born in Baghdad
lives and works in Toronto
lives and works in Toronto
email| sukainakubba at gmail
EDUCATION
2012 MLitt in Fine Art Practice, The Glasgow School of Art
1998 Bachelor of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal
1997 B.Sc.(Architecture), McGill University, Montreal
GRANTS and AWARDS
2021
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Development Grant, individual project
Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artists Creation Project Grant, individual project
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Development Grant for Alias Domaines
Canada Council for the Arts, Residency Grant, for ISCP NY
2019 Wichita City Arts Grant
2015 Glasgow Visual Art and Craft Award
2012 GSA MLitt Candidate for SPIE Graduate Prize
2000 Quebec Arts Council Artist Grant
RESIDENCIES
2022 & 2023 International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts
2022 La Wayaka Current, Atacama Desert, Chile, three-week residency
2022 Chashama North, Hudson Valley, NY, one-month residency
2019 Spring Residency at Fisch Haus, Wichita, Kansa
2015 Dumfries House Residency, Two-week residency, Ayrshire, Scotland
2014 WORK OUT, Two-month residency at Hilary Crisp Gallery, London
2014 Dumfries House Residency, One-week residency, Ayrshire, Scotland
2013 In Residence, Two-Month Summer Residency, Kendall Koppe Gallery, Glasgow
2011 Grymsdyke Farm Residency, Buckinghamshire
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2019 A Case of, Solo Exhibition at BILD.LAB, Fisch Haus, Wichita, Kansas
2016 Peaks, with Natalie McGowan, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
2016 Double-Blind, with Natalie McGowan, Intermedia, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow
2016 As You Were, with Carmel O’Brien, an Opera Autonoma Production, Glasgow International 2016
2015 Mortem Simulans, with Carmel O’Brien, Commissioned by Merchant City Festival, Glasgow
2014 WORK OUT, Solo Project at Hilary Crisp Gallery, London, UK
2013 Pavor Nocturnus, Solo Exhibition, Kendall Koppe Gallery, Glasgow
2012 L’anniversaire, Solo Exhibition, Espace Projet, Montreal
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2022 (upcoming)
o "A Murder By Crows" video essays, Digital commission for Bugs & Beasts by Bamboat and Mitchell
2022
o Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
o Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
o "Being on This Boat is Not Revenge," audio poem commissioned by Radiophrenia 2022, broadcasting from Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, by Alias Domaines with Craig Mulholland
o "Being on This Boat is Not Revenge," commission by Radiophrenia for Borealis Festival, Bergen
2021
o Thinking through Holes; a collaborative performance with Becky Sik, Collective, Edinburgh
o MINUS TARGET, with Craig Mulholland, Tide Wave Radio, Glasgow
o MINUS TARGET, with Craig Mulholland, Borealis Festival 2021, Bergen, Norway
2020
o MINUS TARGET, with Craig Mulholland, Radiophrenia 2020, www.radiophrenia.scot
o Costume for MV Brown performance at Plicnik Space Initiative, www.plicnik.space
o Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto
2019
o Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
o MINUS TARGET presented at From Glissant Unfixed and Unbounded, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, curated by Catherine Sicot, Wanda Nanibush and Pamela Edmunds. By Alias Domaines with Craig Mulholland
o Gweneva International, Eat Prey Love, curated by Gwenan Davies and Geneva Sills, Glasgow
o Costume for Careless Whispers III for MV Brown, at HEAVY DUTY, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2018
o Exquisite Corpse, Curated by, James Sayer, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow
o Costume for Careless Whispers II for MV Brown, at Performance Pets, curated by Fyodor Pavlov Andreevich & Anna Shpilko, at Fatima Maleki’s House, London
o N-E-U P-N-E-U-M-A-T-I-C-S !, Contributor, Exhibition and Performances by Craig Mulholland, Carmel O’Brien and MV Brown, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow International 2018
o Exquisite Offerings, curated by Ellis Luxemburg, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow International 2018
o Participating Performer, I’m Going to Tell You About My Life, Esther Ferrer, Pearce Institute, Glasgow International 2018
