Adam Farah-Saad

Lives and works in London, UK

Artist statement

Adam Farah-Saad (b. London, UK) is a multidisciplinary artist and lecturer whose practice spans photography, sculpture, installation, moving image, writing, and performative gestures. Grounded in the spiritual, emotional, and geographical textures of urban life, his work often weaves together seductive aesthetic assemblages, opening up spaces for critical and sincere reflection and connection. Through these spaces, he explores what it means to love, grow, and survive as a human. Farah-Saad recontextualizes images, objects, and narratives to reveal their sensual and affective dimensions, paying homage to the layered connections of city life. Drawing from the creative energy of communities that shaped him—from the council estates to the gay bars—he invites audiences to rethink their relationships with cultural and spatial dynamics, expanding their aesthetic and emotional experiences. Occasionally working under the alias free.yard, Farah-Saad extends his creative pursuits into curation, collaborative projects and experimental product and brand design. His practice is as much about making art as it is about cultivating spaces of contact and critical engagement within his communities.

Artwork

• One Sweet Day , 2024. Steel powder coated fountain, steel powder coated pull up bars, koshi wind chimes, brass chains, poppers bottles, digital print on mesh fabric, steel park benches, gravel
• My mum died too early to teach me about love and relationships, so I’m trying to learn something from the music I remember her listening to when I saw her crying - or at least connect to her spirit so we can share our heartache, 2021. Billboard print, Lift Systems 5-Disc CD Tower, CD Albums
• the face of you, my substitute for love, 2024. C-Type print, jewel CD cases, white powder coated steel CD shelves
• Orange clouds roll by, they burn into your image and you’re still alive (Bonus Track), 2023. C-Type print, jewel CD cases, white powder coated steel CD shelves
• I AM FREE (FREE AM I MIX), 2018. Digital print on wallpaper
• MEDICATED SUMMERS / BENEFITS TRAP / ENDS PORTALS (N22 MOMENTATION MIX), 2019. Video, sound
• Two traumatised young men connect whilst roaming the city of London, helping each other to survive...(THE INNER CHILDREN MIX), 2023. Wall mounted half-rack, koshi wind chimes, poppers, brass chains
• NETWORK & CONTACT (N22 DISCREET MIX), 2023. Steel 6-person wash fountain, KA grape soda, water pump
• In this first year of my 30’s I’ve had more sex than I did in my entire 20’s (THAT ASS IS MINE DON’T FORGET IT), 2023. C-Type print, knotty pine panel, wood varnish, museum glass
• In this first year of my 30’s I’ve had more sex than I did in my entire 20’s (AMOR), 2023. C-Type print, knotty pine panel, wood varnish, museum glass
• B-SIDES (THE RE‑UP - PSYCHOCRUISING FAITHFUL MIX) Installation View, 2022
• PSYCHOCRUISING I - VI, 2022. Digital prints on waterproof fabric, metal dog kennel trays, KA Black Grape soda, poppers
• THE YEAR 2000 (I’M STILL ALIVE), 2022. Framed C-Type Print
• Somewhere Along My Journey (The Limerence Mix), 2022. Video, sound, Harmon Kardon Soundsticks speakers, monitor, poppers, incense, blue gymnastics mats
• BENT ROAD MONUMENTATIONS (NW DESPERATIONS MIX), 2020. KA Black Grape soda bottles, baby’s breath (Gypsophila) flowers, eucalyptus
• Untitled (ENDZ POETICS N20 MIX), 2022. C-Type Print on Fuji Flex, Varnished wood dado rail
• High Fantasy (Aunt Charlies Lounge), 2021. Framed C-Type Print
• Anymore Pics? (S01), 2021. Flip-file poster displays, poster prints
• TRYING NOT TO BE MY DAD AND MY MUM TBH (The iPod Chronicles Sincerity Survival Mix), 2021. Wooden shoe cabinets, surface vibrator speakers, bottled soft drinks, iPod Classic 5th Gen (modded), plinth
• TTWLG, 2014. Video, sound