This exhibition invites visitors to explore personal and collective memories through printed works that reflect architecture, culture, migration, and everyday life. Artists from around the world present their perspectives, offering a space where emotions, identities, and histories intersect. Each print acts as a fragment of time—preserved, shared, and reimagined.
Blending digital illustration, photography, painting, collage, and written word, Printed Nostalgia transforms digital expressions into physical forms. The exhibition ends in a cozy, reflective room—a quiet invitation to pause and reconnect with your own memories. Just like the printed materials that once preserved our stories, this space celebrates the tangible power of remembering.
The featured artworks were selected through an international open call that received 322 submissions from around the world. From these, 98 artists were selected, whose works highlight a rich diversity of voices and interpretations of nostalgia.
The participating artists are:
Abdulla Al-Obaidly/ Abeer Aref Mouadhah/ Abeer Awad/ Adetutu Adediran/ Agustina Mucci/ Ahad Al Shamari/Ahmad Motalaei/ Ahmedd Abdelaali/ Ahmed SharafAldeen/ Aia Hussein/ Aisha Altaf Hussain/ Aleesha Suleman/ Ali Gad/ Aljazi Al Henzab/ Alreem K. Alemadi/ Ameni Abida/ Amira Lamti/ Amira Tanany/ Amr Alngmah/ Asli Gokce Musekura/ Asmaa Alwahidy /Aya Chalabee/ Aymane Ait Yahya/ Batool Kheniab/ Chafic Tony Najem/ Dania Hany/ Dina Hashem Zain Omar/ Doa Emam/ Donia Alshetairy/ Dr.Javeria Nabahat Amin / Erick Peres/ Esra Nesipogullari/ Farah Anwar/ Fatima Al Yousef/ Federico Lepe/ Ghayyan Al Amine/ Gurcim Yilmaz/ Hana Gamal/ Hasan Ibrahim/ Haya Zubaid/ Heidi Ezzat/ Hind Bouqartacha/ Israa Alrrayah/ Jaili Hajo/ Jo-Anne Malan/ Juman Daraghmeh/ Khalid Alarabi/ Lama Ghanem/ Laramie Shubber/ Layan Waleed/ Lian Sharkia/ Mahad Mohamed Mahmoud/ Mai Eraky/ Marrim Akashi Sani/ Meara Albast/ Mehdi Moghimnejad/ Menna Salah/ Michel Antoun Saleeb/ Mina Fekry/ Miray Michel Ishak/ Mohamed Louanjli/ Mohamed Zediah/ Mohammed Buhasan/ Mostafa Olwan/ Mubarak Al Thani/ Nada Al-Joza/ Noha Redwan/ Nuwair Al Hajeri/ Omar Alsarayra/ Omnia Ashraf Ahmed Elrefaey/ Rachid Ayadi/ Rajaa Khenoussi/ Rana Hemdan/ Rasha Yousif/ Rayan Al Jneibi/ Reem Al Ani/ Reham Kamal/ Sadiq Al Harasi/ Sahar Mokhtari/ Sakna Hassan/ Salma Algamal/ Sarah Mounia Kachiri/ Sara Adel Mohamed/ Savannah Du Quercy/ Sbaa Ousama/ Segolene Ragu/ Shaikha Alawajan/ Shradha Devkota/ Shrouk Ghonim/ Sillygoose/ Smahane Drissi/ Somaya Alsayed/ Sumayah Fallatah/ Syeda Hiba Zehra/ Wafaa Omar/ Walaa Tarakaji/ Yaqeen Yamani/ Zaynab Al-Alawi/ Ziad Ahmed
Curators: Saida Alkhulaifi and Fatima AlZaini
