Hussein Mitha

A handpainted postcard depicting a field with a group of flowers with faces and bodies dance whilst holding hands in a circle, whilst another plant watches them.

A white house which is surrounded by a lush garden and plants in planters.

Above a gate the word 'Community' is spelled out in letters. Behind is a tree and clouds in the sky.

A close up of a string of bells that are hanging over green plants.

A collage of paintings and artwork are displayed on a wooden wall, with scattered sunlight coming through.

An artwork of a hand hangs from a wire frame, above plants below.

A large yellow cleaning sponge that has been decorated with different coloured paints, assorted types of tape, and mini human figurines.

A group of people attending an event in a garden

Installation view of the entrance to Govan Project Space, its white doors and walls spray-painted with protest-style graffiti reading "Glasgow Life or Death, Scotland Free or a Desert...", "From Urdaibai to Milngavie the Guggenheim must die" and "Glasgow", with handmade placards reading "Artists Against the Arsehole" and "All Hail Cultural Economic Development" propped against the wall beside a Govan Project Space sign.

Sculptural installation of a black coat with a blue lining and cuff, hung on a broom propped against a white gallery wall, its bristles resting on the floor.

Framed illustrated artwork on a white gallery wall, styled as a spoof film poster titled "Milngavie Columbo: Glasgow Life or Death", depicting a figure in a mustard coat holding a key beside a clock tower, with the tagline "Jamie Bolland is".

Hussein Mitha lives in Glasgow. They often work with children and young people pursuing radical education at places such as Red Sunday School and Rumpus Room. Their work always stems from anti-imperialist and communist currents. They recently edited Paradise Now! A climate justice handbook for young people, with Deveron Projects 2022-23. Their collection, Vegetal Soul was published by Rosie’s Disobedient Press in 2023. Their visual art encompasses text and colour collages in vinyl decals and murals. Their 2023 mural, Wir Weben! (We weave!) at Agit, in Berlin, is a curse against the German state, inspired by Heinrich Heine's poem of the same name, and has at its centre a reproduction of a postage stamp made during the German Democratic Republic in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Projects

2024

Hussein Mitha

Loose Tomatoes in the Backyard

Rumpus Room Yard
2024

Hussein Mitha

All Walls Will Fall
Programme

Hussein Mitha

Milngavie Columbo

Govan Project Space Unit 1 249 Govan Road G51 1HJ