Caitlin Abadir-Mullally is a Coptic-American installation and social practice artist based in Philadelphia. As an artist and archivist who works in digital preservation, they are curious about the movement of information and how much or little control we have over what is remembered or forgotten. Through sculpture and relationship building, their work debates the fragileness of our modern cultural production and the desire for ideas and information to die. Their research dives into fear, hybridity, queerness, collective thinking, grief, and cultural loss.
Abadir-Mullally’s work has been included in exhibitions in Philadelphia, New York, and Los Angeles. Their work has been funded by the Leeway Art and Change Grant and the Bartol Foundation. Abadir-Mullally’s artwork has been published in Queer Rain: Belonging, Dardishi Issue 2: Healing, and Coptic Queer Stories. Abadir-Mullally is a member of Batikh Batikh, an artist collective, pop-up cinema and gallery centering SWANA women, queer and local artists in Philadelphia. They hold a BFA from California Institute of the Arts and a MLIS from Simmons University. Above all else, they are passionate about the agency of the living to decide how their narratives are preserved.
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Screenprint and Acrylic on Fabric mounted on wood
Hardened Fabric, Paint, Clay, Jersey Shore Sand, and Found Objects
Hardened Fabric, Paint, Risograph Prints, Works on Paper in Binders
10” x 12” Binders On a 5’ x 2’ table
