CANVAS ONE ON ONE // ABEER SULTAN
Check out our interview with Abeer Sultan (@abm_sultan ) via the link in bio.
Through her work, the artist pieces fragments of memories together, using images and objects, and traces how meanings shift over time.
Rooted in a process of collecting and assembling, Sultan’s practice weaves personal and cultural histories into evolving visual narratives.
This interview first appeared in Canvas 122: Reshaping Time
Images: Abeer Sultan. Photography by Pierre Tostain | The Repatriation of a Lost Tooth. 2024. Photography by SAMoCA | Dragée. 2026 | Al Bidaya. 2022. Images courtesy of the artist
𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆
(2026–ongoing)
Ninety Nine Till Infinity and Beyonce is a visual representation of the duality of the self. They highlight female characters from Nollywood and Khaleeji soap operas through DJing. The audio sampling method combines and remixes these cultures, examining how they could interact with one another. In the three months of the residency, I was researching on ways to act as the mediator by creating a new persona through DJing.
Thank you @mbrkmadhi for being my music buddy and collaborating on the sound piece. We shall create the metaphorical EP soon! @noufling for the superb videography 🤌🏾
I still don't know how to DJ well but @bybsew says I'm worthless If I don't.
and finally, thank you @beyonce
Dragée | الملبّس
2026 - ٢٠٢٦
Collage on a metal tray
46 x 33 cm
Dragée is an investigation of the family archive through textile and food as a means to dissect personal history and reposition the past in the present. By placing found materials that I consume on a daily basis, the archive becomes digestible, a metabolic symbol of processing history and family relations through imagemaking.
Now showing at Night of a Lifetime, curated by Alaa Tarabzouni and Philip Castro @samocamoc
Special Thanks <3
@actuallylala@noura.almaashouq@latifaya@sarahabuabdallah
The Mound | الرابية
2025 - ٢٠٢٥
Paper-mâché, photographic collage printed on acrylic
55 x 65 cm
On view at Anatomy of the Unseen, curated by Abdulmohsen Albin Ali @n.e.s.t_alula
انضموا إلينا في النسخة الثانية من معرض استراحة🌴 بعنوان “مقهى الإنترنت” الحديقـة الرقمية
الافتتاح ▫️ الأربعاء ٢٦ نوفمبر، ٢٠٢٥
مدة المعرض ▫️٢٦ - ٢٨ نوفمبر، ٢٠٢٥
الموقع ▫️ @جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن، الظهران، المملكة العربية السعودية.
هذا المعرض بتعاون بين استراحة ومُجتمع الديـوان (=´∀｀)人(´∀｀=)
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Join us for the 2nd edition of Estiraha exhibition🌴 titled Internet Cafe: Digital Garden
Opening▫️Wednesday 26th November 2025
Exhibition duration ▫️26th - 28th of November
Location ▫️@KFUPM University, Dhahran, KSA.
This exhibition is a collaboration between Estiraha and Diwan Community (=´∀｀)人(´∀｀=)
𝙼𝖆🅈 𝔞𝘭ⓛⓐℎ 𝓴𝓮🄴𝙥 𝗼𝙪𝒓 𝐮ⓝ𝒄𝐞𝑎𝘀𝒾𝖓𝔤 𝚟𝗶𝒓ⓣ𝘶𝔞ⓛ 𝒇𝓇𝖎𝙚🅝𝒹𝔰🅗𝑖𝗽
Few pages from ongoing photo book I’m building, choosing a format which allows me to add new pages as I go…
The publication is an extension of a video piece I made called ‘Al-Bidaya’ in 2022 where I’m researching the intricate relationship between death and its representation.
You can browse the first half of the publication at @efiegallery library and I will keep posting progress until I feel it’s completed.
Agua Viva I
from Agua Viva series, 2024
الماء الحيوي ١
من سلسلة الماء الحيوي، ٢٠٢٤
Collage on paper
61 x 91 cm (framed)
'time heals, just not quick enough...' Efiɛ Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
On view from 31 May - 30 July 2025
Curated by @oseekore
Join us for the 2nd edition of Estiraha exhibition🌴 titled “Internet 🕸️Cafe”.
Opening▫️Friday 20th June 2025
Exhibition duration ▫️20th - 28th of June
Time▫️7 PM - 10 PM
Location ▫️@kham.space ,Jeddah, KSA.
This exhibition is a collaboration between Estiraha and Kham Space(=´∀｀)人(´∀｀=)
𝙼𝖆🅈 𝔞𝘭ⓛⓐℎ 𝓴𝓮🄴𝙥 𝗼𝙪𝒓 𝐮ⓝ𝒄𝐞𝑎𝘀𝒾𝖓𝔤 𝚟𝗶𝒓ⓣ𝘶𝔞ⓛ 𝒇𝓇𝖎𝙚🅝𝒹𝔰🅗𝑖𝗽
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انضموا إلينا في النسخة الثانية من معرض استراحة🌴 بعنوان "مقهى🕸️الإنترنت".
الافتتاح ▫️ الجمعة ٢٠ يونيو، ٢٠٢٥
التوقيت▫️٧ إلى ١٠ مساءً
مدة المعرض ▫️٢٠ - ٢٨ يونيو، ٢٠٢٥
الموقع ▫️ @مساحة خام، جدة، المملكة العربية السعودية.
هذا المعرض بتعاون بين استراحة ومساحة خام (=´∀｀)人(´∀｀=)
آلُلُہ يڊيمـْـْْـْ آلُعٍشُرٍة آلُـِـِِـِِِـِِـِـإفُـ,ـتـٌـٌٌـرآضية إلُيَ بـٌـٌٌـٌٌٌـٌٌـٌينـِِـِـآ
