, 2016

steel mesh

dimensions variable

Finding the fabric, 2016

Before they harden, 2016

casting sand replica of pre-cast construction molds, plaster, pewter, and unpolished silver nail

20 x 24 x 26 cm

Foundational qualities, 2016

engraved marble, lead, planchet coin

42 x 23 cm | 15 x 4 cm

Foundational qualities, 2016

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Foundational qualities, 2016

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Erasure Study, 2015

erased graphite | 70 x 100 cm.

as preservation

a journey of building

a call in all cities

to place a stone

to build a desire

Erasure Study, 2015

rubber erasers | 14 x 10 cm

Potential infringement (brick mold and trowel), 2023

inkjet print on paper (Patent US162355 and US82037), tape, soldered brass rods, and tilted oak wood frame

40 x 31.5 x 6 cm and 31.5 x 40 x 6 cm

Potential infringement (brick mold), 2023

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Potential infringement (trowel), 2023

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Becoming Reacquainted, 2015

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Becoming Reacquainted, 2015

transfer on paper, cutout newsprint, nails and cotton thread

35 x 70 cm

Background with a purpose, 2015

collage, newsprint, paper clay, tape, and whiteout

20 x 30 cm

In No More than Two Heaps III, 2014

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In No More than Two Heaps III, 2014

collage and print on paper

25 x 35 cm

Faith that Constitutes the Horizon I, 2014

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Faith that Constitutes the Horizon I, 2014

collage and print on paper

25 x 35 cm

Faith that Constitutes the Horizon II, 2014

collage and print on paper

25 x 35 cm

Letters to the sun (Master HWI3000), 2014

bleached cyanotype on paper | 12 x 18 cm

Letters to the sun (Master HWI3000), 2014

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Letters to the sun (Generac 0F6618), 2014

bleached cyanotype on paper | 12 x 16.5 cm

Letters to the sun (Generac 0F6618), 2014

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Letters to the sun (Honda EU2000i), 2014

cyanotype on paper | 12 x 18 cm

Letters to the sun (Honda EU2000i), 2014

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Letters to the sun (EM4500CXS), 2014

cyanotype on paper | 12 x 18 cm

Letters to the sun (EM4500CXS), 2014

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they purchased light and smuggled hope, 2012

ink stamp on utility bill | 8 x 24 cm

warm light filled the creases of his clothes, 2012

ink stamp on utility bill | 8 x 24 cm

when the lights go out darkness seems strange, 2012

hammered aluminum on concrete electricity poles

Ourika Valley, Marrakech

From Where were you when the lights went out?

walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light, 2012

hammered aluminum on concrete electricity poles

Ourika Valley, Marrakech

to be a candle to light the path of passerby, 2012

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Hayel Str. (Power Estimated), 2012-2020

Duratrans print in light box

40 x 50 x 12 cm

From Generator Series

Where the dust settles, 2013

tar and flour

50 x 45 cm

When the dust settles , 2013

tar and flour on paper

70 x 100 cm each

When the dust settles , 2013

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Sleeper, 2012

high density foam and upholstery

210 x 115 x 60 cm

Sleeper, 2012

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