Khayria Refaat
Exhibitions
Art curation is a both a creative and organizational process for me. My passion for the arts and making it connect and resonate with the people is what drives me to make an exhibition turn into a beautiful touching experience. Here I mention examples that I'm very proud of.
Rings of Light
2023
“Rings of Light” is a solo exhibition showcasing the artworks of Taghreed Albagshi in between 2020 to 2022, bringing light to characters that represented strength and stability to her in different stages of her life. Taghreed visualized this light in the form of circles surrounding her figures and connected the concept of light to different feelings experienced by the visitor in each painting.
Since Taghreed is an artist and a writer, each artwork was described with a poem of her own, and to enhance the visitor's experience and help them interact with the artworks and engage with the concept using a new sense, the Exhibition was accompanied by a soundtrack of her poems with a soothing calm music produced only for this exhibition.
After 2pm
2022
"After 2pm" is a curatorial project that aims to explore the polarity between the traditional and more artistic methods of representation.
Through a photography exhibition showcasing the works of four talented photographers Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti, Abdulmajeed Al-Rodhan, Ali Al-Shehabi, Abdulrahman Saleh.
The exhibtion showcased moments of life in the gulf countries in the past 30 years after 2pm which are the "after working hours" back then when you can take rest and start your evening activities indoors or outdoors.
These moments were captured in various forms we decided to focus on through photography, video art, and a workshop table full of personal photographs we gathered from the audience in an open call, where people can write their own comments on the back expressing how they relate to these moments.
