Huda Takriti Awarded 2025 Han Nefkens Foundation Video Art Grant
Huda Takriti, a Syrian artist born in Damascus in 1990 and currently residing in Vienna, has received the 2025 Museu Tàpies Video Art Production Grant from the Han Nefkens Foundation. This grant, amounting to $15,000, will fund a new video project that is set to be showcased in 2025 across five venues: NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, WIELS in Brussels, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila, Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, and Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina in Naples. Takriti's work focuses on colonial archives and anti-imperialist movements, and the jury commended her distinctive research approach. She views the grant as an opportunity to change narratives and advocate for justice in the realm of art, supporting emerging artists from Central and West Asia.
Key facts
- Huda Takriti wins 2025 Museu Tàpies Video Art Production Grant
- Grant provides $15,000 for new screen-based video work
- Takriti's work will be exhibited at five partner institutions in 2025
- Takriti is a Syrian multidisciplinary artist born in 1990 in Damascus
- Takriti is based in Vienna and pursuing a PhD at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Jury chaired by Han Nefkens praised Takriti's proposal for openness and unique perspective
- Grant supports emerging visual artists from Central and West Asia
- Takriti's work engages with colonial archives through decolonial and feminist lens
Entities
Artists
- Huda Takriti
- Han Nefkens
Institutions
- Han Nefkens Foundation
- Museu Tàpies
- NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
- WIELS
- Museum of Contemporary Art and Design Manila
- Jameel Arts Centre Dubai
- Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina Naples
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- ArtAsiaPacific
Locations
- Damascus
- Syria
- Vienna
- Austria
- Singapore
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Manila
- Philippines
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- Naples
- Italy