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Represented by The Third Line


BIO
B. 1987, London
Syrian, London/Dubai based


EDUCATION
2014 MFA Fine Art Media, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
2010 BA (Hons) Photography, London College of Communication
2007 Art Foundation, Chelsea College of Art and Design


SOLO
2022 Rose Tinted, The Third Line, Dubai
Rose Tinted, Volt, Eastbourne
2019 The Third Line, Building Blocks, Dubai
2018 Parafin, Reaction, London
2016 The Third Line, When Heartstrings Collapse, Dubai
2015 Hayward Concrete, Heartstrings, London
2012 Gallery 1, The Pavilion Downtown, When The Lights Went Off We Saw, Dubai


GROUP
2023 Pylon, Not knowing yet- possibly not knowing ever, Cyprus 
Taoyuan International Art Award, Taiwan
2022 Gertrude Presents, London
There Goes the Neighbhourhood, Indigo + Madder, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Jeddah Photo 2022 (Saudi Art Council)
Portrait of a Nation II (ADMAF) Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
2021 Cromwell Place with The Third Line, London
2020 Ancient Future, The Third Line, Dubai
There is Fiction in the Space Between, The Third Line, Dubai
2019 Centre Photographique Rouen, Science Fictions, Normandie
Kaviar Factory, Creation of a Moment, Henningsvaer
2018 Katzen Arts Center, Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World, Washington D.C.
Stedelijk Museum, Artificial Impressions, Breda Photo
Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, Experiment/Control, London
What's Up, LVH, London
Sans Titre (2016), Chambre 10, Paris
2017 Parafin Gallery, Secular Icons in an Age of Moral Uncertainty, London
The Third Image, Biennale des Photographes du Monde Arabe Contemporain (Institut du Monde Arabe & Maison Européenne de la Photographie), Galerie Binome, Paris
2016 Sans Titre Vol. 2 (2016), Paris
The Third Line, Mysticism, Materiality and Void, Dubai
Sans Titre Vol. 1 (2016), Paris
Hospital Rooms, The Pierrot Studio, London
2015 Hospital Rooms, The Pierrot Project: Entrances & Exits, London
Display Gallery, Here, Here & Sometimes There, London
2014 Rich Mix, Photomatter, London
The Slade School of Fine Art, Degree Show, London
V1 Gallery, Hindsight, Copenhagen
2013 Neu Gallery, Dazed & Confused Best of Year & Nominated Work, London
2012 Lab'Bel Gallery, Au Lait - Quand l'art Déborde, Jura France
Galerie Huit, Arles Photography Open Salon, Arles
2011 Traffic Gallery, The State: Social/Antisocial?, Dubai
Host Gallery, Foto8 Summer Show, London
2010 Photokina Fair, Academy Meets Photokina, Cologne
London College of Communication, Power of Ten, London
The Third Line Gallery, Project Space, Dubai Episode, Dubai


AWARDS
2023 Taoyuna International Art Award, Shortlisted
2020 Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Nominated 
2018 Foam Paul Huf Award, Nominated
2017 Jameel Prize 5, Nominated
2016 Denton's Art Prize, Shortlisted
The Sovereign Art Foundation, Nominated
2013 Making Pictures Award, Winner
D&AD, New Blood Award, Shortlisted


RESIDENCIES
2019 Cité internationale des Arts, Montmartre, Paris
2018 Cité internationale des Arts, Paris
2016 Cité internationale des Arts, Paris
2015 Beirut Art Residency, Beirut


PARTICIPATIONS
2024 Art Dubai, The Third Line
La Prairie Artist Commission, Art Dubai 
NOMAD x Gucci, Dubai
2021 Contemporary Art Lecture, The Slade School of Fine Art
2020 Artissima online solo presentation, The Third Line
Art Abu Dhabi online, curated by Nada Raza
January Artist Takeover, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
Not Cancelled, Online with The Third Line
2019 Frieze London, The Third Line
Hospital Rooms Auction, Hauser&Wirth, London
Frieze New York, The Third Line
2018 Tedx Speaker
Topical Cream Auction, New York
2017 Frieze London, The Third Line
Hospital Rooms Project, London
2016 Beyond Borders for NextGen, Blain|Southern, London
Collectionair, digital solo show
Art Barter, Dubai
2015 FIAC, Paris, The Third Line
Art Dubai, The Third Line
Southbank Centre, Women of the World Festival


PRESS
2023 Ocula, Reality Beyond Rose-Tinted Lenses, by Jareh Das
2021 Studio visit by DATEAGLE ART. Interview by Vanessa Murrell. Photography by Martin Mayorga
2020, Canvas, Unknown Caller, Private Number
2019, King Kong Magazine, Microscopic Memories, Georgie Graham, September print
Canvas Magazine, Video Interview
Reuters, Video Interview
Vogue, 5 Arab Stars You Need to Know
Mille World, On the Life Changing Effects of Meditation
PHROOM, Interview
Arab News, The Making of Memories, Iain Akerman
2018, TED, How Photography Can Dissolve Perceived Boundaries
Mille World, Interview
Instant Loveland, Interviewed by Sam Cornish
Harpers Bazaar Art, Artist Profile, Spring 2018
2017, arab news, Frieze
2016, artnet, Must-See Art Guide: Dubai, Tatiana Berg
Gulf News, Matters of the Heart, Jyoti Kalsi
2015, Harper's Bazaar Art Arabia, Winter Issue, Bar None, Nadine Khalil, November
Tribe Photo Magazine, Laura Egerton, 01 Issue
2013, It's Nice That x2, Rising Star, Rob Alderson
Phaidon, Sara Naim Goes Tree Spotting
2012, Art Forum, Critic's Pick, Murtaza Vali
Vuu Studio, Super Special 9, Edition of 100
Gulf News (interview), On Seeing the Unseen
Time Out Dubai (interview), Flawed Images in Dubai
2011, Vice, This is What Last Summer Looked Like
Dazed and Confused (interview), Rise