We are pleased to present two solo exhibitions, held across our space’s adjacent rooms. Exodus Through the Maze: Disorientation as Fate will feature Mouteea Murad’s most recent body of work, while Creatures of Hope will present works by Nihad Al-Turk.
Installation Views
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Exhibition view: Mouteea Murad, Exodus Through The Maze: Disorientation As Fate, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (4 March–9 May 2026). Courtesy Ayyam Gallery.
Mouteea Murad’s work sees a unification of spirituality and formalism, continuously drawing influence from the geometric forms and motifs of Islamic art. Murad began his career as a painter working on monochromatic, expressionist compositions that depict the anguish of modern man. In 2007, his work took on a renewed outlook that redirected his painting style, exploring relativity, spatiality, and the visual dynamic of geometric forms.
Ayyam Gallery was founded in 2006 in Damascus by Khaled and Jouhayna Samawi; while the couple always collected, it was only upon their relocation to Syria in 2001 that they immersed themselves in the Contemporary Damascus art scene, and the idea to open a gallery was born.
