BY LAILA TAWEEL, LINA KHALED, SAMA SHAHROURI, TAWFIQ DAWI, AND ZEINA SALAMEH About The Exhibition

The realm of spatial existence carries possibilities of multiple conceptual realities. Of these, our select young artists each focused on a singular ecosystem to examine thoroughly. Separated by geography, personal values and mediums, the full body of presented work examines various realities of Space.

The coming collection highlights various forms of art, from photography to sculpture and installation art. The young artists seem to be dwelling in thought over a brief encounter with a lifechanging event or the memories it rippled.

Personal, Actual, Open, Safe and Mental spaces are studied in the coming works. On their own, each collection by the artists showcases a single conceptual reality, but together they formulate a whole greater than the sum of its part. LINA KHALED Artist Biography SEA RUMINATION Lina Khalid, is a Palestinian-Jordinian photographer and filmmaker. Born in 1991, holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and I wonder, what would happen if I had superpowers? I wonder what Media from Petra University - Amman 2014. Her photographic would happen if that superpower was instead of dying we turn into experimentation focuses on the body and its relationship with its the Sea. I wonder, what if Amman was a coastal city? A view of a environment (such as the city and the sea) and how changes in this Sea. Any Sea. Not mediterranean, nor red, nor dead. What if we were environment influences the sensibility of the bodies within it. Khaled all sea creatures, and when God banished us, we turned into human uses analog as a medium for her photography, particularly black and beings? white film, to express her perpetual state of nostalgia for times she has not lived in, Lina cofounded Darkroom Amman in 2018. She presented her work amongst other artists from Amman in several exhibitions; MMAG, Gently Sparkling 2019, Amman 2020, and Negative Era 2020 with Darkroom Amman. She also presented her ﻣﺎذا ﺳﻴﺤﺪث ﻟﻮ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻟﺪي ﻗﻮة ﺧﺎرﻗﺔ؟ ﻣﺎذا ﺳﻴﺤﺪث ﻟﻮ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻫﺬه اﻟﻘﻮة أن ﻻ solo exhibition in Ohio at The Horn Gallery titled Lina Khalid: Photo ﻧﻤﻮت ﺑﻞ أن ﻧﺼﻴﺮ ﺑﺤﺮاً؟ﻣﺎذا ﻟﻮ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻋﻤﺎن ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﺳﺎﺣﻠﻴﺔ؟ ُﺗﻄﻞ ﻋلى اﻟﺒﺤﺮ. .Diaries in 2018 أي ﺑﺤﺮ، ﻻ ﻣﺘﻮﺳﻂ وﻻ أﺣﻤﺮ، وﻻ ﺣﺘﻰ ﻣﻴﺖ. ﻣﺎذا ﻟﻮ ﻛﻨﺎ ﻛﺎﺋﻨﺎت ﺑﺤﺮﻳﺔ ًأﺻﻼ وﺣﻴﻦ ﻃﺮدﻧﺎ ﷲ ﻃﺮدﻧﺎ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺒﺤﺮ ﻓﺼﺮﻧﺎ ﺑﺸﺮاً؟ Lina Khaled, Big Brother, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Sea Stone, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 18.3 x 11.7 inch JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, To Beirut, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Family Portrait, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 18.3 x 11.7 inch JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Memories, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Freckles of the sea, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, A Day to Remember, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) SAMA SHAHROURI SHADOW PLAY

Shadow Play is an experiment in form. It depicts the architectural environment of an artist across the three different studio spaces she occupied since 2019. The series is an homage to the venues which inspired the artworks’ compositions. Shadow Play is not a mirror Artist Biography reflection of the venue, but a bare-walled memory of the spaces the artist called home. Sama Shahrouri is a Amman-based multidisciplinary artist whose work is predominantly focused on sculpture making. In her work Scenes of uninhabited architectural spaces are depicted in solid Shahrouri experiments with contrasts in themes and materials. She form. The protagonists of the work are unseen monolithic structures is inspired by the notion of physical space and experiments with the slowly intruding into the setting from concealed angles outside the different mannerism in which an object can occupy or influence a composition. They are only suggested through the cast of their sharp single spot. Human engagement is a vital element in the artist’s triangular shadows into the scene. The shadows create avenues work, where the audience is invited to interact with the space across the compositions intersecting with different elements and surrounding or being occupied by the work. In her artwork, Shahrouri extending depth into a two dimensional surface. examines figurative drawing, sketching and sculpture. Since 2016, she has conducted local and regional sculpture workshops and has participated in multiple group exhibitions and art programmes with multimedium works including drawings on paper, installations تعد سلسلة العب ظلي تجربة نحتية في تشكيل المساحات. ّتصور السلسلة and video art. In 2018, she co-founded an online magazine called البيئات الهندسية المختلفة التي أحاطت الفنانة داخل عدة استوديوهات artmejournal with artmejo where she holds the position of Editor-in- منذ أوائل عام 2019. نفذت األعمال النحتية المختلفة إجالً للمساحات التي Chief and works to elevate Arab art on the international artistic map. تصورها. ل تعكس هذه السلسلة صور حقيقية لألماكن التي تحتضنها, بل تجريدات لذكراها.

