Aminah Ibrahim (b. 1992) is a Indonesian-Kuwaiti-American artist and producer based in New York City. Rooted in performance art, her practice interweaves somatic movement, improvisation, adornment, and elements of Khaleeji dance and Austronesian cultures. Her performances attempt to reclaim bodily autonomy and push the cultural limits of visibility by weilding her body as a mystical instrument. Her sculptural works worn in performance, fuse natural materials, chainmail, embroidery, etc. forming living artifacts that extend movement into materiality.
This process-driven understanding informs her approach as a creative producer. Acting as a bridge between concept and execution, Aminah orchestrates the many moving parts of a performance, while ensuring the integrity of an artist’s vision throughout the process. She has a strong interest in the long-term preservation of performance art, with a focus on documentation, archiving, and collection care.
Aminah’s performances have been shared at Pageant, Issue Project Room, Performance Space New York, DUPLEX, Triskelion Arts, Magenta Plains, JACK, Cathy Weis Projects, and Judson Memorial Church. She has produced performance for director and performer, Nile Harris, and works full-time as a performance producer at The Museum of Modern Art, producing projects by Otobong Nkanga, Charles Gaines, Alva Rogers, and Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa amongst many others.
This process-driven understanding informs her approach as a creative producer. Acting as a bridge between concept and execution, Aminah orchestrates the many moving parts of a performance, while ensuring the integrity of an artist’s vision throughout the process. She has a strong interest in the long-term preservation of performance art, with a focus on documentation, archiving, and collection care.
Aminah’s performances have been shared at Pageant, Issue Project Room, Performance Space New York, DUPLEX, Triskelion Arts, Magenta Plains, JACK, Cathy Weis Projects, and Judson Memorial Church. She has produced performance for director and performer, Nile Harris, and works full-time as a performance producer at The Museum of Modern Art, producing projects by Otobong Nkanga, Charles Gaines, Alva Rogers, and Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa amongst many others.