Firetti Contemporary

We are proud to present Who I Become at Maraya Art Centre, curated by , marking a significant moment in the practice of

From the outset, her work has carried a striking clarity, defined by focus, direction, and a deep commitment to material and process. Moving fluidly across drawing, papermaking, assemblage, and installation, her practice unfolds as an ongoing investigation into memory, place, and time.

Working with handmade papers derived from palm and alfalfa fibers, alongside spices and found materials, Salmah constructs works that act as carriers of both personal and collective histories. These elements do not simply support the work, they shape its rhythm, texture, and meaning.

Across the exhibition, memory is not fixed but allowed to remain fluid, layered, and in constant transformation. From early explorations of personal archives to more spatial and sculptural works where absence itself becomes material, her practice continues to expand while remaining deeply rooted in place.

Who I Become brings these threads together into an open dialogue, reflecting a practice that embraces becoming as a continuous condition. There is a quiet insistence in her work, a commitment to preserving what might otherwise be overlooked, and to reactivating it through acts of making.

We are proud to have supported Salmah’s journey and to witness this important chapter in her evolving practice.

Firetti Contemporary

Open now: Déjà Vu at Concrete, Alserkal Avenue.

Firetti Contemporary is pleased to participate in “Déjà Vu”, a collective exhibition bringing together 20 of the UAE’s leading contemporary art galleries, conceptualised by .

📍 Open daily, 10:00am to 10:00pm at Concrete,
📆 On view until 8 May

The exhibition explores cycles of repetition, fragmented histories, memory distortions, and slippages in language and meaning.

We are pleased to present works by .tallaa_ and

Tallaa’s portraits move beyond likeness, inhabiting a space of tension where faces appear and dissolve through layered gestures of erasure and reconstruction. Shaped by psychological and material instability, his works hold a quiet balance between fragility and endurance.

Al Remeithi’s practice reimagines the infrastructures of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, transforming road systems into abstract compositions through layering, digital manipulation, and thread.

Curated by Kevin Jones ( ), Director of Strategy at Alserkal, Nada Raza ( ), Director of Alserkal Arts Foundation, and Zaina Zaarour ( ), Curator and Manager of Programmes at Alserkal Avenue, in consultation with participating galleries.