The works of our fellow Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Rassoul could be seen in an Sudanese Pavilion during a Nyege Nyege Festival (15th-17th November) in Uganda.

During the festival, Sudanese Pavilion presented live performances, culinary experience, art and photo exhibitions, storytelling and dialogues, workshops and film screenings.

“I find that the lines I create have an inherent duty to continuously move and flow without interruptions; to form objects and figures and direct the eye to visually realize the entirety of the work.”

Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Rassoul is a Sudanese artist whose drawings of lines and threads form figures and objects enmeshed in poignant and quiet movements. These lines and ropes manipulate shadow and light, creating and contouring forms; their flexibility and fluidity direct the human eye, delivering a somber connectivity between line and object, object and viewer. This entanglement and ensnarement of object and lines delineates often somber and melancholic themes presented in beautifully contemplative compositions. Rassoul completed his undergraduate studies at Sudan University of Fine Arts in 2008.

Mohamed has presented three solo exhibitions in Khartoum (2012, 2013, 2023) and a solo exhibition in Jeddah (2015). He has participated in many group exhibitions, including a group exhibition at the Sudanese National Museum (2007); the British Council, Khartoum (2008); Features and Visions, The French Cultural Center (2010); Earth and Ever After, Jeddah Arts, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2016); African Amicitiae, Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam (2017); Anthropology of Detachment, Nairobi, Kenya (2014); and Nordic Encounters, Stockholm, Sweden (2014). Mohamed completed a residency program at the Thami Mnyele Foundation in Amsterdam (2014).

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