Grounded in a dynamic understanding of the arts as fundamental to life and accessible to all, the venue’s multidisciplinary programme spans exhibitions, commissions, cinema, and community-building. It actively supports artists and creative communities through integrated learning initiatives and shared studio spaces.
Hayy Jameel is a dedicated multi-disciplinary arts and creativity complex located in the Al Muhammadiyah district of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Operating as part of the broader Art Jameel ecosystem, the venue hosts exhibitions, cinema programming, maker studios, and educational initiatives. It functions as a cultural hub designed to support artists and creative communities across the region while making the arts accessible to the public.
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Represented and guest artists exhibiting with the gallery.
Heba Y. Amin (b. 1980, Cairo) is an Egyptian artist and researcher based in Berlin whose videos, installations and lectures examine technology, colonial cartography and the politics of territory. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Muhanned Cader (b. 1967) is a Sri Lankan artist based in Colombo whose drawings and paintings explore perception, landscape and the gaps between image and text. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Eissa Attar is a Saudi artist whose work engages movement, mapping and the changing landscape of the Arabian Peninsula. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Cheng Xinhao (b. 1985, Kunming) is a Chinese artist whose photographs, videos and installations investigate landscape, history and the construction of place in southwest China. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Baaraan Ijlal is a Pakistani artist based in Lahore whose paintings and installations draw on archives, mythology and memory. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Karachi LaJamia is an artist-run collective and informal school based in Karachi, Pakistan, focused on collaborative learning and research into the city. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Nalini Malani (b. 1946, Karachi) is an Indian artist based in Mumbai, a pioneer of video and installation art in India, whose shadow plays, animations and paintings address violence, gender and memory. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Ahmet Öğüt (b. 1981, Diyarbakır) is a Kurdish artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam whose installations and collaborative projects, such as The Silent University, address social and political structures. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Amol K Patil (b. 1987, Mumbai) is an Indian artist whose performances, sculptures and installations draw on the labour histories and protest traditions of Mumbai's working-class neighbourhoods. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Hiraki Sawa (b. 1977, Ishikawa) is a Japanese artist based in London known for dreamlike video animations in which everyday domestic spaces become sites of travel and wonder. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Arpita Singh (b. 1937, Baranagar) is a celebrated Indian painter based in New Delhi whose richly figurative works, often incorporating maps, text and numbers, explore womanhood, violence and everyday life. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Hitesh Vaidya is an Indian artist whose practice engages mapping, urban space and movement. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Zarina (Zarina Hashmi, 1937–2020) was an Indian-born American artist renowned for minimalist woodcuts, intaglio prints and cast-paper works that evoke home, displacement, borders and memory through maps and architectural plans. Their work is included in Global Positioning System at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Abeer Sultan is a Bahraini artist and publisher whose installations, books and archival projects explore memory, domestic space and the Gulf's maritime histories. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Ameena Aljerman Al Ali is an Emirati artist whose practice draws on family archives, materials and memory in the UAE. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Basmah Felemban (b. 1992, Jeddah) is a Saudi artist whose works on paper, installations and digital media draw on geometry, Islamic heritage and coding. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Gouled Ahmed is a Somali-born, Sweden-raised artist and designer whose textiles, garments and performances explore Somali heritage, gender and queer identity. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Asmaa Jama is a Somali-born poet and artist based in Bristol whose writing, performance and film explore memory, migration and Somali oral traditions. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Hashim Nasr is a Sudanese photographer and filmmaker whose work documents everyday life, landscape and the social histories of Sudan. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Henok Melkamzer is an Ethiopian artist and musician whose practice spans sound, painting and installation, drawing on Ethiopian cultural traditions. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Hoda Afshar (b. 1983, Tehran) is an Iranian-born artist based in Melbourne whose photography and video, including Speak the Wind, explore representation, displacement and the landscapes of the Persian Gulf. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Hussein Shariffe (1934–2005) was a Sudanese painter, poet and filmmaker, a key figure of modern Sudanese art, whose films such as Tigers Are Better-Looking reflect on exile and memory. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) is a Kenyan sound artist and composer based in Berlin whose ambient field-recording-based works explore listening, ecology and place. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Madiha Sikander is a Pakistani artist whose practice explores material histories, memory and the Indian Ocean world. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Mustafa Saeed is a Somali-born artist and filmmaker whose moving-image work explores the Somali diaspora, memory and maritime connections. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Myriam Omar Awadi is a Comorian-French artist whose installations, textiles and performances draw on the oral traditions, languages and Indian Ocean histories of the Comoros. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Rund Alarabi is a Saudi artist whose practice explores landscape, memory and the Red Sea coast. