Following his first solo show at Ayyam Gallery, we are thrilled to announce the representation of Khaled Akil!
Known for his captivating photography and more recently, his oil on canvas work, that blends intuitive influences and spiritual themes. Khaled’s art resonates on multiple levels.
Stay tuned for upcoming exhibitions as we embark on this creative journey together.
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Asaad Arabi at Galerie Roy Sfeir
13 – 22 June 2019 Asaad Arabi's solo exhibition opens at Galerie Roy Sfeir in Paris, France from 13 June to 22 June. ⠀ “I... Read more -
Sadik Kwaish Alfraji and Sama Alshaibi
Cairo International Biennale 10 June – 10 August 2019 Sama Alshaibi and Sadik Kwaish Alfraji will be participating at the 13th edition of the Cairo International Biennale opening from... Read more -
Rula Halawani
Centre Pompidou acquisition June 2019 Ayyam Gallery is proud to announce that the Centre Pompidou acquired works from Rula Halawani's Intimacy series. 'This body of... Read more
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Rula Halawani
58th Venice Biennale 2019 11 May – 24 November 2019 Rula Halawani will be part of the 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, May You Live In... Read more -
Rula Halawani and Samia Halaby
Intimate Terrains: Representations of a Disappearing Landscape 2 April – 31 December 2019 Rula Halawani and Samia Halaby will be participating in the upcoming exhibition Intimate Terrains: Representations of a Disappearing Landscapeat the... Read more -
Rula Halawani
Institut Valencia d'Art Modern acquisition April 2019 Ayyam Gallery is proud to announce that the Institut Valencia d'Art Modern acquired works from Rula Halawani's Gates of Heaven... Read more
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Sama Alshaibi
Until Total Liberation 21 March – 12 May 2019 Sama Alshaibi’s solo exhibition Until Total Liberation is on view at Artpace San Antonio, USA till 12 May, 2019. The... Read more -
Sama Alshaibia
Artist-in-Residence by Artpace 23 January – 25 March 2019 Sama Alshaibi was chosen as the recipient of the Spring 2019 International Artist-in-Residence program by Artpace San Antonio, Texas. Three... Read more -
Rula Halawani
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018 12 December 2018 – 29 March 2019 Rula Halawani will be participating with a large body of works from six different series in the fourth edition of... Read more
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Rula Halawani
Sharjah Art Foundation acquisition December 2018 Rula Halawani's works from The Bride is Beautiful, But She is Married to Another Man series was recently acquired by... Read more -
Sadik Alfraji
9th Asia Pacific Triennial Of Contemporary Art 24 November 2018 – 28 April 2019 Sadik Alfraji is participating in the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial Of Contemporary Art (APT9) held at the Queensland Art Gallery,... Read more -
Sadik Alfraji, Sama Alshaibi, Tammam Azzam and Rula Halawani Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World
10 November – 16 December 2018 Sadik Alfraji, Sama Alshaibi, Tammam Azzam and Rula Halawani will be participating in the exhibition Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the... Read more
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Samia Halaby speaking at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
23 October 2018 Samia Halaby will be speaking at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on 23 October, 2018 at 6:30 pm. As part... Read more -
Rula Halawani at Internazionale Festival
5 - 7 October 2018 Rula Halawani will be participating as a speaker in the 2018 edition of ‘Internazionale Festival’, from 5 - 7 October... Read more -
Artist Talk: Sama Alshaibi at Columbia University School of the Arts
28 September 2018 Sama Alshaibi will be participating in the round table discussion at Lenfest Center, Columbia University School of the Arts, New... Read more
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Samia Halaby at University of Bern
27 - 28 September 2018 Samia Halaby will be giving the keynote speech entitled 'The Political Basis of Abstraction' in the 20th Century, at a... Read more -
Tammam Azzam at Galerie Kornfeld
14 September – 20 October 2018 Tammam Azzam's collage paintings, an extension from his recent Paper series, are currently being exhibited as a solo-presentation at Galerie... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi at Breda Photo Festival
5 September – 21 October 2018 Sama Alshaibi is participating in the 8th edition of the Breda Photo festival To Infinity and Beyond; it’s theme circulating... Read more
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Syrian Artist Thaier Helal On Landmarks from Memory and Exploring Abstraction
HARPER’S BAZAAR ARABIA July 24, 2018 Syrian artist Thaier Helal works on large-scale paintings that evoke imagery of nature and memories of his homeland. Maie El-Hage... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi at Arizona Biennial 2018
