ABOUT
Husna Samer’s practice explores identity, place, spirituality, and the spaces between the tangible and intangible. Working through surrealism and symbolism, she creates dreamlike works that consider how repeated acts of remembrance, devotion, and longing shape the self.
Her work is concerned with states of transition and contradiction—between stillness and movement, remembering and forgetting, permanence and change.
Drawing from personal and collective memory, cultural influences, and Sufi thought, Samer uses symbolism and colour to explore the idea of the self as something fluid and constantly becoming.
EXHIBITS
UPCOMING Consolidation is Reconsolidation, group show curated and organised by Hyphen Contemporary, Region Concept Space, MiZa, Abu Dhabi. October 2026
Fragments of Memorabilia, Moments for Lebanon, curated by Hayaty Diaries, Galerie au Roi, Paris, June 2026
In Good Company, a group show curated by Thaer Select and hosted by Rizq Art Gallery, May 2026
Open Invitation at Satellite, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, group show organized by Rami Farook, January 2026
Mirage; a group show curated by Nicolo Venelli (Vertygo Art) and Moustafa Thaer (Thaer.Select) and hosted by Erth Hotel, part of ADAF Satellite 2025. November 2025
Here We Are, a research-based show curated by Vania Rontini and hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with ZU’s CACE. October 2024
Exhibited at Manarat Al Saadiyat through Mawhibaty, Abu Dhabi (2021–2023).
PRESS
Bayn/Space Interview, Husna Samer: The State of Becoming, September 2026
In Good Company, Pop up, Rizq Art Gallery, May 2026
Naso Art Journal Interview, On Tracing Longing, January 2026
Canvas Mag on Mirage, An Oasis of Revelation: Group Show with Vertygo and Thaer Select, November 2025
A New Truth: On Rayan’s Memory Work, collaborated with Emirati artist and photographer Rayan Aljneibi, May 2025
Here We Are, Italian Cultural Institute, October 2024
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Painting
B.Sc. Computer Science ; B.A. Political Science