This collection of children’s drawings is from a book published in 2005 titled “Silent Witnesses - The Lives of Palestinian Children”
1. “Conflict” - artist unknown
2. Yusra Mahmoud - age 14
3. “No matter what they do, freedom’s sun will rise” - Sarab Abu Bakr, age 15
4. “Dreams” - Nidal Hatem, age 12
5. “Palestinian Wishes” - Mohammad Halman, age 11
6. “Settlements” - Omar Al Mahsearie, age 12
7. “Checkpoint” - Tasneam Sbeah, age 12
8. Naseem Al-Halman, age 10
9. “Missing Friends” - Alaa Mealie, age 12
Man Reclining / 2 wolves on TV
Oil on canvas
42x59.4cm
2023
At @athrart booth at Abu Dhabi art fair last October
Made this painting during @aneffortart residency in the summer
Untitled (Assembly)
Oil on canvas 100 x 160 cm
Commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation for the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026
‘In Interludes and Transitions / في الحل والترحال’ closes on the 2nd of May.
Thank you Sabih Ahmed, Nora Razian and the rest of the Biennale team for your trust and support. I loved working on this painting <3
The 15th @kaunasbiennial ‘Life After Life’ curated by @adomas.n closes this week 23/11. This show is really special and I’m honoured to have been a part of it <3
Boardroom (2023), Saudi Idol (2023), and Untitled (2024) at the Temporary M.K. Čiurlionis Art Gallery alongside works by Niklas Taleb and Phung-Tien Phan, Jasper Marsalis, Coumba Samba, and Trương Công Tùng.
Text excerpt from Adomas’ curatorial statement.
Photos by Jonas Balsevičius
Showing this painting and some more with ATHR at Art Basel Paris (booth H14) alongside @sarahabuabdallah and @hayfa_algwaiz . Tomorrow is the last day of the fair <3
Untitled
Oil on canvas
82 x 59.4 cm
2025
Two untitled works - oil on canvas in steel frames 21 x 29.7 cm
As part of “Now is not the time for pretty pictures” curated by Rami Farook for @athrart ’s Art Dubai booth last April
