Eslam Abd El Salam
Eslam Abd El Salam is a visual artist and photographer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland whose work focuses on walking as a pedagogical practice and is centred around the body: the body in motion, in contact with nature and in the presence of other bodies.
Through the mediums of analogue photography, polaroids, text and mixed media, Eslam considers notions of synchronicity, specifically in relation to friendship and serendipitous encounters with others. Eslam’s photography often takes place in domestic settings, spaces in which playfulness and vulnerability combine.
During his residency Eslam will develop a multidisciplinary project about the distance (geographically, spiritually, and mentally) between himself and his mother using moving images, archival photographs, and a possible broadcast phone call.
Deeply embedded in spirituality, his work expands on what it means to surrender to the present moment, with others and in nature, and with intuition as a guiding principle.
Embracing naivety in all its forms, Eslam’s work views openness as a means of creating mutual recognition.
Based in Belfast since 2022, Eslam’s journey to Ireland began in March 2019 as an artist-in-residence at The Curfew Tower in Cushendall. His work has been exhibited internationally in Finland, France, Latvia, Egypt, and the UK.
Residency Period: December ‘25 - March ‘26
