Tasnim Mahdy

Artist, Facilitator and Production Designer

London, UK www.tasnimmahdy.com (+44) 7972218814 tasnimhmahdy@gmail.com

@tasnimmahdy

www.tasnimmahdy.com

SKILLS

Tasnim Mahdy is a London-based Egyptian artist working with water-based image-making, ritual pedagogy, and decolonial archival practices. Her installations and cyanotype prints explore memory, ecology, and migration. She has created participatory works with Amnesty International, Refugee Week, Southbank Centre, and Royal Museums Greenwich, centering collective storytelling, overlooked histories, and the material intelligence of water.

TekstLab Global Voices Festival, Oslo, Noway — Artist & Facilitator Sep 2022 – Dec 2022

'Being Human Festival' South Bank University x Counterpoints Arts, London — Artist & Facilitator September 2022- November 2022

' The Ghost Meridian' , Royal Museums of Greenwich x BLKBRD Collective, London — Artist & Facilitator June 2020 - Jan 2021

Link to the Cutty Sark Sail

‘Banner Take Over', Royal Museums of Greenwich x BLKBRD Collective, London — Artist & Facilitator July 2020- October 2020

24 banners encircling the museum grounds for 3 months; involved 30+ refugee participation

‘Relay 6.6', hArtslane x BLKBRD Collective, London — Artist June 2020

'Thinking in Crisis Times'King's College London , London — Artist Talk & Residency Feb 2020 - March 2020

‘Street Art, Public Memory and Collective Practice with Tasnim Mahdy’ Artist Talk

‘Transforming the Ordinary’ Artist Workshop for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students at KCL

PUBLIC ART & MURALS

Artichoke Trust, London — Community Muralist for Summer School, London – August 2023

‘Through Their Eyes’, Bridge House Garden & Lewisham Grow, & After School Club, London — Muralist & Facilitator April 2024 - Present Community Gardens Mural & workshops

Muralist Shangri-La, Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury — Muralist & Facilitator June 2023 - Present

‘BLKBOX’, Glastonbury ‘22 Festival, Glastonbury — Co-Artist Muralist (with Deanio X) June 2022 Media

‘Champion of Sound’, SOHO House, London — Co-Artist Muralist June 2022 Media

‘A Departure With No Return’, Southbank Centre x BLKBRD Collective x Counterpoints Arts, London — Touring Mural Mar 2021 – Sep 2021

‘Bearer’s of Home’, Museum of the Home x BLKBRD Collective, London — Digital Illustrator/Mural Jul 2021 – Sep 2021

‘Dancing Diaspora’, Primary & Secondary schools in Greenwich & Woolwich x BLKBRD Collective, London — Murals installed outside of schools& Facilitator Oct 2020 – Apr 202121

‘BLOOM!’ Art Night — Outdoor Mural - Art Night x New Covent Garden Market x BLKBRD Collective , London — Artist
May 2020 – Sep 2020 Media Link

‘The Stay Strong Route’ x16 Murals, BLKBRD Collective, All Over London — Street Art Murals 2020- 2021

A series of murals across a-boarded up London During Lockdown to transmit messages of resilience for Marginalised Keyworkers

‘Bearers of Home’, Museum of the Home, Public Installation 2021

Five double-sided banners installed on Kingsland Road for 10 weeks

The Ghost Meridian Sail , 12 × 7 m Outdoor Installation, Cutty Sark, Royal Museums of Greenwich x BLKBRD Collective, London — 2020 -21

Digital-print on sailcloth, research-led design, heritage consultation

‘BLOOM', Art Night Vitrine x BLKBRD Collective, London — Artist & Facilitator May 2020 – Sep 2020

‘TekstLab Global Voices Showcase, Oslo, Norway — Artist Dec 2022

Collage Mural Featuring collaborative art from 12 youth partipants

‘Book of Wonders, Cyanotype Series', Royal Museums of Greenwich , London — Artist & Facilitator November 2024 – Present

