EXHIBITIONS
A Roomful of People
The artist states that she begins her day by greeting the figures in her paintings in her studio and sharing her thoughts with them. However the conversation has always been one sided and so she created sculptures based on the figures which allowed her an opportunity to engage with them differently.
A Curious Case
Featuring a collection of over ten paintings created between 2022 and 2024, A Curious Case explores the talents of Syrian artist Nouman Issa. Currently based in Beirut, Issa was born in Damascus in 1972, he studied and obtained a bachelor’s degree from Damascus University’s Faculty of Fine Arts in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in painting. Nouman’s work is particularly fascinating because of how much the artist’s work has evolved within the same medium. The use of color and even brush strokes evoke an element of storytelling that allows the viewer to not only to look but also “read'' into the subject matter. While it may be difficult to pinpoint the ‘where’ and ‘when’ of the falling figures, familiar everyday objects such as flashlights, staircases, and dogs, render the work relatable on a human and existential level.
While the artist’s preferred medium is acrylic, a few of the selected works are done in oil but all of them have one thing in common and that is the search for answers. Flashlights try to find an answer to philosophical questions about life and mankind's existence and its struggle to overcome obstacles and challenges presented by life and represented by a recurring staircase. The staircase poses difficulty and offers us a path towards the answers humans look for. A path that is capable of tripping us up and sending us falling back to the start, only for us to repeat the process all over again.
Winter Hues
Winter Hues is the last exhibition of 2023 and includes all the artists’ ZHAG has exhibited since its opening. From painting, to photography and even custom fine jewellery, all the artworks in this show exude a certain calmness, with toned down hues and a focus on dark tones and colors.
Abstractions
Bekaa based artist and colorist, Aida Halloum, known for her vibrant colors and color carving technique, will be showing her most recent body of work that she has been painting in the past couple of years. A series of timeless classic abstractions of landscapes, real and imagined, inspired by her surroundings.
I See Me In You
This exhibition stems from the desire to pay homage to the women in our society that were/are empowering figures in our lives.
The starting point for this body of work is Yasmina Hilal’s grandmother’s home.
Side Conversations
Side Conversations is the first solo exhibition of Lebanese artist Carla Habib. The series uses a bright color palette evocative of the artist’s childhood in the 90s, pride, and life in a digital era.
The Experiment
The Experiment is a collaboration with Lebanese visual artist Simon Mhanna, who will be creating his largest-scale painting to date in celebration of the one year anniversary of the gallery.
Birdman in Colors
Birdman in colors, is an exhibition by Semaan Khawam featuring recent artworks by the self-taught multidisciplinary artist. True to his self the bird motif remains an omnipresent element in his work as a representation of both his alter-ego and all-time favorite companion.
Dear Moon,
We asked artists from multiple disciplines to explore the moon. This is what they felt.
Foreign Bodies
Rola Abu Darwish’s first solo exhibition is a body of work that expresses dynamic experience through endless, microscopic play. The Foreign Bodies series is a collection of observations and experiences, of qualms and queries, communication and connection.
Trial & Error
Yasmina Hilal’s first solo exhibit, is an assortment of the artist’s personal experimentations and excavations.
Beirut Unpublished
‘Beirut Unpublished’, marks Salwa Eid’s second solo exhibition, offering a fresh perspective as she delves into the unreleased negatives from her first solo exhibition ‘Inkblots’, with an exclusive new perspective, the point of view of the photographer.