Selma Selman | Photo: Mehmed Mahmutovic Selma Selman
Selma Selman (1991) defines herself as an artist of Roma origins, and not a Romani artist, a subtle, yet critical distinction in her work. Her art embodies the struggles of her own life as well as her community, employing a plethora of media such as performance, painting, photography and video installations. Selman utilises her personal background as a lens through which she can understand the universal human condition and its idiosyncrasies.
Selma Selman is one of the participating artists of the exhibition From what will we reassemble ourselves (2020), conceived by Anna Dasović and curated by Natasha Marie Llorens at Framer Framed, Amsterdam.
In 2021 – 2023 she was a resident at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam. In 2025, the twelfth ABN AMRO Art Prize was awarded to Selma Selman. As part of the prize, Selman created the exhibition Sleeping Guards (2025), on display at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. In this exhibition, she uses performance, drawings, installations and film to highlight the position of women and the appreciation of labour and materials in a powerful and poetic way.
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