Aliyah Hasinah is a curator, writer, producer and aspiring historian/filmmaker. Her most recent projects include Decolonising the Curatorial research project in Barbados, Brazil & News York, BASS Festival 2019, Bald Black Girls Exhibition, ‘The Past Is Now’ exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Apples and Snakes Poetic Theatre Makers Programme, SBTV Custard Factory Pop up, TEDxBrum 2017 and more.
Aliyah focuses her work on decolonial thought in practice and through honouring global and historical knowledge production. She has worked with the V&A, Southbank Centre, Saqi Books, The Midlands Art Centre, Eventbrite, Birmingham Hippodrome, BMAG, BBC, Channel 4 Random Acts amongst others.
Interested to developing curated installations and campaigns across visual arts and music.
Twitter: @aliyahhasinah
Instagram: @aliyahhasinah
Website: www.aliyahhasinah.com
Projects
- LOVING (2021)What does it take to achieve and receive unconditional love? That is the question Aliyah Hasinah explores in her docu-short ‘Loving’ . The London-based director, writer and curator turned to her close friends to create this moving and honest film that unpacks their personal perspectives on love.
- Bim DebutsA series of artist features and content curated by myself for a Instagram takeover of the Creative Debuts account. Each week from 11th Feb 2021, we feature a visual artists from Barbados who's work I love. This was a project pitched and managed by myself with Collage Artwork from Safiya Farah. Artists featured include Alanis Forde, Akilah Watts, Anna Gibson & more.
- Built From Past At Present ExhibitionThe Future is often thought about in isolation or in detachment from the past and present. Built From Past at Present exhibits new and existing work from Emmanuel Unaji, Adama Jalloh & Najma Abdulle exploring how the future is built of reimagination and by carving the past and putting what’s carved into practice at the present. Built From Past at Present focuses is on the multiple black futures black people across the world are creating everyday through exhibiting the work of 3 Black Artists in
- Decoloniality: A home for us all | Aliyah Hasinah | TEDxYouth@BrumAliyah Hasinah is a curator, writer and aspiring filmmaker whose work focuses on decolonial approaches to history and the present day. She places love and care at the centre of her curatorial projects as a form of reimagining decolonial futures.
- Future of Black Birmingham MuralBirmingham mural celebrates 'Future Black Icons' from the city The images of 22 black musicians and artists have been painted on to the side of a music venue in Birmingham. The giant mural turns a spotlight on the talented young people creating music, art and fashion across the city, and has been unveiled as part of the city's Bass Festival. Festival curator Aliyah Hasinah said: "We wanted to look forward and maintain a sharp focus on the creative, but not just famous artists - people who we f
- SBTV x The Custard Factory Pop upUrban music channel SB.TV was in Birmingham’s Custard Factory in Digbeth today, for an all-day interactive music and multimedia pop-up experience, live streamed via SB.TV's facebook live. Billed as an “SB.TV takeover”, the popular entertainment platform was fully engaged and in swing as local artists performed music sets, freestyles and dropped bars, as the online brand streamed and captured the day’s activities in real time. Performance artists attending the event included Afro Queen, Lady Sa
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Projects credited in
- D&AD Shift Sydney & Shift New York Open for ApplicationsD&AD Shift is a fully-funded night school, for self-made creatives without a university degree. This programme is for those wanting to enter the commercial creative industry. Shift will aim to teach you about what types of roles are available to you within Advertising and Design. In partnership with Google and adidas, D&AD Shift creates an accessible space for self-made talent to learn from and connect with the industry, establish a network and find job opportunities. If you are over 18, with3
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Work history
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DirectorBlack Curatorial Ltd
London, United KingdomFull Time
Founder & Director of curatorial platform Black Curatorial
ProducerD&AD
London, United KingdomFull Time
Project Producer for D&AD's SHIFT Programme throughout 2021 with Google, Adidas, Disney, Here Design, Penguin & giffgaff.
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Skills
- Production
- Brand Storytelling
- Art Exhibitions
- Cultural History
- Historical Research
- Creative Producing
- Event Organisation
- Programme Development
- Campaign Creation
- Idea Generation
Education
Apprenticeship in Digital MarketingBeatfreeks
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
Level 4 Apprenticeship via Creative Alliance.
I led on creating marketing strategies and delivery for the agency, ran social media channels, ideated and directed campaigns working closely with design team, edited and updated website and ran analytics and presented weekly metrics and targets on content and social media.
Developed and maintained partnerships and brand sponsors for projects, festivals and events.
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A LevelsHillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
Extended Project: "To What Extent were the assassinations of JFK & Abraham Lincoln politically motivated" - A*
General Studies: A
World Development AS Level: A
English Literature: B
History: B
Sociology: B