The 19th Foam Paul Huf Award goes to Myriam Boulos (1992, Lebanon).
Her work shows how people who live outside dominant norms still manage to find one another within a social system that would rather render them invisible.
Boulos is the first artist from the Middle East to receive the Foam Paul Huf Award.
“It means everything to me to receive the Foam Paul Huf Award at a time when images denouncing violence are constantly gaslighted by the world.
This documentation is a visual translation of how I have been navigating neurodivergence, sexual fantasies and Israel’s aggressions on Lebanon during the past 5 years.
It is based on encounters I made to connect with people who are struggling too. Through personal stories, this work documents the intersectional oppression on our bodies and land. It attempts to give space for our emotions and to keep on looking for tenderness and desires instead of being defined by our normalized pain.”
Myriam Boulos will receive a cash prize of €20,000 and a solo exhibition at Foam in 2026.
https://www.foam.org/talent/foam-paul-huf-award?mc_cid=45db97b167&mc_eid=e0955e7e1a
