Catalog of Art | We Are Palestine.

June 29, 2026

Palestinian voices carry stories of displacement and return, loss and perseverance, memory and hope. Across generations, artists have transformed these lived experiences into works of profound beauty and meaning, creating a visual language that speaks to identity, resilience, and the enduring human spirit.

Palestinian art stands as a living testament to a people whose history continues to unfold amid decades of upheaval. Through painting, photography, mixed media, and printmaking, these artists bear witness to personal and collective narratives, offering perspectives that are at once deeply rooted and universally resonant.

While no single exhibition can encompass the breadth of Palestinian art and culture, We Are Palestine invites viewers into a rich and varied landscape of artistic expression. Some artists evoke cherished memories of place and belonging; others confront the ironies and injustices of the present. Some document historical transformations, while others give form to frustration, longing, humor, or quiet acts of resistance. Together, their works reveal the complexity, diversity, and vitality of Palestinian cultural life.

Each featured artist is profiled on the SZ Gallery website, where visitors may explore their individual stories, inspirations, and reflections on Palestine. Their voices are distinct, their perspectives varied, yet each contributes to a broader conversation about identity, memory, and the power of creative expression.

As one of the first U.S. gallery to represent many of these artists, SZ Gallery is honored to offer a rare opportunity to acquire original works and signed, museum-quality editions by some of Palestine’s most celebrated contemporary artists. This remaining collection brings together established masters, visual historians, acclaimed photographers, and a new generation of emerging voices whose work is shaping the future of Palestinian art.

As the exhibition draws to a close, all unsold works will be returned to Zawyeh Gallery. These final days mark a unique opportunity to collect a work of lasting significance, an artwork that not only enriches a collection but also carries with it a powerful story of culture, identity, and endurance.

For acquisition inquiries, please contact info@suzannezahr.com before July 10, 2026.

Catalogue

HOUSELESSNESS by Mohammed Joha.

November 17, 2025

16 November 2025 - 11 January 2026
Zawyeh Gallery, Dubai
Unit 27, Alserkal Avenue

In his latest exhibition Houselessness, Palestinian artist Mohammed Joha redefines collage not merely as a visual technique, but as an architecture of rupture and reassembly, both a method and a metaphor. His works bring together scraps of fabric, paper, cardboard, plastic and other salvaged materials, textures pulled from shattered environments and fragments of personal history, to form compressed, jostling topographies. They convey not only violence and destruction, but also endurance and resistance: a continuation of life within erasure.

Born in Gaza, Joha has lived in Europe for over two decades. Yet Gaza remains intimately present in his life and work: his family and friends are still there, many of whom were recently martyred. His home, along with more than 500 paintings, lies buried beneath the rubble. The act of stitching together recycled materials, including torn pieces of his own clothing, reflects an iterative process of healing and comprehension: one that is both personal and collective, and continuously undermined by decades of violence and ongoing genocide.

For Joha, this is where the distinction between Houselessness and homelessness is vital. ‘We are without houses, not without a home. Our homeland is Palestine,’ he says. The loss his works express is not only architectural but existential: a condition of enforced displacement, where lives are rebuilt on ever more precarious ground, with ever fewer materials.

Visible seams and tears convey this sense of fragility and urgency, while tumultuous grey colour fields in works such as Houseless 05 and 06 evoke polluted skies, impenetrable clouds of dust and the psychic weight of living beneath occupation. Yet even these are not without hope. Between the grey and amid the cramped, collaged settlements are glimpses of vivid colour, cobalt blue, canary yellow, pink, purple, green, alongside fragments of pattern, lace, tartan, decorative swirls. These details are memory ruptures: remnants of life, of domestic intimacy, of a world before its most recent devastation. They speak to Joha’s insistence that, even amid destruction, life persists.

While rooted in the specificity of Gaza, Joha’s work carries global resonance. His use of collage echoes diasporic traditions of survival and adaptation, yet with an unmistakably contemporary urgency. In this way, his canvases become not only representations of collapse, but sites of reconstruction: an architecture of dignity, resistance and care.

ZEYNE - Asli Ana (My Roots)

November 29, 2024

The lyrics of Zeyne’s Asli Ana are a powerful exploration of decolonial themes. They challenge the Western concept of "civilization," exposing how it has historically been weaponized to oppress, displace, and erase. Zeyne confronts the long-standing colonial narrative, highlighting how it justified the theft of our lands, the erasure of our culture, and the distortion of our history.

The song doesn’t stop at critique; it pushes us to question our internalized colonial norms, even in subtle aspects like dress and self-presentation. The line, “Record, I am an Arab, and I know my origin” moved me to tears. It is a poignant reminder of the resilience required to preserve our identity after decades of diaspora and displacement.

Through poetic verses, Zeyne masterfully encapsulates the struggle to maintain our heritage while navigating a world that constantly demands assimilation.

Control Anatomy by Mahmoud Alhaj.

November 29, 2024

SZ Gallery - Mercer Island, WA
06 September - 31 December 2024

SZ Gallery presents Control Anatomy, an exhibit curated in collaboration with the Zawyeh Gallery in Ramallah, Palestine. This solo exhibition by Palestinian artist Mahmoud Alhaj explores colonial violence and the architectural mechanisms of domination and control over Palestinian geography witnessed by Alhaj who was born in Gaza. The exhibit opens Friday, Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. during the Mercer Island First Friday Art Walk.

Akin to a forensic investigator, Alhaj meticulously gathers traces of evidence left by colonial strategies that have distorted the landscape and delineated control and domination. Through his artwork, he layers photographs taken over the years and compares them to uncover changes over time. He discovers evidence in the wall, sewage dumps, military barracks, watchtowers, streets, roundabouts, and borders. Through the examination of the oppressive tools employed in the ongoing genocide and atrocities committed in the Gaza Strip, Alhaj reveals how the instruments of violence and control have shaped the day-to-day lives of those living in Gaza and subjugated Palestinians for decades.

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