Nura Qureshi

Photographer

Nura Qureshi (b.1977 in Germany) studied photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is a photographer and mixed media visual artist.

In her photography, Qureshi investigates sites and practices connected to humanity’s dark histories, such as those of war, colonialism, and genocide. Based on archival and interview research, Qureshi’s work explores themes related to collective memory, the historical archive, and people’s relationships to their shared past.

Qureshi’s work has been internationally featured in exhibitions: Her 2018 solo show of portraits of Nairobi railroad workers and her group shows 2016/ 2017 “The Land in Between” and “UNI-FORM/MULTI-FORM” were exhibited at Roots Contemporary Gallery in Nairobi, Kenya.

She was selected for the “EyeContact” 25 Shortlist in the 2015 PhotoWerkBerlin Award. In 2011, “The Itching Hijab” was part of the Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit at the Edward Hopper House and “Plastic Flowers Dancing in Russia’s Backyard – Tajikistan” was exhibited at the Gene Frankel Theater in New York. In 2009/2010, New York’s Proteus Gowanus Gallery and The Frying Pan showed “Photographs Inspired by Unearthed Histories Around New York” in their “Underwater New York” exhibit.

Her most recent work “Are You Calling Me a Dog?”, which reimagines the Mau Mau resistance in Kenya, has been shortlisted for PH Museum Women Photographers Grant 2019 as well as the 2018 Contemporary African Photography Prize and has been exhibited at the Addis Foto Fest in December 2018 and the Photo Vogue Festival 2019.