Artist Talk
By Prem Sahib
The final event within the context of the group show ‘A time when the dogs barked every night’ is an artist talk by Prem Sahib. Sahib is one of the six artists that is part of the show. The artist talk will take place in Woonhuis itself.
Prem Sahib (UK) previously studied at The Slade School of Fine Art 2002-06 and has an MA in Material & Visual Culture from University College London (2006-08). Recent exhibitions include The Life Cycle of a Flea, a solo presentation at Phillida Reid, London (2023), the 12th Göteborg Biennial for Contemporary Art (2023). Sahib’s work has been shown in Balconies, Kunstverein Hamburg (2017) and Side On, ICA London (2015) as well in group shows at Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE; Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland; Whitechapel Gallery; Hayward Gallery, London; KW Institute of Art, Berlin, Germany; Des Moines Art Centre, Iowa, USA; and the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea. Their work is in the collections of Tate, The Arts Council, Government Art Collection, UK; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA; Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Norway; X Museum, Beijing, China; and MONA, Australia. That Fire Over There, an artist’s book developed from Descent, Sahib’s three-part show of 2020-21, was published in summer 2023 by Book Works, London.
