(born 1995, they/them)

is a performance artist based in Antwerp, born in Pristina, Kosovo. In 2020, they graduated with a master's degree in drama from KASK in Ghent. In addition to acting, Mustafa's practice also includes physical and abstract visual art and performance art. By approaching the body as a field of research, they attempt to explore, through rituals, the relationship between humans and what is experienced as alienating, between humans and nature, nature and culture, fear and control. In their work, they seek to detach themselves from reductive ideologies, values, norms and truths, in order to (re)discover ourselves — and with that, our own alienation.

Their practice is deeply rooted in their personal experiences as a non-binary person living in a state of division. They use various media, including performance and visual/installation art, to convey their complex and often contradictory perspectives.

They explore themes such as identity and body politics, uprooting and the experience of queer bodies in repressive societies. Their research draws on a wide range of sources, including mythology, theological imagery and iconography, mystical practices, esotericism, Sufism, classicism, the Middle Ages, posthumanism/transhumanism, cyberpunk and queer theory. These frameworks are actively interwoven to rethink oppressed forms of representation, body politics and speculative futures — with the aim of disrupting dominant orders and opening up space for forms of existence that escape binary or normative definitions.