Shang Salah is a London-based Kurdish-Iraqi filmmaker, visual artist, curator and researcher working across photography, video, and collage.
Her visual arts practice is rooted in the exploration of temporality, physicality, and memory. She explores the in-flux condition of human recollection and belonging to time and place.
Her film work ranges from video art, short documentaries and fashion films. She directs, edits, and shoots. She is a co-creative director and producer at ROOD, a creative collective documenting the youth culture of today. With ROOD, she curates and produces exhibitions and events, combining nights out and art.
Her work has been exhibited across London, Berlin, Athens, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai.
Her visual arts practice is rooted in the exploration of temporality, physicality, and memory. She explores the in-flux condition of human recollection and belonging to time and place.
Her film work ranges from video art, short documentaries and fashion films. She directs, edits, and shoots. She is a co-creative director and producer at ROOD, a creative collective documenting the youth culture of today. With ROOD, she curates and produces exhibitions and events, combining nights out and art.
Her work has been exhibited across London, Berlin, Athens, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai.
Reimagining Democracy - Group Exhibition, Kensingnton Central Library, London, October 20,26 Curated by CounterPoints
Surfacing - Group Exhibition hARTslane, Lond,on August 20, Curated by ROOD
People and Places - Online Exhibition, ArtDoc Magazine, June 2026
People’s Garden - Group Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpo,ol August 2026
Collage - Group Exhibition Kutubna Cultural Center, Dubai, UAE May – August 20,26 Curated by Nora Qudah
Postcards: Images & Whispers - Group Exhibition Melina Merkouri Cultural Center, Athens, Greece April 2026 Curated by Eleni Mouzakiti, Women's Photo Festival
OverLooked - Group Exhibition The Loop, London, , March 20,26 Curated by Suda Mohamedin and Nasty Gallery
Topographies of Self - Online Exhibition Griffin Museum of Photography, U,SA March 2026
Video:
Lost & Found: Archiving Eternal Fragilities - Group Exhibition Spora Initiative, Berlin, Germany March 2026 Curated by VideoClub
Chronologies of 3eib - 3eib and Hekayatana Collaboration Event, London, UK 2025
Commissions
Reimagining Democracy - Group Exhibition, Kensinggnton Central Library, London, October 20,26 Curated by CounterPoints
Chronologies of 3eib - Commission Iconoclast Studios, London, UK Commissioned by 3eib, 2025
What is Home - Commission Bre'd, Abu Dhabi, UAE Commissioned by Mistica, 2025
Completion in Motion - Multidisciplinary Group Show, Safehouse, London, UK 2024 Co-curated with ROOD Collective
ROOD Dalston Takeover - Multidisciplinary Group Show, Dalston Den, London, UK 2023 Co-curated with ROOD Collective
ROOD Glasshouse Takeover - Multidisciplinary Group Show, Glasshouse, Surrey, UK 2023 Co-curated with ROOD Collective
Being bad at what you do is fine”: Visual artist and filmmaker Shang Salah on the importance of process
Creatives Lives In Progress, 2026
FLORA Photobook
ShutterHub, 2026
Settlement of the Heart | Fashion Film
Noctis Magazine, 2025
The Art of Collaboration: ROOD Collective and the Power of Four
HYGY Magazine, 2024
Rafidain Collection Celebrates Iraq’s heritage and culture (written in Arabic)
HAYA Magazine, 2024
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