
NADIA KAABI-LINKE
Born 1978 in Tunis, Tunisia.
Lives and works in Berlin and Kyiv.
Growing up between Tunis, Kyiv, and Dubai - and now residing in Berlin and Kyiv - Kaabi-Linke has a personal history of migration across cultures and borders that has greatly influenced her work. Her works give physical presence to that which remains invisible, be it people, structures, or the geopolitical forces that shape them.
Using a variety of materials and methods, Kaabi-Linke often works in-situ on projects that relate directly to their exhibition sites. She has rendered visible the bodily traces of people waiting at Berlin bus shelters and subway stations, the scars of domestic violence victims in London, and paint chips scraped from city walls throughout North Africa and Europe.
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Baruth St., 2008, Ink and wax on paper pasted on canvas, 35.5 x 25.25 in
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Beans, 2009, Coffee, ink, pigments, paper on canvas, 27 x 38.5 in
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, NYSE Road Works (Remont II), 2021, Site-specific installation: cobblestones, wood, paint, sand, Dimensions variable
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Spic and Span in June and July, 2019, Graphite and acrylic on paper pasted on canvas, 57 x 52.5 in
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Whitewashing after the Carnage at the Waterpipe, 2021, Mixed media on canvas, 118 x 157.5 in
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Installation in Fresh Earth, Aicon, 2021