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Alqumit Alhamad is a Syrian visual artist whose practice is shaped by lived experiences of war, displacement, and queerness.

He holds an MFA in Fine Arts from HDK-Valand (2024), a diploma in Visual Communication from Östra Grevie Folkhögskola (2022), a degree in Design and Architecture from Tishreen University in Latakia (2015), and a BFA in Graphic Design and Animation from the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Aleppo (2014).

In 2025, Alhamad was named a Young Artist by the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts and received the Vera and Göran Agnekils Award, one of the Academy’s most significant honours for young artists. That same year, his project War Trauma won Ung Svensk Form 2025 (Young Swedish Design), Sweden’s leading platform for designers, and was featured in the national touring exhibition. He was also awarded the Postnord Postal Stamp Sketch Assignment at ArkDes, Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design.

His previous recognitions include the Al-Basel Scholarship from Aleppo University, a working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden), and nominations for the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Young Leader Scholarship and the Bror Hjorth Award for Young Illustrators.

Alhamad’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the British Museum and SOAS University of London (UK), Berlin Central Station (Germany), Liljevalchs Konsthall (Sweden), M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art / Onboards Biennale (Belgium), Dunkers kulturhus (Sweden), Gallery Platform (Finland), Blå Stället Konsthall, Steneby Konsthall, Gallery Detriti – GIBCA Extended, Not Quite Konsthall (Sweden), and the Museum für Fotokopie (Germany), among others.

He is represented in collections worldwide, including Homografiska Museet (Museum of Queer Art) in Fengersfors, Sta. Demonia Queer Art in Stockholm, the Tobison Foundation in Göteborg, Västerås Municipality, and Skurup Municipality (Sweden); Gallery SEAS in Brighton (UK); Gallery Africana and the Cultural Center in Latakia, and Gallery Butterfly Effect in Aleppo (Syria). His works are also represented in private collections in Sweden, Syria, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, and Turkey.

Email: aalqumit@gmail.com

Instagram (Work Progress): @alqumit