Asma Abo Mostafa is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, currently living and working in Amman, Jordan. In her work, she addresses the exploration and analysis of hierarchical structures and social constructs with a focus on cultural and political heritage. Combining new media with traditional crafts, Abo Mostafa creates emotional landscapes that often relate to her own immigrant narrative, having grown up in Europe, as well as her French-Palestinian and indigenous Bedouin identity. Her experience stretches from cinematography and storytelling to sculpture, painting and curation, circling around the creation of a bond between fictional and autobiographical elements. Her passion projects include MUA and styling practices, as well as fictional writing.
HFBK Freundeskreis Scholarship
June 2022 - May 2023
Deutschlandstipendium Scholarship
Oct 2021 - Sept 2022
since 2020 - Producer, Writer (Freelance)
since 2022 - Curator (Freelance)
2021 - Gallery Orbit Altona, Hamburg, Germany
2025, project coordination, curation
in collaboration with Kuno Seltmann and Ahmad Masoud
Goethe-Institut Jordan
German-Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
2025, project co-coordination
with Nicholas Mboya, Ahmad Turki, Asma Sbeih, Dana Abu Khalil, Elias Kurdi, Elke Uitentuis, Hamzeh Jaber, Juman Nimri, Kenda Maarouf, Michael Zitnik, Marleen Leitner, Vivetta Christouli, Waaed Qwayder, Waleed R. Qaisi
supported by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, EU Delegation to Jordan, Goethe-Institut Jordan, Wijdan Artspace, Austrian Embassy Amman, French Embassy in Jordan, Institut Francais, Embassy of Greece Amman, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Tkiyet Um Ali
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
2025, video installation
in collaboration with Hilanderas collective (Stephanie Prieto and Valentina Infante), Julia Schulze Darup, Leonie Lisette Gottling, Sasha Levkovich, Giulia Busetti
MOM Art Space, Hamburg, Germany
2024, video installation
supported by Raadet for Visuel Kunst
in collaboration with Zein Majali, Dana Dawud, E Rady, Emily Jacir, Fadl Fakhouri, Elia-Rosa
Guirous-Amasse
Simian, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023, installation
in collaboration with Moshtari Hilal, Nabila Horakhsh, Leila Mousavi, Faezeh Nikoozad, Razan
Sabbagh
Gallery Frappant e.V., Hamburg, Germany
2023, short film
supported by Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg
2023, mixed media installation
video, sound, 2D animation, wood, carpet
HFBK Jahresausstellung, Hamburg, Germany
2022, installation
Glass, PLA, Olive oil
HFBK Jahresaustellung, Hamburg, Germany
2021, installation, curation
print, wood, carpet
in cooperation with Goethe Institut e.V.
M.Bassy e.V., Hamburg, Germany
2021, installation, co-curation
fabric, wool, print, wood
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2021, installation, curation
sound, print, video, carpet, fabric, incense
in cooperation with Goethe Institute Hamburg e.V. and Mosaiq e.V.
Gallery Orbit, Hamburg, Germany
2021, installation, curation
sound, video, print, carpet, fabric, incense, soil, grass
Gallery Orbit, Hamburg, Germany