Ihab S Balla

Ihab S Balla is a visual artist and educator based in Australia. Across and against mediums, disciplines, and compositions, they are concerned with the anti-disciplinary, autoethnographic synthesis of ideas that contemplate, feel, and map liberatory possibilities. Balla works at the intersection of theory, science, black feminist pedagogy, and collaborative art-making to survey otherwise relational configurations. They have participated in several local and international residencies and teach at the Victorian College of Arts (University of Melbourne). They are the recipient of the Future Generations Scholarship (University of Melbourne), the Ian Potter Emerging Artist grant, and Australia Art Council grant. Balla is currently completing an MFA at Bard College (NY).