Kais Salman Syria, b. 1976

Ayyam Gallery is pleased to present An Ode to Portraiture a summer collective featuring works by Afshin Pirhashemi, Safwan Dahoul, Elias Izoli, Kais Salman, Khaled Takreti, Nihad Al Turk, and Sadik Kwaish Alfraji.

Ayyam Gallery is pleased to present Kais Salman’s most recent body of work in his solo Fables in the Unknown. We look forward to welcoming you at the gallery for the vernissage in presence of the artist from 6 to 9 pm on September 19th.

Ayyam Gallery is pleased to present Liaisons, a solo exhibition featuring Kais Salman’s works. The selection spotlights an important body of work from 2012 to his most recent canvases.

Ayyam Gallery is pleased to present Echoes and Perceptions, a Summer Collective with works by Abdul Karim Majdal Al Beik, Afshin Pirhashemi, Athier Mousawi, Faisal Samra, Farzad Kohan, Kais Salman, Sadik Alfraji, Safwan Dahoul, and Sama Alshaibi.

Ayyam Gallery Beirut is pleased to announce Cities presenting Kais Salman’s newest paintings.

Ayyam Gallery Dubai (12 Alserkal Avenue) is pleased to announce Cities presenting Kais Salman’s newest paintings.

Ayyam Gallery Beirut is pleased to present Apertures, a collective exhibition that brings together diverse painters. Featuring the works of Asaad Arabi, Mouteea Murad, Oussama Diab, Kais Salman, and Tammam Azzam, this thematic show highlights works that, despite addressing a range of subject matter, use meticulous divisions of space, particularly openings or compartments, in order to describe the underlying psychology of hidden realms or laden spaces.

Ayyam Gallery Beirut is pleased to present Civilised Society, the solo show of Syrian painter Kais Salman. Debuting the artist’s latest body of work, the exhibition will feature paintings that satirically explore the realm of politics in the Arab world through its various archetypes.Deconstructing the historical tradition of portraiture as a demonstration of power or social status, Salman scrutinises the public posturing of political figures—from armchair activists to international delegates.

Ayyam Gallery is pleased to announce the United Kingdom debut of Syria’s Apex Generation, an exhibition featuring recent works by artists Nihad Al Turk, Abdul Karim Majdal Al-Beik, Othman Moussa, Mohannad Orabi, and Kais Salman. Curated by art historian and Ayyam Gallery Artistic Director Maymanah Farhat, the exhibition will spotlight a new school of Syrian painting in the midst of expansion despite the disintegration of the Damascus art scene, its original centre. This multi-venue group show will be held at Ayyam Gallery’s London location from 7 August until 11 September. Syria’s Apex Generation first opened at Ayyam Gallery’s Dubai and Beirut locations in June, where it received critical acclaim, and will travel to London with a new selection of works.

Ayyam Gallery is pleased to announce Syria’s Apex Generation, an exhibition featuring recent works by artists Nihad Al Turk, Abdul Karim Majdal Al-Beik, Othman Moussa, Mohannad Orabi, and Kais Salman. Curated by art historian and Ayyam Gallery Artistic Director Maymanah Farhat, the exhibition will spotlight a new school of Syrian painting in the midst of expansion despite the disintegration of the Damascus art scene, its original centre. This multi-venue group show will be held at Ayyam Gallery’s Alserkal Avenue and DIFC locations in Dubai from 9 June until 28 August, and at its Beirut location from 11 June until 28 August.

From May 19 - July 31, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (Al Quoz) will present R-Evolution, a group exhibition providing an unprecedented look into the complex relationship of art and politics before and after the various uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

From September 20 until October 30, Ayyam Gallery, Beirut is pleased to present ‘Inner-Self’, a solo exhibition of Kais Salman, a prominent member of a young generation of artists that is currently transforming Syrian painting. Ever evolving, this new body of work presents a departure from his previous ‘Fashion Series’.

On September 6 Ayyam Gallery Damascus will proudly present the exhibition 2012. Spotlighting recent work by several Damascus-based artists, this forthcoming group show provides an unprecedented look into the complex intertwining of art and politics that has arisen over the past year as artists have intrepidly responded to widespread turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa.

From February 1 until March 31, the Ayyam Art Center in Dubai will proudly present Selections from The Samawi Collection, a large-scale exhibition that will feature several periods of Arab art through three distinct curatorial themes.

Ayyam Gallery Dubai DIFC will present Material World, the solo exhibition of Syrian artist Kais Salman. Known for his bold, expressionist explorations of human subjects, Salman is currently gaining the attention of regional art critics and collectors as he challenges notions of beauty and comments on our ever-growing dependence on materialism.

From May 8 – June 30, Ayyam Gallery Dubai will present its second Shabab Uprising exhibition, a showcase highlighting 10 of the most critically acclaimed emerging artists working today, including painters Thaier Helal and Kais Salman and photographer/ filmmaker Ammar Al Beik.

Ayyam Gallery Damascus is pleased to present the solo exhibition of contemporary Syrian painter Kais Salman, to be held January 30 - February 25. Since first exhibiting with the gallery in 2007, Salman has quickly become a fixture at Ayyam, participating in such standout events as Ayyam’s Summer Festival, Shabab Uprising, and The Young Collectors Auction (I and II). This forthcoming solo show will highlight how the young artist has fervently pushed the boundaries of contemporary Arab art with striking subject matter and bold approaches to painting.

Ayyam Gallery's summer show will be a group exhibition of its full collection of artists.

From February 19 to April 19, Ayyam Gallery Dubai will proudly present Shabab Uprising, an exhibition featuring a selection of work by some of Syria’s most consummate young artists.

During the summer season and with "Damascus Arab Capital of Culture" that's running through the year 2008, Ayyam Gallery is celebrating this event by highlighting Syrian art and artists under Contemporary Syria collective exhibition. A collection of 150 artworks by Ayyam emerging and established artists and also by old masters will be showcased all along the summer. New exhibited works each week.

With the Summer Season upon us and after signing agreements with 10 young talented Syrian artists, Ayyam Gallery highlights these young artists under "Project Shabab Ayyam" in five collective exhibitions during "Ayyam Summer Festival 2007".