Samah Shihadi Palestinian, b. 1987

Routes to Roots draws on James Clifford's concept that understanding one's cultural roots often requires embarking on new journeys or routes. This idea serves as the foundation for Tabari Artspace's...

Multi-artist booth Chafa Ghaddar, Tagreed Darghouth, Hana Almilli, Miramar Al Nayyar, Aya Haidar, Maitha Abdalla, Samah Shihadi and Alymamah Rashed For Art Dubai, Tabari Artspace presents a multi-artist booth uniting...

Text by Laura Cherrie Beaney and Dr. Werner van den Belt An individual lodged between worlds, Samah Shihadi's art transcends boundaries, speaking from a multitude of places. As a Palestinian...

Homesickness, or perhaps more a yearning for a lost home, is a significant theme in the burgeoning oeuvre of Samah Shihadi. She uses graphite and charcoal to paint subjects including...

Palestinian hyperrealists Samah Shihadi and Michael Halak in Basel, Switzerland, June 13- 19, 2022. Selected works by the two artists present a multi-faceted gaze into lived experiences in Haifa, Israel,...

Exhibited at Tabari Artspace art gallery in Dubai, Terra (Un)firma was a dual exhibition of Palestinian hyperrealists, Samah Shihadi and Michael Halak.

The body of work produced for Terra Un(firma) an online exhibition by Tabari Artspace art gallery was divided into two segments, The Living and The Land, which took the artist's personal narratives and feminist outlook as a starting point to explore issues faced by women, across cultures, in the contemporary moment.

Presented in Tabari Artspace Dubai art gallery, Hungry for Home is a collection of 18 compelling hyperrealist pencil and charcoal drawings that use traditional Palestinian food as a platform from which to explore deep-rooted cultural codes and memories.