Abdulhamid Kircher (b. 1996) is an artist from Queens, New York. He was born in Berlin to German and Turkish parents, and immigrated with his mother to the United States at the age of eight. His work is a living archive of place and people, as it is also a dedication to the language of photography, the mechanics and aesthetic possibilities of the form. Through his devotion to classical forms of image making and the radical experimentation required for each of his subjects, his process bridges the idea between document and narrative. He received his BA in Culture and Media from The New School in 2018 and his MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California San Diego in 2022. His debut monograph Rotting from Within published by Loose Joints, was released in 2024 on the occasion of his first solo exhibition at carlier | gebauer and was exhibited in 2026 at Deichtorhallen as part of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg. In 2025, Kircher received the Grand Prix Images Vevey Award, leading to a presentation at the 10th Biennale Images Vevey of his new series To Be Held By The Earth in September 2026. In 2026, Kircher was awarded the Hamburger Bahnhof Studio Award and released his second monograph New Genesis published by Loose Joints. Abdul currently lives and works between Berlin and New York.
Email: ak@abdulkircher.com
Instagram: @kircherabdul