Mohammed Alani
Born 1971, Baghdad, Iraq – Lives and works in Brussels
Mohammed Alani is an artist who engages deeply with memory, history, and the silent testimonies of objects. With a trained and intuitive eye, he seeks out materials that have lived—a chair worn by time, a fragment of something once whole—and offers them a renewed existence. Through processes of manipulation, distortion, combination, and arrangement, he reshapes these elements, distancing them from their original purpose and allowing them to speak anew.
Alani approaches complex themes with a surrealist’s sensibility, often infusing heavy subject matter with a sense of irony or subtle play. His works invite aesthetic appreciation, but always carry a deeper, often ambiguous narrative just beneath the surface.
This presentation brings together pieces that explore, among other ideas, the condition of being on the move—whether through exile, transformation, or inner journey.
Alani’s works are included in several public collections, including Museum Voorlinden (Netherlands), Merode (Ronse), and Abby (Kortrijk, Belgium), as well as in private collections across Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom, and Denmark.