© 2022 Faisal Samra
Born in Bahrain 15/01/1955 of Saudi nationality, currently lives and works as full time multi-media artist, between Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Paris and Spain.
Samra’s works are held in numerous private and public collections including: The British Museum; Institut du Monde Arabe; The Jameel Art Foundation; Almansouria Foundation; K. Shoman Foundation ; Mathaf; Ithra & MOC,KSA.
1980
BA (Hons), L’École National Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
2005 & 2014
Jury Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria, Egypt
1995-2000
Founder Vision Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
1992-1994
Founder Islamic & Artisan Design Company, Morocco; Saudi Arabia
1987-1992
Consultant Fine Arts & Graphics, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
1983-1985
Founder Interior Design Company, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
1982-1983
Senior Graphic Designer Arabian Bechtel Co., Jubail, Saudi Arabia
1980-1981
Stage Designer Saudi TV, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
2019
Immortal Moment 01 Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria, Egypt
2017
Distorted Reality Revisited Ayyam Gallery, DIFC-Dubai
2016
15/15 project –, a site-specific interactive installation (SMS to Mohamed bin Faris) Ministry of Culture, Bahrain
2015
Global Warming Bin Matar House, Muharraq, Bahrain
2014
39 Ayyam Gallery, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
C.D.R. (Construction, Deconstruction & Reconstruction) Ayyam Gallery, London, UK
2013
Majaz (Metaphor) Ayyam Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2012
Shanty Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
Shanty Galerie HD, Casablanca, Morocco
2011
Resistance Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2010
Distorted Reality 4 Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
2009
Distorted Reality 3 Galerie Natalie Obadia, Paris, France
2008
The Other Body 03 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2007
Distorted Reality 2 Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
Distorted Reality 1 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Absent Heads Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2005
People XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Other Body 2 Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2003
Works on Paper Agial Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Third World Citizen Fennel Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Third World Citizen Art Centre, Manama, Bahrain
2002
The Ultimate Fire Grass Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2000
Rochan Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1999
Repeated & Different Galerie Epreuve d'Artiste, Beirut, Lebanon
Other Body Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama, Bahrain
1998
Icon Masafa Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1996
Masafa Gallery Kuwait City, Kuwait
Art Center Manama, Bahrain
Contemporary Miniatures Vision Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
Nabatiyats Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
1995
Trace of Angels Masafa Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1994
Nostalgia Art Centre, Manama, Bahrain
1992
Sensation Plastique Galerie Seltzer Lejeune, Paris, France
1991
Le Pli Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
1990
Rochan Gallery London, UK
1989
Acte Nomade Galerie Etienne Dinet, Paris, France
Signs Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1987
Moualaqat Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1985
Rochan Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1974
Culture & Arts Association Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2021
Diriyah Biennale First Biennale in Saudi Arabia
C.U.Q.-The Mailbox Project Villa Romana , Florence, Italy
2020
Durational Portrait Expo Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
The Mailbox Project CUQ - Imprint, Misk, Riyadh , KSA
2019
21/39 Event Jeddah, KSA, Annual Exhibition – Bahrain
Bienalsur Buenos Aires, Argentina & Riyadh , SA
Ithra (Mara’ina Expo) Dharan, SA
2018
Off Biennale Cairo (Something else) Cairo, Egypt
2017
Group show, Musee Lambinet Versailles, France
An Ode to Life, Public Art Installation Bahrain Forte. Bahrain
2016
Photo London, solo show, Ayyam gallery UK. Art Dubai
Ayyam Gallery UAE
Borderland, Low Gallery San Diego, USA
2015
Photo London UK. Art Dubai
Ayyam gallery UAE
Screening: Ya Hussain, Something Else, OFF Biennale Cairo Cairo, Egypt
Culturunners Project, (Wounded knee) USA
View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art Abu Dhabi Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2014
Insubordination, Musée de la PalmeraieMarrakech, Morocco
Fluid Forms II, Samsung Blue Square, Seoul, South Korea; Busan Museum of ArtBusan, South Korea
View from Inside, FotoFest Biennial, HoustonTexas, USA
Contemporary Kingdom, Ayyam Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2013