RMG archives & Cyanotype Workshops with Lewisham Refugee Migrant Network & Iraqi Women’s Association

WORKSHOPS & FACILITATION

'A Departure with No Return’ Moving Mural' SouthBank Centre, London — Artist Mar – Sep 2021

Victoria & Albert Museum x Refugee Week, London — Artist & Facilitator July 2024
Cyanotypes collaboration with John Hunnex from NHM and Iraqi Women’s Association‘Archives & Markings of Home',

Counterpoints Arts/Refugee Week , London — Artist & Facilitator June 2024 – Present Collaboration with John Hunnex making Cyanotypes from Archives of Juliana Codex Anisi

Summer School Lead facilitator, Artichoke Trust, London — Artist & Facilitator August 2023- Present Lead & programme a week long street art & Art workshops for Youth from Tower Hamlets

‘You Belong Here’ Riverside Cyanotype Workshop, Southbank Centre x Refugee Week, London — Artist & Facilitator July 2024 A Public Cyanotype workshop, over 250 participants joined the workshop

‘Spring Gathering & Cyanotype workshop’,LION: Land In Our Names, London — Artist & Facilitator May 2025

‘Healing Through Art’, Art Course in Arabic, Royal Museums of Greenwich, London — Artist & Facilitator July Apr – Jun 2022 Sculpture, Rosary beads/jewellery making, painting with Migrnat women in a Women's shelter

‘Natures Nurture’, London Wild Life Trust, London — Artist & Facilitator April - May 2024 Mural Workshop with Youth

FILM, SET DESIGN & STORYBOARDS

‘The Best Man’ Short Film, Amazon x NFTS, London — Production Designer October- December 2024

‘In Loving Memory’ Short Film, London — Production Designer -April 2024

‘MANGO’ Short Film, London — Art Department-May 2024

‘The Tobacconist’ Short Film, BFI, London — Art Director- Oct-December 2023

‘CELESTE’ Ebun Sodipo, Victoria’s Secret, Pulse Films, Amazon, London — Storyboard Artist- May- June 2023

‘Cab Ride the Series’ Short Film, BFI, London — Storyboard Artist- 2022

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & GALLERY PROJECTS

‘’Our Home’ , Amnesty International x William Morris Gallery, London —Facilitate Collaborative Mural Fabric Workshop & Exhibition- June 2024
Sumud (صمود‎‎) — Group fundraiser exhibition for Palestine | Cyanotype Exhibition, London - June 2024

‘’The Sanford Vitrine’ , Deptford X, London —Ink on Wallpaper, Exhibition- September - October 2023

‘Congeal Me Not’ , Live performance, The Factory Project (Frieze Festival), London —Dance Performance Collaborating with Natalia Janula - October 2021

‘Stories from the Roads of Empire’ Group Exhibition, Being Human Festival’ ,South Bank University, Exhibition - November 2022
Co-facilitated a collaborative workshop for 17 participants with lived migration experience & three academics, Deanio X and Dana Olarescu.

PRESS

References By request

Dijana, Senior Producer at Counterpoints Arts

John Hunnex Curator at Natural History Museum

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & GALLERY PROJECTS

‘’Our Home’ , Amnesty International x William Morris Gallery, London —Facilitate Collaborative Mural Fabric Workshop & Exhibition- June 2024

Sumud (صمود‎‎) — Group fundraiser exhibition for Palestine | Cyanotype Exhibition, London - June 2024

‘’The Sanford Vitrine’ , Deptford X, London —Ink on Wallpaper, Exhibition- September - October 2023

‘Congeal Me Not’ , Live performance, The Factory Project (Frieze Festival), London —Dance Performance Collaborating with Natalia Janula - October 2021

‘Stories from the Roads of Empire’ Group Exhibition, Being Human Festival’ ,South Bank University, Exhibition - November 2022

Co-facilitated a collaborative workshop for 17 participants with lived migration experience & three academics, Deanio X and Dana Olarescu.