Safwan Dahoul: Painting the Silence of the Soul

Modern Arabesque, May 18, 2026

Modern Arabesque covers Safwan Dahoul’s current solo exhibition, The Eye: An Aperture Into the Soul, presented at Ayyam Gallery, describing it as a deeply introspective continuation of his long-running Dream series. ⁠


The exhibition explores themes of confinement, memory, and emotional vulnerability through his signature monochromatic, dreamlike imagery, where solitary figures inhabit enclosed, box-like spaces.⁠


Through this new body of work, Dahoul further develops his visual language around silence and psychological tension, offering a powerful meditation on isolation and the human condition.⁠