يتم تصوير مشاهد من المساحات المعمارية الغير المأهولة في التكوينات المختلفة. أ لبطا األعمال هي هياكل مخفية تتطفل ببطء على المساحات المصورة من زوايا خارج التكوين الرئيسي لألعمال. هناك إشارات لهذة الهياكل من الل تدلي ظللها الحادة في المشاهد. تخلق ظلل الهياكل ممرات محفورة على أسطح األعمال وتساعد على إنشاء وهم العمق يف األعمال. Sama Shahrouri, Drawing Studio Black, 2020, Plaster, 45 x 50 cm JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Drawing Studio White, 2020, Plaster, 45 x 50 cm JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Drawing Studio Shattered, 2020, Plaster, 45 x 50 cm JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Panaromic, 2020, Plaster, 24 x 50 cm JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Space Entrance, 2020, Plaster, 24 x 50 cm JOD 650 (+16% VAT) TAWFIQ DAWI INSIGNIFICANCE

In this collection I explore and represent the ways in which people interact with the unknown. Therefore, even though I primarily sculpt Artist Biography and draw bodies, I am really looking into its relations and how to mirror the mix of grief, love, fear, anger, hope, peace & despair on it. I Tawfiq Dawi is a multi-functional-visual-individual. He combines his am fascinated by the dualities of life and death; growth and decay; and technological background as a self-taught graphic designer with the the human impulses to both creation and to destruction. Through my fact that he’s just another empty head in a meaningless timeline, works, I aim to put the concept of humanity into a conversation with creating art that embraces reality, non-existence, humanity and various aspects. death. Based in Amman, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from University of .

في هذه المجموعة، أقوم باستكشاف وإعادة صياغة تفاعل اإلنسان مع المجهول. غالبا ما أقوم برسم ونحت األجسام في المقام األول، إل أنني أتطلع إلى خلق القات بينها وعكس مزيج البؤس والحب والخوف والغضب واألمل والسلم واليأس عليها. تأخذني ثنائية الحياة والموت، النمو والتعفن، والدوافع البشرية للخلق والتدمير. من الل أعمالي أهدف إلى وضع مفه مو اإلنسانية في حوار متعدد التجاهات. Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 006, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 007, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 014, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 037, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 057, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 038, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 049, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 055, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 030, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi, Insignificance 008, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) ZEINA SALAMEH PASSAGE

The little balcony of our room, part of “Passage” experience “Passage” experience consist of a small animation and a collection of 16 prints, telling the story of the little balcony of our room, and the nostalgia of what my family used to share in that very small spot of our house. I tried to re- create memories, times and emotions that I experienced in that space which was a station in my life. Artist Biography

I used etching technic on zinc to create the prints. A magnifying glass Zeina Salameh is a visual artist and creative graphic designer whose was added to help the audience see the details. artwork takes the form of etching, lithography, silkscreen, linocuts, monotype, printmaking, installation, and video art. The small animation using those prints was created to complement the Passage experience and help telling the story The artist graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts - University of The little balcony of our room, was the first thing that I’ve checked , Graphics and Printmaking Department in 2000. She has when I went home first time after 7 years of war… been part of many humanitarian organizations through voluntarily educational workshops of fine arts. She is also a brand strategist and creative consultant for businesses. .Born in , in 1979, Zeina Salameh lives and works in Dubai بلكون أوضتنا الصغير هو جزء من خبرة ُ)عبور( She has participated in group exhibitions and workshops within the أنيميشن و ١٦عمل فني ُمن ّفذ بتقنية الحفر و الطباعة . and Japan بلكون أوضتنا الصغيرهو قصص حنين لهذه البقعة الصغيرة في المنزل، حاولت من الل هذا العمل إعادة إحياء ذكريات بلكون أوضتنا الصغير، األوقات التي عشتها و األحاسيس التي اختبرتها في هذه المساحة التي كانت ركيزة أساسية، تركت أثر في حياتي.

نَ ّفذت األعمال المطبوعة بتقنية الحفر على سطح من الزنك، و أَضف ُت عدسة ُمكَ ِبرة لتساعد ا ُلمشاهد على رؤية التفاصيل.

