Bassam Issa Al-Sabah works across digital animation, painting, sculpture, and textiles creating visions of resistance, transformation and queer possibility. He completed a BA in Visual Art Practice from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in 2016. Recent solo exhibitions include Uncensored Lilac, Transmediale (2024) IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE, TAKE THIS! The Douglas Hyde Gallery (2022-2023) I AM ERROR, Gasworks, London (2021), and De La Warr Pavilion, Sussex (2022). His work has been screened and exhibited internationally. In 2021 he received the Golden Fleece Award, and he is currently a studio member at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Al-Sabah lives and works in Belfast and Dublin.

Receiving this print residency as an artist is an extraordinary opportunity that opens doors to boundless creative discovery. It offers me time and space where I can experiment and develop work amidst a supportive community of fellow creators. Engaging with specialized equipment, techniques, and mentors will allow me to grow, and push boundaries in my practice.

Black Church Process Residency is a Studio initiative that invites leading art practitioners from other art disciplines to work with the resources of the print studio. This programme offers an insight into the potential of printmaking while promoting and positioning it within contemporary art practice. The projects are intended to be an exploratory process, initiated by the artist’s vision, and facilitated by the skills and experience of a dedicated printmaking team of master printmakers and print coordinators. Artists are encouraged to explore the various possibilities that printmaking present to them. The collaboration between artist and studio aims to give the practitioner a comprehensive understanding of the processes and concepts of this art form and to lead to new and exciting directions in their practice.

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