About

Sahar Alkhateeb works with large-scale sculptures made from used chairs that are deconstructed and reassembled in new ways. The second-hand chairs, bearing traces of use and life, evoke a sense of home and everyday life.

During winter, Alkhateeb collaborated with various groups from the Wanås area in a community art project. The artistic process began with play. Games such as “Musical Chairs”, “Fruit Salad”, and “Hot Seat” served as the starting point for conversations about belonging, feeling at home, and power dynamics. Who gets to take a seat, and who is left on the sideline?

In the interactive exhibition Hela havet stormar [Musical Chairs i.e. A raging sea], you are invited to play!

Opening: April 5
Studio, Main Barn

Book a seat on the chartered bus from Hässleholm C via Broby and Knislinge, round trip to Wanås.

Biography
Sahar Alkhateeb (b. 1987, Palestine, based in Malmö, Sweden) draws from personal experiences when exploring the relationship between individual and group, as well as the connection between the private, home sphere and public space. Alkhateeb holds an MFA from Konstfack in Stockholm (2021) and a BA in Contemporary Art from the International Academy of Art in Palestine (2013). Alkhateeb has had a solo exhibition at Uppsala Art Museum (2022) and participated in group exhibitions at, among others, Skånes Konstförening in Malmö (2024), Malmö Art Museum (2021), and Växjö Art Gallery (2016). In 2021/2022, Alkhateeb received Uppsala Municipality’s studio grant for newly graduated artists.

The artist was selected through an Open Call for artists based in southern Sweden.

Curator Malin Gustavsson