photo of woman — Ikram Abdulkadir, Self portrait (not part of the exhibition), 2026 © Ikram Abdulkadir Bildupphovsrätt 2026

About the artist

Ikram Abdulkadir, born in 1995 in Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in Rosengård in Malmö. Her parents are from Somalia. In 2015, she bought a camera and is a self-taught photographer. Since 2017, she has published selections of her images on the Instagram account @ikramianism.

She studied Human Rights at Malmö University and has worked as a personal assistant. Abdulkadir also works commercially with commissions for Adidas and Vogue. Her images have been published in Sakina Magazine and Paletten, among others. She has also portrayed figures in the Swedish cultural sphere, including Sara-Vide Ericson, Jonelle Twum, Seinabo Sey and Stellan Skarsgård.

In 2017, she was a finalist in the spoken word competition “Ortens bästa poet” with the poem “Fria fåglar”. Her poetry has been published in the anthology “Revolution Poetry” (2018) and in the poetry collection “Sannu” (2018) by Mariama Jobe.

Ikram Abdulkadir is represented in the collections of Moderna Museet, Göteborgs konstmuseum and Malmö Konstmuseum.

photo of two people — Ikram Abdulkadir, Doreen, David, 2023 © Ikram Abdulkadir Bildupphovsrätt 2026

Solo Exhibitions

2026 Soft Focus, Moderna Museet Malmö
2026 We Will Meet Again in Paradise, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen
2026 Får jag vara med? (May I Join?) Hammarkullen Art Hall, Gothenburg
2025 Solen har gått ner fem gånger idag (The Sun Has Set Five Times Today), Galleri Format, Malmö
2025 Allt angår mig (Everything Concerns Me), The Museum of Work, Norrköping
2024 Aboowe, den här är för dig (Aboowe, This One Is for You), Centre for Photography, Stockholm
2023 I See Home in You, Fotografiska, Stockholm
2022 Dreamers & Achievers, Kungsträdgården, Stockholm
2022 Yaan Cuskanaa, Folkets Park, Malmö
2020 Vi möts i paradiset (We Meet in Paradise), Skåne Art Association, Malmö; Hammarkullen Art Hall, Gothenburg; Panora, Malmö

Grants and Awards

2022 The Art Society’s “Dare to See” Scholarship
2022 Helsingborgs Dagblad Photography Prize
2021 The Museum of Work Documentary Photography Prize
2019 Sven and Ellida Hjort Scholarship

Group Exhibitions

2026 Familjen – på gott och ont (The Family – For Better and Worse), Sven-Harry’s Art Museum, Stockholm
2025 Porträtt! (Portrait!), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
2025 SWAB Barcelona Art Fair, with Fuxia 2, Spain
2024 Memories #2, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen
2024 Svart basket – en utställning om identitet (Black Basketball – An Exhibition on Identity), Värmeverket and Fotografiska, Stockholm
2024 Transmissions, Skåne Art Association, Malmö
2023 Søsterskap (Sisterhood) – Contemporary Nordic Photography, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
2022 BEHOLD, WE ARE HERE, Lund Art Hall, Lund
2022 Hela staden är ett monument (The Whole City Is a Monument), Malmö
2021 An Infinite Love, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
2021 Våga Se (Dare to See) – Scholarship Exhibition, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2019 Makten. Staden. Konsten. (Power. The City. Art.) Gothenburg Art Hall, Gothenburg

Publications

2021 Minns du havet, abaayo? (Do You Remember the Sea, Abaayo?) in collaboration with Sailor Press and Puss Publications
2020 Vi möts i paradiset (We Meet in Paradise), Skåne Art Association