Ezekiel
( Ground Floor Studios )

Zara sparring, 2026. 
C-Type Print, Mounted in Glass Frame. 

John 3:3, 2025. 
C-Type Print, Mounted in Glass Frame. 

Rez’s caged canaries I, 2026. 
C-Type Print, Mounted in Glass Frame. 

Bahay {Home}, 2026. 
Single-channel moving image.

( Garden )

Rez’s caged canaries II, 2026. 
Colour, Wheatpaste Print.

all flaags are not equall responds to the resurgence of nationalism and the increasing visibility of far-right movements across the UK. The work is grounded in its socio-political context: Kent, a constituency currently represented by Reform UK, a political party widely associated with an anti-migrant and anti-LGBTQ+ stance. The title originates from a graffiti piece found at the top of the artist’s street, a road notably populated by migrant communities. 

Adopting an autobiographical and photojournalistic lens through the perspective of a first-generation immigrant, the ongoing body of work intimately documents the artist’s relationship not only with East Kent as a politically charged physical space, but also with residents from similar social backgrounds – from Zara, a trans woman of colour who leads a queer fighting collective, to Rez, a neighbour and migrant from Iran. 

Accompanying the photographic works is a single-channel moving image piece. The work draws on archival camcorder footage recorded by the artist’s father on Boxing Day in 2006, taking the audience on a tour of the family home and the surrounding neighbourhood. Twenty years later, Ezekiel reworks this material into an abstract composition, reflecting deeply on notions of “home”, memory, and assimilation.

Ezekiel is a multidisciplinary artist whose work engages with the intricacies and nuances of gender, sexuality, and identity through an intimately queer gaze. Working across photography, filmmaking, curation, and publishing, their practice is deeply informed by their transnational upbringing and experiences as a first-generation immigrant navigating tensions between Eastern and Western cultures.

Ezekiel is also the founder and creative director of SMUT, an acclaimed trans- and queer-led independent publisher and creative studio. Through printed matter and experiential formats, SMUT exists to collectively challenge, redefine, and carve out alternative paths within industries largely dominated by a cis-white demographic. Through this lens, Ezekiel’s practice seeks to critically examine the politics of modern representation and colonial frameworks, challenging a predominantly white, heteronormative visual landscape.