Selma Selman's 600 Years of Migrant Mothers at Kunsthuis SYB explores Roma matrilineal history through multimedia.

Selma Selman's exhibition, titled 600 Years of Migrant Mothers, is currently on display at Kunsthuis SYB in the Netherlands. This showcase delves into her family's maternal lineage spanning six centuries. It includes seven annotated line drawings, two sculptures crafted from repurposed aluminum milk tanks, and wallpaper inscribed with 'the mother of my mother's mother...'. Selman's research journey led her to Prishtina, Kosovo, where her maternal relatives resided in the Romani-populated Moravska neighborhood. Her video The Wedding Feast (1998/2005) captures a Roma wedding, while I Couldn't Find My Grandmother's Grave (2025) depicts a cemetery impacted by development. The Visitors (2025) installation features drawings of women with absent eyes, and The Dinner (2025) alludes to Romani customs. From March to June 2025, Blerta Ismaili communicated with Selman about her grandmother Ajša Bahtijarević's grave. The exhibition sheds light on the archival gaps and historical erasures faced by Roma communities following the Yugoslav Wars and the 1999 Kosovo War.