o Participating Performer, LOOP, Alys Owen and Beth Shapeero at the Glasgow Underground Subway, part of Glasgow International 2018
2017
o HERE: Locating Contemporary Canadian Artists, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, curated by Swapnaa Tamhane
o Performance for Adam Lewis Jacob: History Happens At Night, CCA Creative Lab Residency, Glasgow; and Emotional Need at Collective, Edinburgh
o Cities Programme/ ULTRA VIRES: video/ performance for lightreading with Sarah Rose at CCA Glasgow, curated by Kari Robertson
o Things, 6 Dixon Street, Glasgow, curated by Very Friendly and withfc
o Costume for Careless Whispers, Performance by MV Brown, Venice International Performance Week
2016
o Performance for ULTRA VIRES, with Craig Mulholland, for lightreading (Sarah Rose and Sonya Lacey) and Good Press, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow www.vimeo.com/475929949
o Gwenan International, In The Office, Curated by Gwenan Davies, Hope Street, Glasgow
2014
o Gwenan InterKubba, Curated by Gwenan Davies and Sukaina Kubba, 173 Kenmure Street, Glasgow
o Le swimming, Glasgow International Festival 2014, Underground Car Park, Glasgow
o Gwenan International 2014, Curated by Gwenan Davies, The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow
o Lucy Donna, with Jenny Lewis & Alys Owen, Underground Car Park at Flemming House, Glasgow
2013
o “A Deeper Understanding,” video for NITEFLIGHTS, curated by Michelle Hannah, CCA Glasgow
o Voyage, curated by Imi Maufe and Rona Rangsch, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany
o Acts of Longevity, The Briggait, Glasgow
o Gwenan and Justin International, curated by Gwenan Davies and Justin Stephens, Glasgow
o Gwenan International, “An Evening of…”, Curated by Gwenan Davies, 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow
o EROTTAA+-US Round-up of Deer, Glue Factory, Glasgow
2012
o EROTTAA+-US Round-up of Deer, Aalto Media Lume Centre, Helsinki
o Masters of Letters, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK
o Gwenan International, Curated by Gwenan Davies, 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow
ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS
ALIAS DOMAINES Transatlantic collaboration with Craig Mulholland: Cruise ships, trade and proxies, with support from Canada
NYLON PIRATES with Madeleine Virginia Brown: Nylons, costumes, make-up and collaborative performance
AS YOU WERE with Carmel O’Brien, fabrics and fabrication in design, fashion, architecture
ACADEMIC WORK
2021-now SESSIONAL LECTURER VISUAL STUDIES
Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
University of Toronto
2013 to 2018 LECTURER AND CURATOR THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART
o LECTURER (Fixed-Term Assistant Professor) Undergraduate Painting and Printmaking
o SUPERVISOR and LECTURER(Fixed-Term Assistant Professor) Master of Research in Creative Practices
Practice Lecturer (2015 to 2017) and Interim Programme Leader (2017)
o VISITING LECTURER MLitt in Fine Art Practice (Seminars, tutorials and
o CO-DIRECTOR and CURATOR LAST FUTURES, a year-long cross-institutional Programme,
Exhibition and performances at Tramway, Glasgow with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), Glasgow University and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO)
o CURATOR NEW DREAMS, Cross-institutional project,
Exhibitions at The Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University
o PROGRAM COORDINATOR PHOENIX BURSARY one year project with graduates after the 2014 Mackintosh fire
o CURATOR PHOENIX BURSARY EXHIBITION at the Reid Building, 2015
o PRODUCER and CURATOR NEU NOW Festival, for the European League of Institutes of the Arts, with Royal Conservatoire Scotland, at Reid Gallery, GSA
o CURATOR 1913: RITE OF SPRING, Exhibitions and performances at Tramway and venues across Glasgow, with the RCS and BBCSSO
OTHER ACADEMIC WORK
2013 - 2019
VISITING LECTURER
o Waterloo School of Architecture, Cambridge, Ontario
o Daniels' School of Architecture, University of Toronto, Ontario
o Undergraduate Fine Arts - Concordia University, Montreal
o Transdiscipinary Design MFA, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York
o Barnard and Columbia Colleges Architecture Programme, New York
