Banan Al-Nasery, B.A.N (born 1994 / American)
Banan Al-Nasery is an American multidisciplinary artist of Iraqi heritage. Her practice - spanning textile art, tapestry, painting, installations, and film photography - explores notions of home, migration, and consciousness through handcraft, material sensitivity, and personal narrative. Rooted in a metaphysical inquiry into the nature of self, her work seeks to deconstruct what we appear to be in order to touch the edges of what we are not.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in Venice, Seoul, Orange County, Cyprus, Amsterdam, Switzerland.
Exhibition History:
19-22 June, 2025- “Under Constriction,” a pop-up solo exhibit during Art Basel weekend, Durchgang Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
Jan-Feb 2025- “Portrait 2025,” Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Nov-Dec 2024- Arte Laguna Prize Finalist, Venice Exhibition at Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy.
June-Aug 2024– “Art with a Message,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California, USA.
Oct-Nov 2023- Screening “Made some friends along the way” at Larnaca Biennale, Cyprus.
Sep 2023-Feb 2024- Solo presentation of Viscera n°2, room installation at WiHH Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jan 2023- Solo presentation of Viscera n°1, outdoor installation at Atelier Château-Trompette, Geneva, Switzerland.
Aug-Oct 2022- "Wildflowers in the Concrete Jungle,” Group exhibition with Pace Gallery, NYC, NY, USA.
Publication:
(Upcoming) November 2025- Notch Magazine, Currents (Issue 003)
Oct 2024- “it’s all gravy”, a film photo-book by Banan Al-Nasery