Titled ‘Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset’, the exhibition will present a new series work created for the National Pavilion UAE.

The Biennale Arte 2022, also known as Venice Biennale has a unique exhibition from the National Pavilion UAE (United Arab Emirates) and has announced its upcoming show.

Titled ‘Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset’, the exhibition will present a new series of work created for the National Pavilion UAE by Emirati artist Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim.

Mohamed who is a veteran of the experimental art community in the UAE is an installation of human-sized, abstract, and organic sculptural forms. Curated by Maya Allison, Executive Director of The New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, the exhibition draws from Ibrahim’s connection to the local environment of his hometown, Khor Fakkan — a city harbouring the rocky Al Hajar mountains on the east coast of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

The exhibition, which is taking place in the 59th year at the Venice Biennale in 2022 (Biennale Arte 2022) will be held between April 23 to November 27, 2022.

The exhibition marks the National Pavilion UAE's seventh participation at the Biennale Arte, along with its move towards an artist-led approach whereby Ibrahim nominated Allison to curate the exhibition.

The 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is curated by New York-based Italian curator and artistic director Cecilia Alemani under the theme ‘The Milk of Dreams.’

The name is borrowed from a book by Leonora Carrington, in which, Cecilia Alemani explains, “the Surrealist artist describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination, and where everyone can change, be transformed, become something and someone else.”

The National Pavilion UAE is commissioned by the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Youth, with a permanent pavilion at the Venice Biennale's Arsenale – Sale d'Armi.