Amina Seid Tahir (she/her) is a Swedish-Eritrean artist and choreographer based in Stockholm/London. Her work is rooted in themes around resting and dreaming within the global majority community and grows through mediums such as sound, braiding, vibration, installation and performance. Braiding together her interests in ancestral knowledge with oral traditions and myths, she creates a universe between reality and fiction. Manifesting spaces where dreams can work like seeds to grow Futures.
Currently, Seid Tahir is studying fine art at Konstfack (SE) and Chelsea College of Art (UK). She has presented work in contexts including: Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2023 (BE), New Sh*t @ Dansehallerne 2022 (DK), Emergentia 2022 (CH), Batard 2022 (BE), Botkyrka Konsthall 2022 (SE) and My Wild Flag 2021 (SE). Seid Tahir’s work is grounded in community and would not be possible without the conversations or collaborations with her communities, including people as: Ailin Mirlashari, Are Karim, Rebecca Beyene, Lina Alarabi, Adam Seid Tahir, Nora Seid Tahir, Sara Rad, Dina Said and many many more.