Forthcoming solo show at Canal Projects – May 2025

Karimah Ashadu’s (b. 1985, London, UK) first institutional solo show in the USA will open at Canal Projects in May 2025. Central to the show is the award-winning film “Machine Boys” (2024).

Save the Date – Opening on May 9, 2025

Forthcoming group show at MoMA PS1 Announced – April 2025

Karimah Ashadu’s (b. 1985, London, UK) work will feature in the group exhibition “The Gatherers” at MoMA PS1, New York. The show is curated by Ruba Katrib, Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, with Sheldon Gooch, Curatorial Assistant. It will include Ashadu’s film “Brown Goods” (2020).

Ashadu’s practice employs an intimate and singular lens to examine notions of labour, formations and perceptions of the self, masculinity, and patriarchal systems within the economic, social, and cultural context of West Africa.

Save the Date – April 24–October 6, 2025

“Machine Boys” at the 13th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival

“Machine Boys” has been selected in the program of the 13th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival. It will be screened on Sunday December 8th.

 
 
 

“Machine Boys” at the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin

“Machine Boys” will be screened at Pathé Les Fauvettes Movie Theater on Saturday November 23rd at 2PM, as part of the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin program.

“Machine Boys” at the 2024 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

“Machine Boys” will be screened from November 16th to November 23rd in different venues in Amsterdam, as part of the International Documentary Film Festival‘s program.

Click here to see the full program of screening for “Machine Boys”.

“Machine Boys” at 28th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

“Machine Boys” will be screened at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur on November 6th at 3:30 PM, at Maxx 5 and on November 9th at 7 PM, at Maxx 6.