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Amaal Said

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Amaal Said is a London-based multidisciplinary artist whose work encompasses visual storytelling and community engagement. Born in Denmark to Somali parents, her photography has been featured in Vogue, The Guardian, and The New Yorker. She has exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions; Home is Elsewhere / From Where I’ve Ended Up at the Departure Lounge in Luton, 2022 and If I Could Get To You at Brighton Digital Festival, 2021. She received the Southwark Council’s I Create grant for her film Notes on Getting Home in 2022, exhibited at Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library in 2023, as well as group exhibitions AFRICAN LENS VOLUME 4 at the Nubuke Foundation, Accra in 2018 and #GirlGaze: A Frame of Mind at Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles in 2017. As a Picture Researcher at Hyphen, she curates visuals to amplify Muslim narratives. Amaal holds an MA in Art & Politics from Goldsmiths and a BA in Politics from SOAS and is a Barbican Young Poet Alumni.

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Amaal Said

Biography

Amaal Said is a London-based multidisciplinary artist whose work encompasses visual storytelling and community engagement. Born in Denmark to Somali parents, her photography has been featured in Vogue, The Guardian, and The New Yorker. She has exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions; Home is Elsewhere / From Where I’ve Ended Up at the Departure Lounge in Luton, 2022 and If I Could Get To You at Brighton Digital Festival, 2021. She received the Southwark Council’s I Create grant for her film Notes on Getting Home in 2022, exhibited at Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library in 2023, as well as group exhibitions AFRICAN LENS VOLUME 4 at the Nubuke Foundation, Accra in 2018 and #GirlGaze: A Frame of Mind at Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles in 2017. As a Picture Researcher at Hyphen, she curates visuals to amplify Muslim narratives. Amaal holds an MA in Art & Politics from Goldsmiths and a BA in Politics from SOAS and is a Barbican Young Poet Alumni.

@amaalsaid