SAFA BALUCHI
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ABOUT
Safa Baluchi (*1992, Muscat, Oman) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Muscat working across choreography, textiles, and visual art. Her practice engages the body as both medium and site of inquiry, investigating how personal and collective histories are carried, worn, and transformed through material presence. Drawing on her Baloch heritage, embodied research, and scored gesture, her work constructs layered spaces that treat movement, sound, and repurposed materials as living archives, proposing identity as something continuously rehearsed and reconfigured.EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2026 — Portable Pendol, TextileInma Art Exhibition, Al Mirani Fort, Muscat, Oman
2025 — Body as a Witness, Multimedia Live Performance (commission)
IDEA Festival Opening Program, Jordan National Museum of Fine Arts, Amman
2024 — I Ask Permission From The Land, Solo Performance (commission)
Un|Controlled Gestures Shows, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin
2024 — Ziyarat Qabul, Solo Performance
Un|Controlled Gestures Cairo Presentation, Goethe-Institut, Cairo
2024 — The Fish is Watching × Ardh, Textile (commission)
Ardh Open Air Studio, Mirsah Program, Zawraq Collective, Kalbuh Park, Muscat
2023 — Revisiting Home, Solo Performance
Resonance Residency Presentation, Saari Residence, Mynämäki, Finland
2023 — Sohrnaz, Solo Performance (commission)
Intermix Residency Exhibition, JAX District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2022 — The Unfolding City, Mixed Media Installation (commission)
Ahlam Al Asr Exhibition, Zawraq Collective, Muttrah Fort, Muscat
2020 — Washing Series, Performance Documentation, Two-channel Video (commission)
Resonance Exhibition, Stal Gallery, Muscat
2018 — Topographies of the Self, Multimedia Installation
Disfiguration Exhibition, Stal Gallery, Muscat
2018 — Hands Portraits, Multimedia Installation
Crossroads Exhibition, Mariendom Neviges, Velbert, Germany
RESIDENCIES
2025 — Mycelium ResidencyRemal Lab, Studio8, Amman, Jordan
Supported by Prince Claus Fund, Drosos Foundation, MMAG Foundation, NAVE
2024 — Un|Controlled Gestures — Phase 02
HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
Supported by Goethe-Institut
2024 — Un|Controlled Gestures — Phase 01
Goethe-Institut, Cairo, Egypt
Supported by Goethe-Institut
2023 — Resonance Finland
The Wapping Project, London & Saari Residence, Mynämäki, Finland
Supported by Kone Foundation
2022–2023 — Intermix Residency
ATHR JAX District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Supported by Ministry of Culture (MOC)
2019–2020 — Resonance Oman
The Wapping Project, London & Stal Gallery, Muscat
Supported by British Council
2018 — Crossroads — 25th European Artists Symposium
European ARTISTS e.V., Velbert, Germany
FELLOWSHIPS & WORKSHOPS
2022 — ifa CrossCulture Programme FellowshipVincent Productions GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Supported by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
2022 — Civil Society — Reflection, Representation & Realization
Berlin Art Institute (BAI), Berlin, Germany
Supported by ifa (CrossCulture Programme)
2018 — Journalism and Art Workshop
Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
Supported by Goethe-Institut
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 — Selections Arts MagazineMovement: Sculpture as Dance, Dance as Sculpture, Panel Discussion Feature
2024 — HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Un|Controlled Gestures 3rd Edition, Programme Text
2023 — The Wapping Project
Resonance: Finland, Commission Documentation
2022–23 — Intermix Residency Catalogue
Ministry of Culture, Riyadh
2021 — The Wapping Project Podcast
Season 4, Episode featuring Omani Artists, hosted by Gareth Evans
2020 — Art Market Magazine
Four Artists from Oman and the Fluxus Event Scores
2020 — The Wapping Project
Resonance 2, Bilingual Publication (EN/AR)
2020 — Stal Gallery
Resonance, Exhibition Press Release
AWARDS
2021 — Best Project Proposal, Muscat Art DistrictCreative Mornings Cultural Program, Muscat, Oman
Supported by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth
2015 — Best Concept Prize, Young Emerging Artist Prize (YEAP)
Stal Gallery, Muscat, Oman
Supported by Alserkal Group
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024–2026 — Creative DirectorJibal Al Hajar Forts & Resorts LLC, Muscat, Oman
2017–2019 — Exhibition Coordinator
Stal Gallery, Muscat, Oman
2017–2019 — Graphic Designer / Creative Director in Training
Zeenah Agency, Muscat, Oman
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