Athen Kardashian and Nina Mhach Durban (both b. 2000) are an artist duo raised and based in London. Their collaborative practice is founded upon an open and ongoing dialogue examining how to distil an abstract memory, feeling or sense into a new and physical language. Piracy, age, ownership, love & circumstance all take effect on the work’s materials resulting in an articulation of personal and marginalised histories.

Solo Shows

2026

Guess Mine is Not the First Heart Broken, Big Appple, Brussels, Belgium

2025

Captive Heart, Forma, 15 Bermondsey Square, London

Much love I leave behind, Indigo+Madder, London

2024 

04) I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman, Soup at The Shop, Sadie Coles HQ, London

I’ll Wear the Bangles From Your Hands, Soup Gallery, London

2023

Sleepover, Glasshouse Projects, Gathering, London



Selected Group Shows

2026

Holy Pop, Somerset House, London

Euphoria, Bold Tendencies, London

2025

Brexciya, Quench, Margate

Blusher, Leicester Gallery, Leicester

Preparations, Late Works, London

2024

Duos: The Art of Collaboration, Charleston Trust, Lewes

Strand News, 145 The Strand, London

the sanctuaries we call I, No Man’s Art Gallery, Jiuba Art Space, Amsterdam

2023

Come Closer, Indigo+Madder, London 

First Edition,Collective Ending HQ w. Baesianz, London

The Ultimate Bootleg Experience, Studio Chapple, London 

(Homing, or) Adverse Possession, Keepsake Project, London



Editions

Juice Box, Penelope Archive

But I’m Holding On, Studio Chapple



Publications

DRAIN ISSUE 02, Drain Publishing

Hopelessly Devoted, Lichen Books

Sarita4eva, Editions Atlas


Comissions

2026

Dream Girl 2, Somerset House, London

I have often walked down this street before, but the pavement always stayed beneath my feet, Bold Tendencies, London

Even if the world forgets me, you please don’t, British Film Institution, London

2025

Captive Heart, Forma, 15 Bermondsey Square, London



Programming

Athen & Nina Present, Prince Charles Cinema, London, 2024-2025



Talks

I was already on the path…, BFI Southbank, London, 2026

Athen Kardashian and Nina Mhach Durban in conversation with Dal Choda, Indigo+Madder, London, 2025



Residencies

Artists in Residence, Brave Projects, London, 2025

Artists in Residence, Forma HQ, London, 2025

Artists in Residence, Sarah Kravitz (Soho), London, 2024-25




Selected Press

The Guardian, Holy Pop!

Cinema du Look, Pirated Dreams: Athen Kardashian and Nina Mhach Durban on Cinema, Inheritance, and Glamour, written by Dal Choda

The White Pube, Much love I leave behind

Vogue India, This British-Indian artist duo celebrates diasporic girlhood through ‘90s Bollywood stars

Elephant Magazine, Translating Girlhood: Nina Mhach Durban and Athen Kardashian at Soup

The White Pube, STRAND NEWS

Frieze, The Year in Review: Y2K Was the Ex We Couldn’t Quit

The Face, The Best of British South Asian Talent

DAZED, These nostalgic artworks recreate teen bedrooms from a diasporic POV




athenkardashian@gmail.com
ninamhach@btinternet.com