َجمعت األعمال في أنيميشن صغير، يروي القصة لخلق جو مماثل و لدعم الفكرة. بلكون أوضتنا الصغير هو جزء من مكان، و هوالجزء األول الذي تف ّقدته عندما زرت ا لبيتألول مرة بعد ٧ سنوات من الحرب. Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,بلكون أوضتنا الصغير - Zeina Salameh, The little balcony of our room JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,أحالم -Zeina Salameh, Dreams JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 , سما - Zeina Salameh, Sky JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,هوا غربي ١ - Zeina Salameh, Western Wind JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,هوا غربي ٢ - Zeina Salameh, Western Wind JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 , ٥ أطياف - Zeina Salameh, 5 illusions JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 , ٥ أطياف - Zeina Salameh, 5 illusions JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 , إخواتي و أنا - Zeina Salameh, Brothers & I JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 , إخواتي و أنا - Zeina Salameh, Brothers & I JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,عصافير حب - Zeina Salameh, Love birds JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,مربي الورد- Zeina Salameh, Rose petal jam JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,ـ كعب الفنجان Zeina Salameh, Ka3b el fenjan JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 ,فستق حلبي - Zeina Salameh, Aleppo Pistachio JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 , ترينات محطة بغداد - Zeina Salameh, Mahattet Baghdad Trains JOD 425 (+16% VAT) Etching, aquatint, and dry point, 10 x 15 cm ,2018 , ترينات محطة بغداد - Zeina Salameh, Mahattet Baghdad Trains JOD 425 (+16% VAT) LAILA EL TAWEEL

PERSONAL SPACE Artist Biography

Laila el Taweel, an artist and a visual creator who studied Multimedia My high sense of agreeableness is making it harder to set my authentic in the faculty of Art & Design in Jordan University, who believes boundaries to protect myself, instead, I’m either pushing others away that art is a way to communicate and a key to making movements, or let them cross my boundaries to the point to lose my own self and delivering ideas, messages, and inspirations. feel abused. I believe that our bodies are like vases, and our souls are the water that fills these vases. So what matters is this sacred water She works with many local and global organizations in building their that each one of us is. visual brands, identities, and vibes. Laila is an active artist where she works as a curator in art expos and she consistently participates with visual and interactive artworks in how we communicate with ourselves, how we communicate with others, and how we communicate with the إن شعوري العالي بالتوافق مع اآلخرين يجعل من الصعب تعيين حدودي .environment around us األصيلة لحماية نفسي، ودالً من ذلك ، إما أن أد عف اآلخرين بع ًيدا أو أتركهم يتجاوزون حدودي لدرجة أن أفقد نفسي وأشعر بالتهديد. أعتقد أن أجسادنا يشبه الوعاء وأرواحنا هي المياه التي تمأل هذا الوعاء. ما يهم هو هذا الماء المقدس الذي هو داخل كل واحد منا. WE ARE ﻧﺤﻦ � مـنصة تهـدف لـتعزيـز الـ ّفن والـثقافـة �ىڡ الـعالـم & a platform that promotes art الـ� �عرىى مـن خـالل مـحتوى تـعليمي مـفيد ومـمتع culture in the Arab world through عىل مــوقــعنا اال �كرى �وىى ومــنصات الــتواصــل ,our online presence. We share discuss and cover events, lectures � � االجـــتماعـــي. نــ ركـــز عىل تـــغطية �االحـــداث and exhibitions happening in the � والـمعارض والـ �محارصات الـ �ىى تـقام ىڡ الـساحـة local Jordanian art scene. Our � � � � الـفنية المحـلية �ىڡ االردن. عـملنا يـشمل تـقديـم work focuses on providing Art Consultation & Curation services خـدمـات اسـتشاريـة مـختصة بـالـفن الـ �تشكيىل to businesses, galleries and � � للرسكات �والجالرىيات واالفراد. .individuals Amman, Jordan [email protected] +962 79 896 3000 artmejo.com

@artmejo About Fann A Porter

Founded in 2006 by Arch. Ghada Kunash, Fann A Porter is a contemporary art gallery that represents a diverse selection of emerging international and regional artists. The gallery aims to nurture the burgeoning and dynamic contemporary art scene through quality exhibitions, non-profit events, auctions, and an active community programme. Fann A Porter has locations in Dubai, UAE and Amman, Jordan.

The Dubai gallery is based at The Workshop, a unique inter-disciplinary community space consisting of a cafe, art gallery, sustainable store and design space, providing visitors with a diversified artistic and cultural experience. Bathed in natural sunlight with its garden, The Workshop is located in the heart of Jumeirah in Dubai.

Fann A Porter Amman is located at Manara Arts & Culture, a creative hub and social space in the heart of Jabal Al Lweibdeh.

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