Samar Hejazi, a fragile transformation

Samar Hejazi's works often seem on the verge of disintegration. Suspended threads, fragmented surfaces, incomplete structures, and partially erased images construct an unstable space, where the gestures of sewing and undoing continually coexist. This tension is the basis of In Circulation, the exhibition presented at the Aisha Alabbar Gallery. For her first solo exhibition in the Emirates, Hejazi develops a narrative built around the idea of ​​continuous transformation. The exhibition does not propose a linear narrative or definitive conclusions, but is structured through open-ended questions: what remains when structures are destabilized? How is meaning redefined when frames of reference shift? Born in California in 1987 and active between Canada and the Middle East, Samar Hejazi works across textiles, printmaking, installation, and sculpture. Her practice often focuses on perception, memory, and the way materials and images retain traces of individual and collective experiences. The works exhibited in Dubai utilize processes of layering, stitching, erasure, and reconstruction, transforming the material itself into a form of knowledge. A core aspect of the exhibition stems from the engagement with the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive, from which the artist selected architectural plans and documents relating to Palestinian homes. These materials are reworked through textile interventions and layered compositions that transform the idea of ​​home into something mobile, incomplete, and continually redefined by time.