Edition #1, Edge of Arabia Gallery London, UK
Silk Highway, Yallay Gallery, Wong Chuk Hang Hong Kong
2012
#COMETOGETHER, Edge of Arabia, Old Truman Brewery London, UK
Arab Express, Mori Art Museum Minato, Japan
2011
Haeinsa Art Project, Haeinsa Temple Hapcheon County, South Korea
2010
Transition, Edge of Arabia Istanbul, Turkey
6th Berlin Biennale Berlin, Germany
Video Biennale, Maraya Art Center Sharjah, UAE
Grey Borders / Grey Frontiers, Edge of Arabia Berlin, Germany
Fluid Forms I, K.F.C.C Seoul, South Korea
2009
2nd Singapore Biennale Singapore
Traversées (Crossings), Galerie Bab Rouah Rabat, Morroco
2008
Darb 1718 Cairo, Egypt
Grand Palais Paris, France
Edge of Arabia London, UK
11th International Cairo Biennale Cairo, Egypt
2007
Languages of the Desert, The Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, UAE
Galerie Enrico Navarra Project Paris, France
2006
Languages of the Desert, Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, France
Word Into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East, British Museum London,UK
2005
Mairie de Neuilly sur Seine Paris, France
Languages of the Desert, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2004
Museum der Arbeit Hamburg, Germany
Video Art, Overgarden Museum Copenhagen, Denmark
2003
The Arabian Canvas, Sheraton Hotel Dubai, UAE
2002
Kinda Collection, Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, France
2001
8th International Cairo Biennale Cairo, Egypt
World Museum Rotterdam, Netherlands
Egizio's Project Gallery, New York City New York, USA
1999
Beyond the Image, National Museum of Fine Arts Amman, Jordan
1998
French Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Egee Art Gallery London, UK
1997
Sixty Arab Artists, Darat Al Funun Amman, Jordan
1992
Poitier Modern Art Museum Poitier, France
Contemporary Arab Art - Hope & Optimism Magdalene College, UK
1991
Seoul International Festival of Art Seoul, South Korea
1990
Racines - Annual Concourse Suresnes, France
1987
Arab Graphic Arts, Maison de la Culture Le Havre, France
1986
Baghdad International Festival Baghdad, Iraq
1985
Rochan Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1983
Salon de Mai-Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
1982
UNESCO Paris, France
2012
Residency Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2010
Residency Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2005
Residency Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2003-2004
Courses & Workshops Drawing and Painting, College of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordon. Faisal Samra Studio, Bahrain
2021
Ministry Of Culture – The Red Sea Museum , Jeddah , KSA (People In Context 2 – Jeddah & Mecca – Documentary Film )
2020
Misk , Riyadh , KSA ( Schizophrenia – Video Art)
2019
Ithra , Dhahran , KSA (People In Context 1- Alhasa – Photos & Video Installation)
2014
New International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ( Mashrabyah’s – Mix media Installation )
1997
Sh. Huda Al-Sabah, Kuwait City, Kuwait ( The Prayers – Mix media Installation )
1992
King Fahad Airport, Dammam, KSA ( Wings – Mix media Sculpture & Paintings )
1981
Royal Commission, Jubail, KSA (Fountain)
Ministry Of Culture, KSA
Misk Foundation, KSA
Ithra , KSA
Rak Art Foundation , Bahrain
Basmoca , KSA
Pontifical Catholic University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
British Museum, London, UK
Mathaf , Doha, Qatar
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Haeinsa Temple Museum – Hapcheon County, South Kore
Aljafali Art Collection, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Almansouria Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
ARAMCO, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abdurrahman Al-Awais Foundation, UAE
Bahrain Financial Harbor Project, Zayed House, Bahrain
Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain
BuchDruckKunst e.V. Art book Museum, Hamburg, Germany
Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
Dr Anwar Gargash (Gargash Enterprises), Dubai, UAE
Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE
Farook Collection, Dubai, UAE
The Jameel Art Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kinda Collection, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan
Ministry of Finance, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Modern Art Museum, Cairo, Egypt
National Methanol Co., Jubail, Saudi Arabia
National Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
National Museum of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
Regency International Hotel, Manama, Bahrai
Mr. Saeb Eigner, London, UK
Sh. Polla Al-Sabah, Kuwait City, Kuwait
The Samawi Collection, Dubai, UAE
Weng Fine Art, Krefeld, Germany
Sh. Iman Al-Sabah, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Sh. Abdullah Al-Sabah, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Sh. Iqbal Al-Sabah, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Sh. Majed Al-Sabah, Kuwait city, Kuwait.
