WINDOW EXHIBITION: ' I am grateful (?!) by Nasma Al Shutfa
About this activity.
WINDOW EXHIBITION @ SIGN! I am grateful (?!) by Nasma Al Shutfa July 11 – August 23, 2026
Nasma Alshutfa presents a selection of her miniature rooms in the SIGN window display.
‘I am grateful (?!)’ is visible 24/7!
SIGN regularly organizes window exhibitions that have a direct impact on the surrounding area; they are seen by passersby, traffic, and the neighborhood. The artworks in the window exhibition are constantly visible from the street—during the day as well as in the evening and at night.
During the window exhibition, SIGN is closed for the summer break :)
About ‘I am grateful (?!)’:
Imagine a space where time stands still—not for minutes, but for months or years. A space where stories remain untold and where waiting becomes a way of life.
‘I am grateful (?!)’ is an installation born from these lived experiences as a refugee and asylum seeker in the Netherlands. Developed through close collaboration, it brings together miniature worlds, collected testimonies, and deeply personal fragments of life in transit. It is an underground installation that expands through collective input.
With contributions from Dona Saroor, Wafa Al-Attas, Hadi Zadeh, Buthina Osama, Hadir, Osman mjd, Ibtehal Al-dholay, Samira, MOHA (Alice Pons & Olivia Reschofsky), Yara Alsaleh, and many participants with lived experience from asylum centers across the Netherlands, whose voices and perspectives have shaped this work.
SIGN, Winschoterkade 10, Groningen
https://sign2.nl/websign/events/nasma-al-shutfa-i-am-grateful/
SIGN.
SIGN is een levendige en experimentele projectruimte voor actuele interdisciplinaire kunst op nationaal niveau. Zij biedt jonge kunstenaars een podium voor verdere profilering, ontwikkeling en intensivering van hun kunstenaarschap. Daarbij wordt nieuw werk geïnitieerd in bijzondere contexten en wordt de nodige reflectie gegeven. Presentaties zijn er in SIGN, op allerlei locaties, en in openbare ruimte met een variatie aan omstandigheden, invalshoeken, disciplines.
SIGN wordt ondersteund door Mondriaan Fonds Kunstpodium Basis 2025-2028 en door de Gemeente Groningen voor dezelfde periode.
Location.
SIGN
Winschoterkade 10
9711 EA Groningen
tel 050-3132651 of 0623631796
www.sign2.nl