Navine G. Dossos

Navine G. Dossos (b. 1982, London) is a visual artist working between London and the island of Aegina, Greece. Her practice spans mural painting, sewing, ceramics, and community workshops, and she has developed a distinctive form of geometric abstraction that merges the decorative traditions of Islamic art with the algorithmic logic of the contemporary networked world. She studied History of Art at the University of Cambridge, Arabic at Kuwait University, Islamic Art at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London, and holds an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design. In 2014–2015, she was a participant at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. Her work addresses the complex relationship between Islam and the West in both historical and contemporary contexts — thematic interests include geometry as information and decoration, image calibration, aniconism in contemporary culture, and Orientalism in the digital realm. Major bodies of work have engaged directly with UK counter-terrorism surveillance policy (the Prevent programme), ISIS media imagery, the Khashoggi assassination, and climate psychology. Solo exhibitions include “Kind Words Can Never Die” at IMMA, Dublin (2022); “No Such Organisation” at NOME Gallery, Berlin (2018–2020); “There Is No Alternative” at The Showroom, London (2019); and “McLean” at ICA Virginia Commonwealth University (2023). Group exhibitions at Lagos Biennial, Taipei Biennial, SALT Istanbul, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Museum of Islamic Art Doha, and Benaki Museum Athens. Co-founding member of Vessel, an Aegina-based collective with James Bridle. ArtReview Future Greats (2019). Homepage: khandossos.com

Selected Bibliography
Dossos, Navine G. TINA — There Is No Alternative. London: The Showroom / Chateau International, 2021.