Biography

Sudanese-born artist Yassir Ali Mohammed was born in Kasala, East Sudan in 1969.  He trained in Khartoum and since 2007, lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya.

His practice is deeply engaged with the notion of a Sudanese visual identity. He explores the trajectory of ancient Nubian symbols from historical to contemporary visual culture, inspired by the universality of their shapes and formations, and how they have developed through time and across cultures.

Ali graduated with a Degree in Fine Art from the Sudan University of Science and Technology in 1997.

He has held solo exhibitions in Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and Bahrain.  He has worked out of a studio at the Kuona Trust Art Centre in Nairobi.   Yassir is involved in many projects for Sudanese children like for Nafage Art Workshop Abd elKarim Mirghani Cultural Centre (AKMCC) in Sudan since 1998 and he is also responsible for promoting manual work of displaced poor and school left out children since 2000 for organization called Children’s Culture of AKMCC. He is also member of the Almada Art Group and the Union for Sudanese Artists.

Yassir has worked with Almasi Art Agency in the recent Out of Africa Edition exhibition at The Sands at Nomad and currently shows at the Agency’s space in Diani.