Mohammed Z. Rahman is a British-Bengali visual artist based in London whose work puts socio-political and personal histories into conversation. Rahman’s visual output includes painting, installation, illustration and zines. With a background in social anthropology, Rahman's work interweaves personal, social and folk histories of migration, labour, queerness, family and class. Rahman’s paintings disturb conventions of domestic space and custom in favour of dream logic and moments of magical realism, excavating stories of overlooked figures and everyday resistance. Rahman's debut solo show of paintings and installation, City of Burrows, was held at Phillida Reid in spring 2023. This was followed by A Flame is a Petal in 2024 for London Gallery Weekend. He has previously worked on projects with institutions including the Whitechapel Gallery; Brent Biennial; Goethe-Institut; UCL Culture; Tate Modern; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; and V&A East. Rahman has also worked with grassroots arts organisations, including Metroland Cultures, Oitij-jo, gal-dem, Writing Our Legacy, Skin Deep Magazine, Wasafiri Magazine, Aire Place Studios and The Willowherb Review