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Sara Abdu (b. 1991, Jeddah) is a Saudi artist whose meditative installations and drawings explore repetition, spirituality and the passage of time. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Sarah Al Abdali (b. 1989, Mecca) is a Saudi artist based in Jeddah whose paintings, murals and installations reflect on urban change, heritage and identity in the Hejaz. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Shiraz Bayjoo (b. 1979, Mauritius) is a Mauritian artist based in London whose painting, film and installation examine colonial histories, archives and the Indian Ocean. Their work is included in Red Wind, Coral Worlds at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Nouf AlHarthi is a Saudi artist and writer whose practice spans publishing, text and image. Their work is included in At the Edge of Renewal, presented by the Khaleeji Women's Library & Archive at the Jameel Library, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Hayfa AlGwaiz is a Saudi artist and designer working with books, print and visual narrative. Their work is included in At the Edge of Renewal, presented by the Khaleeji Women's Library & Archive at the Jameel Library, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Dalal AlObaidi is a Kuwaiti artist whose practice engages publishing, print and the archive. Their work is included in At the Edge of Renewal, presented by the Khaleeji Women's Library & Archive at the Jameel Library, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Yasmeen Abdal is a Gulf-based artist and illustrator whose work spans zines, independent publishing and drawing. Their work is included in At the Edge of Renewal, presented by the Khaleeji Women's Library & Archive at the Jameel Library, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Fatima Al Jarman is an Emirati artist and writer whose practice spans publishing, illustration and storytelling. Their work is included in At the Edge of Renewal, presented by the Khaleeji Women's Library & Archive at the Jameel Library, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Maitha Ali is a Gulf-based artist whose practice explores books, print and experimental publishing. Their work is included in At the Edge of Renewal, presented by the Khaleeji Women's Library & Archive at the Jameel Library, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
Ala Younis (b. 1974, Kuwait) is a Jordanian artist, curator and publisher based in Amman whose research-based installations and films examine collective memory, nation-building and archives in the Arab world. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Ahmad Ghossein (b. 1981) is a Lebanese filmmaker and artist whose films, including All This Victory, and video installations explore war, memory and absence in Lebanon. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Ayman Zedani (b. 1989) is a Saudi artist based in Riyadh whose installations, sound and moving-image works explore ecology, myth and the interaction of human and non-human systems in the Arabian Peninsula. Their work is presented in Unruly Waters, the flagship exhibition of Rubaiya Qatar 2026 in Doha.
Bachar Fayoud is a Syrian artist whose practice engages memory, displacement and material culture. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Hossam Sirgahyah is an artist from the Arab world whose practice engages sound, image and memory. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Sonia Kallel (b. 1973, Tunis) is a Tunisian artist whose installations, textiles and videos engage craft, the body and the social memory of Tunisian medinas. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Nour Abuarafeh (b. 1987, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian artist whose videos and installations explore memory, place and the visual politics of Palestine. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Mohammad Nammoor is a Syrian artist whose practice explores memory, conflict and everyday life. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Walid Raad (b. 1967, Chbanieh) is a Lebanese artist based in New York, known for The Atlas Group and Scratching on Things I Could Disavow, works that probe the histories of the Lebanese wars and the art infrastructures of the Arab world. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Fredj Moussa (b. 1988) is a Tunisian artist whose videos, installations and performances explore borders, migration and the politics of image. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Mounir Salah is an artist from the Arab world whose practice engages music, image and memory. Their work is included in Made With Your Magic – Jeddah at Hayy Arts, Hayy Jameel (2026).
Curatorial team and exhibition programming.
Tarek Abou El Fetouh is an independent curator based in Brussels. He established visual and performance art initiatives across the Arab world, including the Meeting Points Contemporary Art Festival. He curated the National Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), the Public Art Program for Expo 2020 Dubai, and exhibitions at Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, Sharjah Art Foundation, the Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. He was Senior Curator and Director of the Performance Department at Sharjah Art Foundation between 2021 and 2024.
Huda Tayob is a South African architectural historian and theorist based at the Royal College of Art, UK, having previously taught at the University of Manchester, University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg and the Bartlett School of Architecture. Her research focuses on minor, migrant and subaltern architectures on the African continent. She was lead curator of the digital pan-African platform Archive of Forgetfulness (2020–2021) and participated in the 18th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (2023) with Index of Edges.
Miriam Hillawi Abraham is a multi-disciplinary designer from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With a background in architecture, she works with digital media and spatial design to interrogate themes of equitable futurism and intersectionality. She was a Mellon researcher for the Canadian Centre for Architecture's Digital Now project, is an artist-in-residence at the Jan van Eyck Academy, and her work was featured in the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Jood AlThukair is a Saudi curator and researcher associated with the Khaleeji Women's Library & Archive (KWLA), whose work focuses on the publishing, archival and creative practices of women from the Gulf. She curated At the Edge of Renewal at the Jameel Library, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah (2026).
