Ibi Ibrahim: Taipei

TAIPEI; a solo long-form project by Yemeni American artist Ibi Ibrahim. Roaming through
foreign streets in the island’s capital, Ibrahim’s extrinsic eye lingers on corners of mundane
quietude. The act of archiving memories away from home is fueled by the photographer’s
relationship to his own homeland, Sana’a, where a once familiar taste of freedom can no longer
be captured due to ongoing war and conflict. TAIPEI is the second publication by Makan Press,
an artist-run photo book publisher supporting the work and expression of immigrant artists
and those from countries of conflict and beyond.

Ibi Ibrahim (b. 1987, Michigan, United States) is a Yemeni-American visual artist, musician and
photo book publisher. He studied photography at the International Center of Photography in
New York. Ibrahim’s work explores various thematics surrounding immigration, gender and
resilience. All marked by notions of in-betweenness, transition and the diasporic human
experience. His work is part of a number of private collections as well as public collections
including the New York Public Library, the British Museum, Colorado College, Arab American
National Museum, Barjeel Art Foundation and Durham University Oriental Museum, among
others. He is the co-editor of the photography book Photography from Yemen (2024).