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Maees Hadi is an architect and visual artist. She has a multidisciplinary practice and engages in research topics such as political identity, representation and the migrant subject which has developed from her own studies and experiences. Maees was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1993, however grew up in Sweden,Malmö and later moved to London where she started her academic studies and later work. Maees holds an MA architectural degree from the Royal College of Art, London and a History of Art certificate from Birkbeck University, London.
EDUCATION
2018 – 2020: Royal College of Art
Masters in Architecture
2017 – 2018: Birkbeck University, Higher Education History of Art
2013 – 2016: London Metropolitan University - Sir John Cass Faculty of Architecture. BA Hons Architecture
2012 – 2013: Courses:
Lund University, Sweden - Rooms, sets and scenery
Malmö Högskola, Sweden - Sketching as a creative tool
EXPERIENCE
2022 - Current: Architectural Assistant at Fleet Architects, London.
2022: Guest lecturer at Design Academy Eindhoven.
2021 - 2022: Architectural Assistant at HenleyHalebrown Architects, London.
2021: Contributor at the Venice Architectural Biennale, Kuwait Pavillion 2021.
2016 -2018: Architectural Assistant at Fourth_Space Architects, London.
2014 – 2016: Tutor at London Metropolitan University, Peer Mentoring & Coaching Scheme.
2018 – 2020: Royal College of Art
Masters in Architecture
2017 – 2018: Birkbeck University, Higher Education History of Art
2013 – 2016: London Metropolitan University - Sir John Cass Faculty of Architecture. BA Hons Architecture
2012 – 2013: Courses:
Lund University, Sweden - Rooms, sets and scenery
Malmö Högskola, Sweden - Sketching as a creative tool
EXPERIENCE
2022 - Current: Architectural Assistant at Fleet Architects, London.
2022: Guest lecturer at Design Academy Eindhoven.
2021 - 2022: Architectural Assistant at HenleyHalebrown Architects, London.
2021: Contributor at the Venice Architectural Biennale, Kuwait Pavillion 2021.
2016 -2018: Architectural Assistant at Fourth_Space Architects, London.
2014 – 2016: Tutor at London Metropolitan University, Peer Mentoring & Coaching Scheme.
EXHIBITION & SCREENING
2023: Powershift by PoOr Collective at London Design Festival, London.
2023: French Embassy, Baghdad.
2023: Terkib Baghdad, Baghdad.
2022: NEXT at Christie’s, London.
2021: Venice Architecture Biennale, Kuwaiti Pavilion 2021.
2020 : The Design Film Festival by CuratingContemporary Design in collaboration with the Design Museum, London.
2020: The Fundraiser Livestream for Beirut.
RESEARCH
2023 (Ongoing): Mapping - “رسم الخرائط”
Maps as knowledge production tools have always come with their own political agendas and viewpoint limitations as these objects are created to serve their makers' agendas. This of course is very evident in the history and territorial creation of Iraq. The idea is to question the tools we have been given to study our own environment.
2021: The Sound of The Border
The sound of the border is a contribution that examines a border condition formed by Sabah Al-Ahmed natural reserve and a military base through a methodology of data mining as the main source of information and sound data from bird species that inhabit the hinterlands of Kuwait as the main sense and medium of investigation.
2020 (Ongoing): *NCV=0, *Non-combatant casualty cutoff value
“NCV=0” Researches the position of the uprooted individual, the migrant subject. Using moving image to research a representation that has been curat ed through abstraction.
2023: Powershift by PoOr Collective at London Design Festival, London.
2023: French Embassy, Baghdad.
2023: Terkib Baghdad, Baghdad.
2022: NEXT at Christie’s, London.
2021: Venice Architecture Biennale, Kuwaiti Pavilion 2021.
2020 : The Design Film Festival by CuratingContemporary Design in collaboration with the Design Museum, London.
2020: The Fundraiser Livestream for Beirut.
RESEARCH
2023 (Ongoing): Mapping - “رسم الخرائط”
Maps as knowledge production tools have always come with their own political agendas and viewpoint limitations as these objects are created to serve their makers' agendas. This of course is very evident in the history and territorial creation of Iraq. The idea is to question the tools we have been given to study our own environment.
2021: The Sound of The Border
The sound of the border is a contribution that examines a border condition formed by Sabah Al-Ahmed natural reserve and a military base through a methodology of data mining as the main source of information and sound data from bird species that inhabit the hinterlands of Kuwait as the main sense and medium of investigation.
2020 (Ongoing): *NCV=0, *Non-combatant casualty cutoff value
“NCV=0” Researches the position of the uprooted individual, the migrant subject. Using moving image to research a representation that has been curat ed through abstraction.