o Master of Architecture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004
o RESEARCH ASSISTANT - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
CURATION, COLLABORATION AND WORK
2022
Narrator: for "We Were Here All Along," a short film directed by Saadia Muzaffar
2021
o Performance for Dolphins, Ships and Other Vessels, by Bambitchell, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
2019
o Narrator: Beasts and Bugs before the Law, a film by Bambitchell, presented at Mercer Union, Toronto and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
o Artist Workshop ‘Objects of Adornment’ at MAKE ICT, Wichita, Kansas
2018
o Artist / Publication workshops with Govan Community Project, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow
o Project Manager for Syrian Artist Nihad Al Turk, hired by Creative Scotland, Edinburgh
o Performer, I’m Going to Tell You About My Life, Esther Ferrer, Pearce Institute, Glasgow International 2018
2017
o Producer/ Counterflows Festival 2017
o Readings and Performance for Adam Lewis Jacob: History Happens At Night,
CCA Creative Lab,Glasgow; and Emotional Need, Collective, Edinburgh
o Arabic English Interpreter, translator for Legal Aid with Govan Community Project, Glasgow
2016
0 Producer, Counterflows Residency, Andrea Neumann and Adam Campbell, CCA Creative Lab, Glasgow
2014
o Co-Curator, Gwenan Inter Kubba, with Gwenan Davies, Kenmure Street, Glasgow
2013-2014
o Curator/ Underground Car Park, Glasgow,
a year-log programme of Events and Exhibitions at Fleming House, Glasgow
2006-2010
o Senior Architect: Arif & Bintoak, Dubai, 2006-2010;
- Project Architect for residential master plans for TDIC, Abu Dhabi
- Project Architect for residential, commercial and hospitality projects in Dubai
2004-2006
o Architect (stagiare) Menkes Schooner Degenais Letourneux, Montreal
- Designer for small renovation projects (eg. Scotia Bank, Concordia University)
- Part of Design Team for Pfizer Canada Headquarters, Kirkland, winner of multiple design awards
- Architectural Competitions for Museums and Hotel Projects
2001-2003
o Architect (stagiare) Affleck & De La Riva, Montreal
Part of Design team for:
- Minton Hill House, Eastern Townships, QC, winner of several design awards
- Notre-Dame College, renovation and restoration
- Montreal City Hall, restoration
- Architectural competitions and project proposals
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/ PRESS
2021
o TENANCY PART 11: DOCUMENTS IN TIME, commissioned by Map Magazine and Document Human Rights Film Festival
www.mapmagazine.co.uk/tenancy-part-11
2020
o Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Exhibition catalogue, by Aga Khan Museum Gallerie de Prigioni
2018
o Hommages, No.1, Contributing Artist, Composed and edited by Craig Mulholland
o LAST FUTURES/ BBC Interviews GO TO Behind the Scenes:
2017
o OTHER LIBRARIES: Editor, Collaborative publication with Govan Community Project and Centre for Contemporary Art,
o HERE: Locating Contemporary Canadian Artists, Exhibition Catalogue, published by the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto
- Press: Art Forum: www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201709/here-locating-contemporary-canadian-artists-71809
o HERE: Locating Canadian Artists, Interview and Panel Discussion
2016
o ULTRA VIRES, Architectural proposal, with Craig Mulholland, published by lightreading (Sarah Rose and Sonya Lacey),
presented at David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Sans Serif Amsterdam, the New York Art Fair, and Good Press, Glasgow
o NEW DREAMS/ BBC Interview with Student Curators and Designers: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03slcd4
2015
o Drawing for Queens Park Music Club, Volume 2, published by Queens Park Railway Club, Glasgow
o Phoenix Exhibition Catalogue, published by the Glasgow School of Art
o Phoenix Bursary and Exhibition Press:
- BBC Interviews and showcase:
- ARTNews: http://www.artnews.com/2015/07/27/a-year-after-fire-glasgow-school-of-art-students-present-new-work/
- Evening Times: www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13409155.phoenix-bursary-exhibition-at-glasgow-school-of-art/
2013
o La Femme Sombra, Artist Book for Voyage, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany