Lin May Saeed (born in 1973, Würzburg, died in 2023, Berlin) was a German-Iraqi artist based in Berlin. Her work, which often features Styrofoam sculptures and wall-based reliefs, as well as steel gates, silhouettes and drawings, addresses the human-animal relationship. Through her distinctive imagery, which weaves together recognisable motifs from Eastern and Western cultures, Saeed explores narratives of animal subjugation and autonomy.
Lin May Saeed studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and co-founded the Project Space Center in Berlin. Prior to the postmortem tribute dedicated to her in 2024 concurrently by GAMeC, Bergamo, and the Biennale Gherdina, Ortisei, Saeed exhibited at the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin (2023), Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts (2020), Studio Voltaire, London (2018), and Lulu, Mexico City (2017). She featured in group exhibitions at Manifesta 15, Barcelona (2024); Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany (2023); Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2021); M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp (2021); Aspen Art Museum, Colorado (2020); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2019); the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts (2019); Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2018); mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (2018); and Köln Skulptur, Cologne (2017).
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