Caitlin (kt) Abadir-Mullally

Location
Whitman/South Philadelphia

Caitlin Abadir-Mullally (kt) is a Coptic-American installation artist and art worker based in Philadelphia. She works to create communities for those who live between spaces. Her research dives into fear, hybridity, queer(ing) collective thinking, grief, and cultural loss. Caitlin Abadir-Mullally works in sculpture, video, performance, and, most preciously, relationship building. Caitlin Abadir-Mullally is pursuing a master’s degree in library and information science with a focus in archival studies. She is passionate about documenting diasporic queer Southwest Asian and North Afrikan joy and complexity, and the agency of the living to decide how their narratives are preserved.

Awarded Grants

2021
Art and Change Grant (ACG)

$2,500
Discipline(s)
Multidisciplinary
Social Change Intents
Cultural Preservation
Racial Justice
LGBQA Social Movements (Effective 2019)

Caitlin (kt) Abadir-Mullaly is developing The YallaPunk Community Archive, a physical and digital archive created by and for the YallaPunk community. This archive will document, preserve, and share access to celebration, stories, and moments of joy by diasporic, queer Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) artists who have been coming together in Philadelphia and beyond since 2016.

Rana Fayez, Yallapunk