MOJEH names Alymamah Rashed's first exhibition with Tabari as one of three new shows to see in March 2021.
Published as Art Dubai approached, the guide pairs our exhibition with Shepard Fairey's Future Mosaic at Opera Gallery in DIFC and Mnemosyne, an online group show by the digital gallery Purslane in aid of the domestic abuse charity Refuge.
MOJEH describes Rashed as a Kuwaiti surrealist painter fast becoming one of the Gulf's most regarded talents, whose paintings use self portraiture to investigate identity in the post internet generation. For her first exhibition with the gallery, the magazine writes, she draws on regional folklore and on the rapid social changes she has witnessed, such as the modernisation and industrialisation of the Gulf, to make works that are both playful and deep. Rashed also writes poetry, and her poems were shown alongside the paintings throughout the exhibition. The listing gives the dates as 16 March to 16 April at Tabari, DIFC.
Alymamah Rashed has continued to work with Tabari since, with solo exhibitions including When my Heart Danced Near Your Mirage (2022), Mirrors From the Sidewalk (2024) and Strawberry Fields, and presentations at Abu Dhabi Art. Her practice explores how the body inhabits its surroundings, and itself, across time.