5 July – 16 September 2018 Sama Alshaibi will be part of the Arizona Biennial 2018, contributing two of her photographs titled Obverse Discursive, 2016 and... Read more -
Rula Halawani
Light in Wartime 7 June – 16 July 2018 Rula Halwani is participating in the exhibition Light in Wartime, organized by Rola Khayyat at Apexart, a non-profit arts organization... Read more
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Rula Halawani and Sama Alshaibi at Beirut Spring Festival
15 May – 7 June 2018 Sama Alshaibi and Rula Halawani are participating in the Beirut Spring Festival in Lebanon. Organized annually by the Samir Kassir... Read more -
Samia Halaby at the Palestine Museum USA
22 April 2018 Samia Halaby will be presenting the keynote address at the grand opening of the Palestine Museum USA, on April 22... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi Video Screening
Together Apart 6 April 2018 Sama Alshaibi will be participating with her video-still Together Apart in the aCinema production An Answer Without A Question, screening... Read more
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Artist Talk | Sama Alshaibi
55th Society for Photographic Education Conference 1 – 3 March 2018 Sama Alshaibi is speaking at the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) 55th Annual Conference, Uncertain Times: Borders, Refuge, Community, Nationhood,... Read more -
Khaled Jarrar
Nous Sommes Foot [We Are Football] 11 October 2017 – 4 February 2018 Khaled Jarrar’s Football Shoes (2013) are part of Nous Sommes Foot [We Are Football] opening on 11 October at The... Read more -
Tammam Azzam at Gangwon International Biennale
The Dictionary of Evil 3 February – 8 March 2018 Tammam Azzam is participating in Gangwon International Biennale 2018, previously PyeongChang Biennale, in Chuncheon, South Korea. The Biennale, entitled The... Read more
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Sama Alshaibi, Tammam Azzam, Rula Halawani
Zeytinbur International Photography Festival (ZFotoFest) 19 January – 11 February 2018 Sama Alshaibi, Tammam Azzam, and Rula Halawani are participating in Zeytinburnu International Photography Festival (ZFotoFest) in Istanbul Turkey. Organised by... Read more -
Farzad Kohan at Coagula Curatorial
The Abstract Power Show 4 – 14 January 2018 Farzad Kohan in presented in The Abstract Power Show at Coagula Curatorial in Los Angeles. The exhibition is the first... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi receives two artist grants for forthcoming project 'Carry Over'
January 2018 Sama Alshaibi has been awarded two production grants, Visual Arts AFAC Grant - Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (2017)... Read more
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Faisal Samra
An Ode to Life 14 December 2017 – 31 January 2018 Faisal Samra will unveil a new public installation part of An Ode to Life, an inaugural exhibition by THE BOX,... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi at Palazzo Granafei-Nervegna
Timeless Fragments 9 December 2017 – 7 January 2018 Sama Alshaibi will be participating with video works from her Silsila series in Timeless Fragments: chromatic vibration between water and... Read more -
Rula Halawani at the Canadian War Museum
She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World 6 December 2017 – 4 March 2018 Rula Halawani’s works from her Negative Incursion series will travel to the Canadian War Museum as part of the exhibition... Read more
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Khaled Jarrar Receives AFAC Grant
December 2017 Khaled Jarrar has been awarded a grant by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) for his film Displaced... Read more -
Tammam Azzam at KIBLIX Festival 2017
Shelters of Babylon 9 – 16 November 2017 Tammam Azzam will be participating in this year's KIBLIX festival's art exhibition Shelters of Babylon taking place in Maribor, Slovenia.... Read more -
Khaled Jarrar at Whitechapel Gallery
Palestine Now: Documents of a Disappearance 1917-2017 4 November 2017 Khaled Jarrar’s film Infiltrators (2012) will be screened at Whitechapel Gallery as part of Palestine Now: Documents of a Disappearance... Read more
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Samia Halaby wins Palestine Book Award
November 2017 Samia Halaby has won the Creative Prize for her publication Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre at the recent Palestine Book... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi at the Tucson Museum of Art
Dress Matters: Clothing as Metaphor 21 October 2017 – 18 February 2018 Sama Alshaibi is part of Tucson Museum of Art’s exhibition Dress Matters: Clothing as Metaphor from 21 October 2017 -... Read more -
Artist Talk: Sama Alshaibi
Unchain my Feet 10 October 2017 Sama Alshaibi is part of the Decolonizing Vision Speaker Series at the CSGS, New York University giving an artist talk... Read more
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Tammam Azzam, Mohammed Bozorgi, and Thaier Helal part of FOR-SITE Foundation exhibition