Sh. Huda Al-Sabah , Kuwait City , Kuwait
1998
Award, Liberty 98, UN, New York, USA
1995
Award, Dialogues of Peace - 50th Anniversary of UN, Geneva, Switzerland
1978
Award, Drawing Masters, St. Remy les Chevereuses, France
1977
Award, Concours David Vaill, Paris, France
Award, Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1975
Three Awards, Annual Drawing Collective Exhibitions, Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2019
Artists Talk , 2139 Event , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
2017
Artist Talk at Bin Mattar House , Moharaq , Bahrain
2015
Artist talk (Culturunners Project), Omaha, USA
2014
Artist Talk, 39, Ayyam Gallery, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
2012
>Shanty project presentation, CAP, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Albareh Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
2010
Panel discussion, Grey Borders / Grey Frontiers, EOA, Berlin, Germany
2008
Panel discussion, Traversées (Crossings) Grand Palais, Paris, France
2007
Artist Talk, Distorted Reality 2, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
1996
Artist Talk, Nabatiyats, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
1994
Artist Talk, Nostalgia, Art Centre, Manama, Bahrain
2014
View From Inside, Schilt Publishing, FotoFest 2014 Biennial, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012
Faisal Samra, Skira, Milan, Italy (Author: Roxana Azimi & Gilles de Bure)
2010
Art of the Middle East: Modern and Contemporary Arab World and Iran, Edited by Saeb Eigner, Merrell Publishers Limited, London, UK
2009
Contemporary Art in the Middle East, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK (Authors: Suzanne Cotter, Lindsey Moore, Nat Muller)
2008
In the Arab World Now, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
2006
Word Into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East, Edited by Venetia Porter, British Museum, London, UK
2005
Languages of the Desert: Contemporary Arab Art from the Gulf States, Edited by Karin Adrian von Roques and Dieter Ronte, DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag, Cologne, Germany
Born in Bahrain 15/01/1955 of Saudi nationality, currently lives and works as full time multi-media artist, between Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Paris and Spain.
Samra’s works are held in numerous private and public collections including: The British Museum; Institut du Monde Arabe; The Jameel Art Foundation; Almansouria Foundation; K. Shoman Foundation ; Mathaf; Ithra & MOC,KSA.
1980
BA (Hons), L’École National Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
2005 & 2014
Jury Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria, Egypt
1995-2000
Founder Vision Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
1992-1994
Founder Islamic & Artisan Design Company, Morocco; Saudi Arabia
1987-1992
Consultant Fine Arts & Graphics, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
1983-1985
Founder Interior Design Company, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
1982-1983
Senior Graphic Designer Arabian Bechtel Co., Jubail, Saudi Arabia
1980-1981
Stage Designer Saudi TV, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
2019
Immortal Moment 01 Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria, Egypt
2017
Distorted Reality Revisited Ayyam Gallery, DIFC-Dubai
2016
15/15 project –, a site-specific interactive installation (SMS to Mohamed bin Faris) Ministry of Culture, Bahrain
2015
Global Warming Bin Matar House, Muharraq, Bahrain
2014
39 Ayyam Gallery, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
C.D.R. (Construction, Deconstruction & Reconstruction) Ayyam Gallery, London, UK
2013
Majaz (Metaphor) Ayyam Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2012
Shanty Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
Shanty Galerie HD, Casablanca, Morocco
2011
Resistance Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2010
Distorted Reality 4 Albareh Art Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
2009
Distorted Reality 3 Galerie Natalie Obadia, Paris, France
2008
The Other Body 03 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2007
Distorted Reality 2 Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
Distorted Reality 1 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Absent Heads Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2005
People XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Other Body 2 Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2003
Works on Paper Agial Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Third World Citizen Fennel Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Third World Citizen Art Centre, Manama, Bahrain
2002
