Tarkib is a platform for the research, training, production and presentation of contemporary art where the pressing questions of our time can be openly formulated and discussed. Dedicated to promoting emerging and mid-career Iraqi artists, Tarkib is a collective that unite artists and cultural practitioners from different art disciplines, ages and souls.

Tarkib's mission is to introduce contemporary art in the form of artivism (artistic activism) to Iraq. Tarkib artists incorporate human rights and climate themes into their work, raising awareness and stimulate discussion and promote an open dialogue on issues such as climate change, rights of girls and women, migration, child labor, questions of identity and culture of remembrance, and many other humanistic and existentialist questions.