19/05/2026
Warm welcome to our artist-in-residence, Raed Ibrahim!
During his stay in Vienna, Raed Ibrahim will present a new work in public space on the wide sidewalk in front of philomena+. The project Sitting on the Sidewalk developed together with artist Marlene Hausegger and curator Sibylle Omlin will open on May 28, 2026, at 7 pm. In a lecture at Kunstuniversität Linz and an artist talk philomena+ us on June 11, 2026, at 6 pm, Raed Ibrahim will offer insights into his artistic practice.
Raed Ibrahim (*1971 in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) lives and works as an artist and art educator in Amman, Jordan. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Fine Art Institute at the Lebanese University (1994). In 2014, he earned his MFA in Art in Public Spaces from EDHEA – École de Design et Haute École d’art du Valais in Sierre. He teaches at the Faculty of Design and Fine Arts at the University of Jordan. Previously, he worked as a consultant for the development of the Children’s Museum in Jordan and led numerous workshops on the topics of artistic thinking, diversity, research, and cultural activism, including four editions of the Spring Sessions (2014–2017) at the Darat al Funun Foundation. His exhibition activities have taken him—in addition to exhibitions in Jordan—to Cairo, Paris, Switzerland, Singapore, and Seoul.
His interests lie in the development of an art-historical ontology, as well as in the discussion and improvement of the local and regional environment for art education, art production, and cultural policy. He specializes in public art and art interventions.
Raed Ibrahim's residency in Vienna is supported by Culture Resource المورد الثقافي.
The project Sitting on the Sidewalk is part of philomena+ yearly programme supported by Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Stadt Wien | cultural affairs, BasisKultur Wien, Bezirksvorstehung Leopoldstadtt.
