A new limited edition sculpture by Jala Wahid

Sprite
Jala Wahid
A new limited edition sculpture

Sprite by Jala Wahid is an exclusive limited-edition steel sculpture newly created by the artist to mark the launch of her first public sculpture commission at FormaHQ, Slow Crush.

Responding to its site, the sculpture emerges from the earth as an ode to the layered histories of diaspora, migration, displacement and queer resilience. Standing over two metres tall, Slow Crush takes shape in fleshy-pink fibreglass, forming a heart-like gestalt of the Hasanlu Lovers skeletons locked in an embrace. This new edition ties directly to the sculpture itself, in which a playful kitten climbs their limbs — referencing the Peveril Gardens nocturnal wildlife, from prowling cats to birds of prey.

An edition of 20, each sculpture comes with a certificate of authenticity and wall-mount.

Jala Wahid is a British-Kurdish artist based in London. Wahid received her BA from Goldsmiths, London in 2014 and completed her PgDip in Fine Art at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2019. Recent solo shows include: 2023 I Love Ancient Baby, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (DE), 2023 Mock Kings, Kunstverein Freiburg,Freiburg im Breisgau (DE), 2022 Conflagration, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,Gateshead (UK),2022 AFTERMATH, Niru Ratnam, London (UK); 2021 Cry Me a Waterfall, Two Queens, Leicester (UK); and 2020 Rock Fortress, E. A. Shared Space, Tbilisi (GE). Selected group exhibitions include: 2022 Testament, Goldsmiths CCA, London (UK); 2020 Searching the Sky for Rain, SculptureCenter, New York (US); 2018 Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham; De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill and Arnolfini, Bristol (UK); 2018 Entangled Tales, Rupert, Vilnius (LT); and 2016 And I’ll Promise You, Serpentine Gallery Park Nights, London (UK). Wahid co-edited SALT. Magazine from 2012 - 2019.