With her first major solo exhibition in the Netherlands, Mounira Al Solh (Beirut, 1978) shows that hope, culture, and stories have no borders.

Mounira Al Solh

The Bonnefanten presents recent and new works by this versatile Lebanese-Dutch artist, who is gaining international attention. The exhibition includes her acclaimed contribution to the Lebanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2024) and part of her work for the Artes Mundi Prize in Cardiff (2023). Among these installations, paintings, sculptures, and textile works flow, swirl, and move from one room to another.

For this mid-career exhibition, Al Solh is creating several large new works. The exhibition reflects on a world where power abuse and oppression leave deep marks. Al Solh explores themes such as identity, migration, trauma, and inequality, influenced by factors like gender, origin, and social class.