Alqumit Alhamad is a Syrian visual artist, designer, and artistic researcher. His work is shaped by lived experiences of war and displacement, as well as by queerness. His practice is anchored in decolonial and intersectional methodologies and focuses on migration and marginalized tribal traditions.

Trained in both traditional and contemporary art and design, and with over fifteen years of practice, Alhamad combines classical techniques with new methods. His work spans drawing, painting, installation, and textiles, while also developing original methods such as using sleep to shape a drawing style that translates nightmares, and inventing original materials like Dictatorship Blue, a pigment derived from the ink of bureaucratic stamps and signatures collected during his escape journey across borders.

Education: He received a Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts from HDK-Valand (Sweden, 2024), a diploma in Visual Communication from Östra Grevie Folkhögskola (Sweden, 2022), a degree in Design from Tishreen University (Syria, 2015), and a Bachelours in Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Animation from the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Aleppo (Syria, 2014).

Awards: In 2025, he was named a Young Artist by the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, received the Vera and Göran Agnekils Award, and won Ung Svensk Form 2025 with his project War Trauma, later featured in a national touring exhibition. He has also been awarded the Postnord Postal Stamp Sketch Assignment at ArkDes, a working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, and earlier scholarships and nominations in both Syria and Sweden.

Exhibitions: His work has been shown 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 in Antwerp (Belgium), Dunkers kulturhus (Sweden), Gallery Platform (Finland), and the Museum für Fotokopie (Germany), to name a few.

Represented: Alhamad’s works are represented in public and private collections such as the Homografiska Museum (Sweden), Sta. Demonia Queer Art (Sweden), the Tobison Foundation (Sweden), Butterfly Effect Gallery (Syria), and Gallery SEAS (UK), as well as collections in Syria, Germany, the United States, and beyond.

Email: aalqumit@gmail.com
Instagram (Work Progress): @alqumit