Sanctuary 7 October 2017 – 11 March 2018 Tammam Azzam, Mohammed Bozorgi, and Thaier Helal are represented in Sanctuary, an international exhibition at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Chapel... Read more -
Khaled Jarrar
Lines Drawn 22 September – 18 November 2017 Khaled Jarrar’s Infiltrators (2012) will be presented in Lines Drawn at DiverseWorks, Houston from 22 September - 18 November 2017.... Read more -
Rula Halawani at Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno
Being Rebellious: Women’s Narratives in the Arab World 14 September 2017 – 28 January 2018 Rula Halawani is represented in Being Rebellious: Women’s Narratives in the Arab World an exhibition at Instituto Valenciano de Art... Read more
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Tammam Azzam
European Young Leaders (EYL40) 14 – 16 September 2017 Tammam Azzam has been selected as one of the top 20 Young Leaders representing the Middle East and North Africa... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi
Silsila 9 September – 24 December 2017 Sama Alshaibi presents works from her Silsila series at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in a solo exhibition... Read more -
Ammar al-Beik at the EYE Film Museum
Syrian New Waves 8 – 10 September 2017 Ammar al-Beik will join Avo Kaprealian and Sara Fattahi in a programme focused on post-uprising films from Syria that is... Read more
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Samia Halaby, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji, Sama Alshaibi
Between two rounds of fire, the exile of the sea 5 – 17 September 2017 Samia Halaby, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji and Sama Alshaibi are represented in Between two rounds of fire, the exile of the... Read more -
Shurooq Amin appointed as Regional Coordinator for The Feminist Art Project (TFAP)
September 2017 Shurooq Amin has been appointed as a regional coordinator for Rutgers University’s The Feminist Art Project (TFAP) for the Middle... Read more -
Farzad Kohan's award winning public mural
Humanity September 2017 Farzad Kohan presents his mural Humanity in Los Angeles as the first winning design installation of the Iranian Mural Design... Read more
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Samia Halaby, Rula Halawani, Khaled Jarrar at the Palestinian Museum
Jerusalem Lives (Tahya Al Quds) 27 August 2017 – 31 January 2018 Samia Halaby, Rula Halawani and Khaled Jarrar are part of Jerusalem Lives (Tahya Al Quds) a collective exhibition at the... Read more -
Ammar al-Beik and Tammam Azzam at Künstlerforum Bonn
Away from Home 27 August – 17 September 2017 Ammar al-Beik and Tammam Azzam are featured in Away from Home, which opens at the Kunstlerforum Bonn on 27 August.... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi Receives AFAC Grant
August 2017 Sama Alshaibi has been awarded an Arab Fund for Arts and Culture grant for her forthcoming project Carry Over, a... Read more
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Tammam Azzam at European Capital of Culture-Pafos 2017
9 July – 30 September 2017 This summer Tammam Azzam is participating in On Target, a collective exhibition organised as part of the European Capital of... Read more -
Khaled Jarrar at 2017 Palestine Expo
8 – 9 July 2017 Khaled Jarrar is one of several artists included in the 2017 Palestine Expo, a programme held in London that aims... Read more -
Khaled Jarrar in Survival of the Artist symposium
2 July 2017 Khaled Jarrar is participating in Survival of the Artist, a one-day symposium that explores artists working under siege and in... Read more
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Khaled Jarrar Nominated for German Film Prize
July 2017 Khaled Jarrar has been nominated for the 2018 Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stifung for International Cooperation, a 60,000... Read more -
Samia Halaby's 'Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre' Shortlisted for Literary Prize
July 2017 Samia Halaby’s recently released book, Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre (Schilt Publishing, 2017) has been shortlisted for the prestigious Palestine... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi at Marta Herford Museum for Art, Architecture, and Design
24 June – 24 September 2017 This summer Sama Alshaibi is included in Suspended Territories: Artists from the Middle East and North Africa at Marta Herford... Read more
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Khaled Jarrar and Sama Alshaibi at CCS Bard Exhibition
No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects 24 June – 17 September 2017 Khaled Jarrar and Sama Alshaibi are featured in No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, a collective exhibition organised... Read more -
Shurooq Amin at Art Omi International Artists Residency
15 June – 11 July 2017 Shurooq Amin has been selected to participate in the Art Omi International Artist Residency from 15 June until 11 July.... Read more -
