WHAT'S ON - Aisha Alabbar
- Art Salon Team
- Jun 24
- 3 min read
Architectures of the In-Between
Featuring Nevine Hamza, Atefeh Majidi Nezhad, and Layla Juma
31 MAY – 23 AUG 2025
Aisha Alabbar Gallery is pleased to present ‘’Architectures of the In-Between’’, a group exhibition that brings together the work of Nevine Hamza, Atefeh Majidi Nezhad, and Layla Juma. Three artists whose foundational ties to architecture shape their distinctive visual languages. With practices rooted in spatial logic, metaphysical inquiry, and embodied form, each artist navigates the threshold between structure and sentiment, material and memory, between what is seen and what is sensed.
Nevine Hamza’s work is a study in architectural poetics. Drawing on her background in design, she transforms metaphysical ideas into atmospheric visual compositions that float between sky and ground. Her use of photography, digital art, collage, and painting often conjures vast, contemplative skies—spaces of stillness and introspection. “My work seeks to translate metaphysical concepts into visual forms,” she notes, “using architectural elements to explore the boundaries between earth and sky, the tangible and the intangible.” This pursuit of inner realms and parallel worlds invites the viewer into a quiet, meditative dialogue with the unseen.
Atefeh Majidi Nezhad’s installations offer a more tactile investigation of space. Her Zero-G series employs delicate lace and translucent materials that appear suspended in midair, confronting the viewer with a sense of both weightlessness and intimacy. Her practice examines the emotional resonance of built environments. “I am inquisitive to primarily notice and then reimagine the historical memory embedded in architectural concepts,” Majidi Nezhad reflects. Her work draws a thread between space and selfhood, questioning how architectural memory embeds itself in bodies, rituals, and identities.
Meanwhile, Layla Juma’s minimalist geometries present a language of form and repetition that translates social structures into visual rhythm. Through drawing, installation, and sculpture, Juma assembles and dissembles patterns to reveal coded systems and moments of alignment. “I see shapes not as we see them but as dynamic beings with the potential to align despite their unique properties,” she says. Her compositions expose the intersections between control and chaos, structure and improvisation, offering a meditation on how identities are shaped, fragmented, and reorganized within spatial and cultural frameworks.
Architectures of the In-Between positions space as something deeply felt an entity that remembers, absorbs, and responds. Through varied media and approaches, Hamza, Majidi Nezhad, and Juma shift architecture from static infrastructure into a living vocabulary of perception, history, and embodied experience.
About Aisha Alabbar
Established in 2018, Aisha Alabbar Gallery stands as a pillar of contemporary and modern art in Dubai, UAE. Guided by a commitment to showcasing both emerging and established talents, we strive to elevate the voices and visions of artists from the UAE, the region, and beyond.
As a pioneering women-led Emirati gallery, we take pride in being among the first in the region to celebrate the brilliance of local and regional artists. Through meticulous curation and collaborations with esteemed curators and organizations, we invest significant resources to spotlight these artists on the global stage.
Through our exhibitions, innovative programs, and bespoke publications, Aisha Alabbar Gallery enriches the dynamic tapestry of the arts in the UAE, leaving a lasting mark on the cultural landscape.
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