Bassam Issa Al-Sabah is a visual artist working across digital animation, painting, sculpture, and textiles. Their practice focuses on world-building, exploring the intersection of fantasy and trauma. Drawing on video games, anime, and popular culture, they construct alternative realities that examine memory, identity, and the impact of digital culture on experiences of loss and displacement. Recent solo exhibitions include: you are in heaven but suddenly everything begins to burn, Kunstverein Aughrim (2024), Uncensored Lilac, Transmediale, Silent Green (2024) IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE TAKE THIS!, The Douglas Hyde Gallery(2022).