Hamja AHSAN

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Artist, writer, curator and activist based in London. His art projects have been presented in various museums and exhibitions, including MoMA, Tate Modern, the Gwangju Biennial in South Korea, the Shanaakht Festival in Pakistan and the Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art. He is the founder and has been co-curator of DIY Cultures, a festival of creative activism, fanzines and independent publications since 2013. He is part of the editorial collective of Radical Mental Health Asylum magazine. Shy Radicals is his first work and it has been translated into Spanish and was recently adapted into a film, produced by Black Dog Films. He received the Grand Prize at the 2019 Ljubljana Biennale for the work Aspergistan Referendum based on his book. He is currently working on his second book, Radical Chicken, which continues the theme of his Documenta 15 project about Halal fried chicken shops.

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