Ikon Gallery

Abdulrazaq Awofeso: OUT OF FRAME

Commissioned by Ikon, this solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Abdulrazaq Awofeso features all new work. It includes a multitude of figurative sculptures made from discarded wooden pallets – utilised to transport goods around the world, this widely used material forms a metaphor of human migration. Awofeso, recently…

Arrivals

This exhibition at Ikon Gallery brings together work by five artists: Haffendi Anuar, Abdulrazaq Awofeso, Yhonnie Scarce, Salote Tawale and Osman Yousefzada. Each is a participant in Ikon’s Arrivals programme, concerned with the international movement of people and ideas and organised to coincide with the Birmingham 2022…

Farwa Moledina: Women of Paradise

Ikon shows a new work, Women of Paradise (2022) by Birmingham-based artist Farwa Moledina. It is a study of the four women promised paradise in Islamic tradition, including Maryam (a.s), mother of Isa (a.s), otherwise known as Mary, mother of Jesus. Farwa Moledina’s work is often a study of female Muslim identity. She is…

horror in the Modernist Block

Modern architecture is often associated with the horror genre. In fiction and film, high-rise towers and concrete buildings form the backdrop to terrifying stories of dystopias. Ikon presents new and recent work by 20 UK and international contemporary artists exploring the relationship between the aesthetics of…

Mayunkiki: Siknure – Let me live

Ikon presents Siknure - Let me live by Ainu artist and musician Mayunkiki. It is the first solo exhibition by an Ainu artist in the UK. Born in 1980 in Asahikawa, on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan, Mayunkiki's artistic practice arises from her Indigenous identity. Through a variety of works, this exhibition conveys the…