Amin Abdulrahman

In the work Is Anyone Home, Amin Abdulraham deals with the ‘loss’ of their childhood home in Nigeria – both sentimentally, as their family gradually moves from Minna to Abuja, and physically, as building falls into disrepair. The work recounts the history of the home, colloquially referred to as ‘Shango’, whilst also questioning who makes a home a home. With a diasporic experience, Abdulraham tries to preserve aural and physical histories while making sense of personal memories and various new houses in this coming-of-age story. Is Anyone Home moves between ‘Shango’, the former family home, ‘Uphill’ the current family home, and other havens in Abuja. 

Abdulrahman is a London-based, British-Nigerian visual artist, working primarily with photography. Their work explores themes such as effervescence, belonging, temporality, and positionality, against the backdrop of navigating the world as a Black individual. They work between Nigeria and the UK, with a practice that spans imagery, print manipulation, and sound. At its core, Abdulraham’s work investigates relational ethics, and practically seeks to mitigate the inherent violence of the camera. By exploring new ways of working with sitters, to centre their autonomy, agency and humanity, Abdulraham attempts to move away from photography’s extractive, colonial origins. They hold a BA in Religion, Philosophy, and Ethics from King’s College London and are currently studying for an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art.