Born in 1961 in Hama, Syria, Dahoul was initially trained by leading modernists at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Damascus before travelling to Belgium, where he earned a doctorate from the Higher Institute of Plastic Arts in Mons. Upon returning to Syria, he began teaching at the Faculty of Fine Arts and was a prominent member of the Damascus art scene. In the span of a decade, Dahoul nurtured a new generation of artists as an active mentor whose evolving aesthetic often ignited new directions in painting. Given the trajectory and status of his painting style, Dahoul’s career is regarded as a crucial link between modern and contemporary Arab art. Dahoul’s paintings are held in numerous private and public collections, including the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah; National Museum, Damascus; The Samawi Collection, Dubai; The Farjam Collection, Dubai; the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait. Recently, he has participated in solo and group exhibitions at Ayyam Gallery DIFC and 11 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai (2018, 2017, 2016); Samsung Blue Square and Busan Museum of Art, South Korea (2014); Ayyam Gallery DIFC, Dubai (2014, 2011); Ayyam Gallery Beirut (2014); Ayyam Gallery London (2013); Edge of Arabia, London (2013); and Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (2012).
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Multidisciplinary artist Barbara Ayozie Fu Safira is a painter, photographer, a stylist, creative director and costume designer for film, TV, and fashion, and has consulted for many creative companies including Channel 4, Film 4, Netflix, BET, Amazon, Nike, TikTok, Chanel, Matches Fashion, UMG, Quincy Jones PD and V Studio Group. For London Fashion Week she styled the fashion shows of Eudon Choi, Tokyo James, and Zeynep Kartal and has produced photoshoots and drafts fashion editorials for Vogue, Elle, GlassBook, GQ Turkey, Hunger TV, Metal Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine, Replica Man, Beast Mag, and Vogue Turkey. Her latest body of work, her photography was shown at Photo London 2026 with ‘Positions’ curated by Maria Sukkar.
Maurizio Anzeri, the Italian-born, London-based artist, works across photography, sculpture, drawing and traditional craft techniques. Often reworking portraiture through embroidery, thread and synthetic hair, his practice brings image, object and surface into close relation. In 2000, Anzeri created sculptures made out of hair for Alexander McQueen, and worked for a year with Isabella Blow producing ‘wearable’ sculptures. The artist’s works are held in several collections including at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Alexander McQueen Archive, London, the Saatchi Collection, London, Fondazione Agnelli, Turin, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Gagosian Collection, Rothschild Collection, Ivor Braka Collection, London, Statoil Collection, Oslo, Missoni Collection, Milan, The Museum Of Everything, London, Museo Cantonale, Lugano Switzerland, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf and Pier24 Photography, San Francisco. Anzeri was part of the inaugural exhibition in 2009 of the new Photographers Gallery. In 2010, he won the Vauxhall Collective bursary prize for Fine Art resulting in his solo exhibition 'The Garden Party' at the Q Forum, London. His solo exhibition ‘Family Day’ was held in 2011 at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. In 2013, Anzeri’s solo exhibition ‘But it's Not Late, It's Only Dark’ was held at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. In 2014, he was commissioned to do a portrait by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and in that same year took part in the exhibition 'The Needles Eye' at the Kode Museum in Bergen, Norway and in 2015 at the Oslo National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Anzeri held several solo exhibitions with Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA. He has collaborated with Hatis Noit for her Concert at St John on Bethnal Green for the release of her album AURA in 2022 and 2023, and showed 'Lesson One' at Italian Cultural Institute, London UK , PLOT BRUN gallery, London UK. In 2026, Maurizio Anzeri showed with ‘Positions’ at Photo London 2026—'Positions' curated by Maria Sukkar.
Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and author based in London. She primarily works across painting, animation, immersive experiences, digital illustration, and installation. Born and raised in Pakistan, she migrated to the United States at the age of 14. Her experiences of migration, combined with a focus on gender, collective memory, and the South Asian diaspora, have shaped a multidisciplinary art practice spanning over 12 years. Her work has been exhibited in London, New York, Paris, Karachi, and Miami.Abidi has been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 – Class of 2025. She is currently pursuing her MA in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art and will soon begin her MFA at Oxford University (Class of 2026).She is the founder of Women Rise, a Web3 initiative focused on women’s rights and girls’ education through art, and BackPackX, a spatial computing platform centred on storytelling, VR based education, and innovation for marginalized communities. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading, cycling, and exploring new coffee blends. Clients and collaborators include Adobe, Google, UN Women, Vital Voices, Malala Fund, Chicago Bulls, IPPF, Charity Water, Instagram, Snapchat, The Pad Project, UNHCR, Lonely Whale, Camfed, The New York Times, Quarto Books, Voice HQ, Coinbase. Maliha has spoken on numerous panels, both in-person and online on creating inclusive communities and as an early adopter in the NFT space. Maliha has also been interviewed on news programmes such as Good Morning America and Inside Edition and has even conducted interviews herself, such as with renowned activist Malala Yousafzai.
Nobody’s Listening is a Virtual Reality (VR) experience and exhibition. It amplifies voices of survivors from the Yazidi community through the tool of art and technology, both merged as the VR—"Nobody’s Listening: The Forgotten Voices of Sinjar"—a virtual experience and an immersive sense of artworks, and through an art exhibition.
The VR shares storylines formed from several interviews with survivors, with technology as a tool utilised to create greater understanding through an immersive feeling and to educate, and the exhibition is made up of artworks by Yazidi artists and other communities.