Fadi Al-Hamwi

Fadi Al-Hamwi (b. 1987) is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist working across performance, installation, sculpture, and painting. He began his practice investigating the tension between dormant and actualized expressions of violence and desire within social structures, which evolved in response to the eruption of visible violence in Damascus in 2011. After moving to Berlin in 2015, subjects such as the transformations of identity across time and space became central to his practice.

Al-Hamwi studied oil and mural painting at the Damascus Academy of Fine Arts (2006–2010) and held his first solo exhibition at Art House in Damascus in 2012. Since then, he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Selected performance installations and exhibitions include Salt Sieve (2024) at Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany; Glass Fountain (2022) at Reuterplatz, Berlin; Human Mistake (2022) at European Art Academy, Trier; and Sugar Forever (2020) during 48 Hours Neukölln, Berlin.

His works have also been showcased at major international art events, including the Venice Biennale and NordArt (2015), as well as in art fairs and galleries across Europe, such as The Others Art Fair in Turin, The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, British Columbia, and Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. Some of Al-Hamwi’s works are collected by art institutions, including the Berjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah, UAE), as well as private collections in Beirut, Kuwait, and New York.