The Ultimate Fire Grass Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2000
Rochan Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1999
Repeated & Different Galerie Epreuve d'Artiste, Beirut, Lebanon
Other Body Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama, Bahrain
1998
Icon Masafa Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1996
Masafa Gallery Kuwait City, Kuwait
Art Center Manama, Bahrain
Contemporary Miniatures Vision Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
Nabatiyats Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
1995
Trace of Angels Masafa Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1994
Nostalgia Art Centre, Manama, Bahrain
1992
Sensation Plastique Galerie Seltzer Lejeune, Paris, France
1991
Le Pli Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
1990
Rochan Gallery London, UK
1989
Acte Nomade Galerie Etienne Dinet, Paris, France
Signs Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1987
Moualaqat Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1985
Rochan Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1974
Culture & Arts Association Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2021
Diriyah Biennale First Biennale in Saudi Arabia
C.U.Q.-The Mailbox Project Villa Romana , Florence, Italy
2020
Durational Portrait Expo Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
The Mailbox Project CUQ - Imprint, Misk, Riyadh , KSA
2019
21/39 Event Jeddah, KSA, Annual Exhibition – Bahrain
Bienalsur Buenos Aires, Argentina & Riyadh , SA
Ithra (Mara’ina Expo) Dharan, SA
2018
Off Biennale Cairo (Something else) Cairo, Egypt
2017
Group show, Musee Lambinet Versailles, France
An Ode to Life, Public Art Installation Bahrain Forte. Bahrain
2016
Photo London, solo show, Ayyam gallery UK. Art Dubai
Ayyam Gallery UAE
Borderland, Low Gallery San Diego, USA
2015
Photo London UK. Art Dubai
Ayyam gallery UAE
Screening: Ya Hussain, Something Else, OFF Biennale Cairo Cairo, Egypt
Culturunners Project, (Wounded knee) USA
View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art Abu Dhabi Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2014
Insubordination, Musée de la PalmeraieMarrakech, Morocco
Fluid Forms II, Samsung Blue Square, Seoul, South Korea; Busan Museum of ArtBusan, South Korea
View from Inside, FotoFest Biennial, HoustonTexas, USA
Contemporary Kingdom, Ayyam Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2013
Edition #1, Edge of Arabia Gallery London, UK
Silk Highway, Yallay Gallery, Wong Chuk Hang Hong Kong
2012
#COMETOGETHER, Edge of Arabia, Old Truman Brewery London, UK
Arab Express, Mori Art Museum Minato, Japan
2011
Haeinsa Art Project, Haeinsa Temple Hapcheon County, South Korea
2010
Transition, Edge of Arabia Istanbul, Turkey
6th Berlin Biennale Berlin, Germany
Video Biennale, Maraya Art Center Sharjah, UAE
Grey Borders / Grey Frontiers, Edge of Arabia Berlin, Germany
Fluid Forms I, K.F.C.C Seoul, South Korea
2009
2nd Singapore Biennale Singapore
Traversées (Crossings), Galerie Bab Rouah Rabat, Morroco
2008
Darb 1718 Cairo, Egypt
Grand Palais Paris, France
Edge of Arabia London, UK
11th International Cairo Biennale Cairo, Egypt
2007
Languages of the Desert, The Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, UAE
Galerie Enrico Navarra Project Paris, France
2006
Languages of the Desert, Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, France
Word Into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East, British Museum London,UK
2005
Mairie de Neuilly sur Seine Paris, France
Languages of the Desert, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2004
Museum der Arbeit Hamburg, Germany
Video Art, Overgarden Museum Copenhagen, Denmark
2003
The Arabian Canvas, Sheraton Hotel Dubai, UAE
2002
Kinda Collection, Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, France
2001
8th International Cairo Biennale Cairo, Egypt
World Museum Rotterdam, Netherlands
Egizio's Project Gallery, New York City New York, USA
1999
Beyond the Image, National Museum of Fine Arts Amman, Jordan
1998
French Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Egee Art Gallery London, UK
1997
Sixty Arab Artists, Darat Al Funun Amman, Jordan
1992
Poitier Modern Art Museum Poitier, France
Contemporary Arab Art - Hope & Optimism Magdalene College, UK
1991
Seoul International Festival of Art Seoul, South Korea
1990
Racines - Annual Concourse Suresnes, France
1987
Arab Graphic Arts, Maison de la Culture Le Havre, France
1986
Baghdad International Festival Baghdad, Iraq
1985
Rochan Gallery Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1983
Salon de Mai-Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
1982
UNESCO Paris, France
2012
Residency Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2010
