NSFW presents Recite the Love Language of My Ancestors by Raghad Resres.
The exhibition celebrates Indigenous healing practices and reimagines them in contemporary contexts as acts of collective healing and resistance against colonial violence. It highlights how resistance itself is a healing response response—an amulet that both protects and heals.
The exhibition features a series of amulets crafted from materials traditionally used in Arab and Nordic folk medicine, including silver, amber, tin, hair, and nails, combined with wild clay sourced from Palestinian refugee camps—a material the artist believes carries powers of protection and resistance. These amulets function as manifestations of the healing power inherent in collective acts of resistance, challenging colonial and capitalist notions of healing while emphasizing community care as a vital force for collective liberation.
The project is co-curated and organized by Raghad Resres and Alqumit Alhamad.
Photos by Hendrik Zeitler.
Raghad Resres (b. 1996) is a Jordanian research-based artist of Palestinian descent. She holds an MFA in Fine Arts from HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a BA in Literature and Cultural Studies from the Hashemite University, Jordan.
Raghad operates through feminist spatial and decolonial practices. Her works engage with experiences of refuge and colonization. Her artistic practice sits at the intersection of conceptual art and performance spanning various media including installation, painting, and sculpture.
The artist has exhibited in both group and solo shows at national and international venues, including Gallery Detriti (2025, SE), Blå Stället (2024, SE), Hammarkullen Konsthall (2024, SE), GIBCA Extended (2023, SE), The KUNO Biennial (2023, LTU), Dar Art Fair (2022, JOR), Micro Galleries (2020, JOR), and in refugee camps. She has also participated in residency programs at Art Lab Gnesta (2024, SE) and MEDEARTS (2021, JOR).
Raghad has received several art and research grants from Stiftelsen Carl Olsons Stipendiefond, Adlerbertska Stipendier, Arnulfska Stipendiefonden, and the Axel Adler Scholarship.