Afrang Nordlöf Malekian (IR/SWE b. 1995) is an artist with a master’s degree in Fine Arts from The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem (2022). His practice engages with fugitive, ghostly, and diasporic cultures often regarded as apolitical, forgettable, or kitschy. His work explores how these (non)movements manifest in everyday life, creating the potential for improbable futures. Afrang Nordlöf Malekian is represented by institutions such as Moderna Museet, the Public Art Agency Sweden, and the Arab Image Foundation Library. He has previously conducted artistic research at the Arab Image Foundation and was artist-in-residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. He has exhibited at venues such as the 10th Berlin Biennale, Moderna Museet, Sophiensaele, Public Art Agency Sweden, and West Den Haag. Afrang Nordlöf Malekian is a member of the collective Noncitizen, and his work has been published in magazines and platforms such as Glänta and Paletten.
Afrang Nordlöf Malekian residency is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic- Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture.
This residency is organised by Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. Residency curators – Aušra Vismantaitė-Silva, Monika Kalinauskaitė and Edvinas Grinkevičius. Activities of Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association are funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture.
SODAS 2123 activities are supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius city municipality.