Residency Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2005
Residency Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2003-2004
Courses & Workshops Drawing and Painting, College of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordon. Faisal Samra Studio, Bahrain
2021
Ministry Of Culture – The Red Sea Museum , Jeddah , KSA (People In Context 2 – Jeddah & Mecca – Documentary Film )
2020
Misk , Riyadh , KSA ( Schizophrenia – Video Art)
2019
Ithra , Dhahran , KSA (People In Context 1- Alhasa – Photos & Video Installation)
2014
New International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ( Mashrabyah’s – Mix media Installation )
1997
Sh. Huda Al-Sabah, Kuwait City, Kuwait ( The Prayers – Mix media Installation )
1992
King Fahad Airport, Dammam, KSA ( Wings – Mix media Sculpture & Paintings )
1981
Royal Commission, Jubail, KSA (Fountain)
Ministry Of Culture, KSA
Misk Foundation, KSA
Ithra , KSA
Rak Art Foundation , Bahrain
Basmoca , KSA
Pontifical Catholic University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
British Museum, London, UK
Mathaf , Doha, Qatar
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Haeinsa Temple Museum – Hapcheon County, South Kore
Aljafali Art Collection, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Almansouria Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
ARAMCO, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abdurrahman Al-Awais Foundation, UAE
Bahrain Financial Harbor Project, Zayed House, Bahrain
Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain
BuchDruckKunst e.V. Art book Museum, Hamburg, Germany
Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
Dr Anwar Gargash (Gargash Enterprises), Dubai, UAE
Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE
Farook Collection, Dubai, UAE
The Jameel Art Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kinda Collection, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan
Ministry of Finance, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Modern Art Museum, Cairo, Egypt
National Methanol Co., Jubail, Saudi Arabia
National Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
National Museum of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
Regency International Hotel, Manama, Bahrai
Mr. Saeb Eigner, London, UK
Sh. Polla Al-Sabah, Kuwait City, Kuwait
The Samawi Collection, Dubai, UAE
Weng Fine Art, Krefeld, Germany
Sh. Iman Al-Sabah, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Sh. Abdullah Al-Sabah, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Sh. Iqbal Al-Sabah, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Sh. Majed Al-Sabah, Kuwait city, Kuwait.
Sh. Huda Al-Sabah , Kuwait City , Kuwait
1998
Award, Liberty 98, UN, New York, USA
1995
Award, Dialogues of Peace - 50th Anniversary of UN, Geneva, Switzerland
1978
Award, Drawing Masters, St. Remy les Chevereuses, France
1977
Award, Concours David Vaill, Paris, France
Award, Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1975
Three Awards, Annual Drawing Collective Exhibitions, Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2019
Artists Talk , 2139 Event , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
2017
Artist Talk at Bin Mattar House , Moharaq , Bahrain
2015
Artist talk (Culturunners Project), Omaha, USA
2014
Artist Talk, 39, Ayyam Gallery, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
2012
>Shanty project presentation, CAP, Kuwait city, Kuwait
Albareh Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
2010
Panel discussion, Grey Borders / Grey Frontiers, EOA, Berlin, Germany
2008
Panel discussion, Traversées (Crossings) Grand Palais, Paris, France
2007
Artist Talk, Distorted Reality 2, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
1996
Artist Talk, Nabatiyats, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
1994
Artist Talk, Nostalgia, Art Centre, Manama, Bahrain
2014
View From Inside, Schilt Publishing, FotoFest 2014 Biennial, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012
Faisal Samra, Skira, Milan, Italy (Author: Roxana Azimi & Gilles de Bure)
2010
Art of the Middle East: Modern and Contemporary Arab World and Iran, Edited by Saeb Eigner, Merrell Publishers Limited, London, UK
2009
Contemporary Art in the Middle East, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK (Authors: Suzanne Cotter, Lindsey Moore, Nat Muller)
2008
In the Arab World Now, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France
2006
Word Into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East, Edited by Venetia Porter, British Museum, London, UK
2005
Languages of the Desert: Contemporary Arab Art from the Gulf States, Edited by Karin Adrian von Roques and Dieter Ronte, DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag, Cologne, Germany