Khaled Jarrar at Kunstraum Niederösterreich
Performing the Border 2 June – 22 July 2017 Khaled Jarrar is featured among a roster of international artists this summer in Performing the Border, a multimedia exhibition that... Read more
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Nadim Karam Unveils New Sculpture at Nissan Headquarters
The Wheels of Innovation June 2017 Nadim Karam unveiled a new sculpture at the Nissan Headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. The Wheels of Innovation was commissioned in... Read more -
Sama Alshaibi at Museum De Wieger
Beautiful Stranger 21 May – 18 September 2017 Sama Alshaibi is featured in an exhibition of works from The Nadour Collection at the Museum De Wieger in the... Read more -
Rula Halawani in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Mediterráneas 15 – 27 May 2017 Rula Halawani has been invited to contribute to a public exhibition that will be installed along Calle Larga (Long Street)... Read more
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Khaled Jarrar at 57th Venice Biennale
The Absence of Paths: A Dinner that Never Came 13 May – 20 October 2017 The Tunisian pavilion of the Venice Biennale has commissioned Khaled Jarrar to contribute to its online multimedia platform. As part... Read more -
Sadik Kwaish Alfraji at 57th Venice Biennale
I am The Hunter/I am The Prey 13 May – 26 November 2017 The Ruya Foundation, the commissioning organisation of the Iraq Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has recently announced the featured artists... Read more -
Khaled Jarrar at La Triennale di Milano
28 April – 20 August 2017 Khaled Jarrar’s critically acclaimed film Infiltrators (2012) is included in La Terra Inquieta / The Restless Earth, a collective exhibition... Read more
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Nadim Karam at The Fine Art Society
Urban Stories 24 April – 19 May 2017 Urban Stories, Nadim Karam’s upcoming exhibition at The Fine Art Society in London will debut Trou de Mémoire, a sculpture... Read more -
Rula Halawani at the Lebanese American University
A Photographic Journey into Palestine 22 April 2017 Rula Halawani has been invited to speak at the Lebanese American University in Byblos on 22 April. Halawani’s talk, A... Read more -
Workshop by Sadik Kwaish Alfraji at the British Museum
22 April 2017 Sadik Kwaish Alfraji will lead an art workshop at the British Museum on Saturday, 22 April from 11 to 4... Read more
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Samia Halaby
Enfolding and Unfolding: Geometric Abstraction in Motion 21 April – 14 May 2017 Samia Halaby's rarely seen kinetic paintings are highlighted in Enfolding and Unfolding: Geometric Abstraction in Motion, an exhibition of electronic... Read more -
Asaad Arabi at Galerie Frederic Moisan
L’habitat et l’habite 13 April – 13 May 2017 Asaad Arabi opens L’habitat et l’habite, a solo exhibition at Galerie Frederic Moisan in Paris from 13 April - 13... Read more -
Sadik Kwaish Alfraji at Lemvig Museum
TIME, SITE & LORE 11 April – 6 May 2017 Sadik Kwaish Alfraji has been invited to participate in Meetings, a video and performance project that will be on view... Read more
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Mohannad Orabi at the CultureSummit 2017
9 – 13 April 2017 Mohannad Orabi is an invited participant of the CultureSummit 2017, a gathering of public policy leaders, scholars, artists, cultural workers,... Read more -
Ammar al Beik at the University of Bergamo
Exile Today 7 April 2017 Ammar al Beik is invited to speak at the University of Bergamo on 7 April in a seminar titled Exile... Read more -
Artist Talk: Athier in Conversation with Curator Bahaa Abudaya
6 April 2017 On 6 April at 7:30 pm, Athier will be in conversation with Dr. Bahaa Abudaya, the curator of his latest... Read more
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Sama Alshaibi at Spelman College
The Length of the Neck 5 April 2017 Sama Alshaibi will present a Visiting Artist's talk in the Department of Art and Art History at Spelman College in... Read more -
Ammar al-Beik at FILMFEST DRESDEN
The Sun’s Incubator 4 – 9 April 2017 Ammar al-Beik will screen his 2011 short film The Sun’s Incubator at FILMFEST DRESDEN, a leading international platform for short... Read more -
Sadik Kwaish Alfraji at the British Museum
30 March – 30 April 2017 Sadik Kwaish Alfraji is part of Moving Stories: Three Journeys, a new multimedia exhibition at the British Museum. A selection... Read more
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Khaled Jarrar and Sama Alshaibi at Brentwood Arts Exchange
Boundaries 18 March 2017 Khaled Jarrar and Sama Alshaibi are featured in a special pop-up exhibition of video and installation art at Brentwood Arts... Read more -
Samia Halaby: Talk at Art Dubai 2017
Documenting a Massacre 17 March 2017 Artist and scholar Samia Halaby will describe the research she did for her Kafr Qasem Massacre series, a special project... Read more