Her first solo exhibition, Unfolding, features Emirati multidisciplinary artist Moza Al Falasi reflecting on memory, loss, and the passage of time through the idea of home.
What appears is not a single story. Childhood, family, grief, and recent loss intersect and fold inward. Time no longer follows a straight path. The domestic space feels vulnerable rather than safe, fractured, layered, and incomplete.
Displayed at Tashkeel Nad Al Sheba 1 Gallery from 15 May to 26 June, the exhibition represents the conclusion of her journey through Tashkeel’s mentorship programme.
Working mainly with photography, along with painting, sound, and fabric, Al Falasi interprets the house not as a fixed entity, but as a collection of fragments, surfaces, and impressions. Textures evoke walls, sounds reverberate through spaces, and materials preserve traces of what remains.
The works transition between personal experience and inherited memory, examining how grief shapes identity over time.
The paintings of women alongside olive trees do not offer resolution. They suggest endurance. The olive tree, rooted and weathered, becomes a symbol of persistence, of continuing in the presence of absence.
Moza Al Falasi says: “My work is deeply rooted in the complexities of inherited grief - the sorrow passed down through generations, shaping identity in both visible and unseen ways. I explore how personal and ancestral memories become entangled with identity, weaving a tapestry of emotions that transcend time. This inquiry became more profound following the loss of my parents and, more recently, my husband, compelling me to examine grief not only as a personal experience but as an inherited weight that alters our inner landscapes. My art has become a means to navigate both the emotions of loss and the complexities of life, revealing the deeply personal and collective experience of grief. Whether my practice serves as a form of healing or a visual documentation of grief remains uncertain.
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