Solo Exhibitions

2024 So expansive, you and I become null, Hunna Art, Kuwait City, Kuwait

2022 An Informal Affair, Bayt Al Mamzar, Dubai, UAE

Public Commisions

2025 Heavy petals, Islamic Art Biennale, Jeddah, KSA

2016 Entrelac at Amman Design Week, Jordan

Group exhibitions

2024 I forgot what you felt like, Hayaty diaries, London, UK

Completion in Motion, Peckham Safehouse, London, UK

Trash by Bad Art, Greatorex Street, London, UK

Levitate, Hayaty Diaries at Garden Walk Shoreditch, London, UK

Queer Enough, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK

2023 Interplay, Royal College of Art, London, UK

Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Art Cairo, Egypt

2022 Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea

60 Years of Ties, Hangar Space, Amman, Jordan

2019 Amman Design Week, Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Jordan

Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Mixed Pallete, Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Jordan

2018 Mixed Pallete, Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Jordan

2017 Art Dubai, UAE

2009 Orient Gallery, Amman, Jordan

Special Projects

2021 TALK TO HIM, performance Video in collaboration with Imani Shanklin Roberts and MoCADA, New York, USA

2018 Amalgamate, Installation in collaboration with Silsal at Ruwwad, Amman, Jordan

Residencies

2024 Pocket Cow Residency, Malvern, UK

Notable Collections

National Museum of Jordan

Private Collection, London

Private Collection, Jordan

Private Collection, Abu Dhabi

Private Collection, Dubai

Press and Publications

2024 Vogue Arabia, June

2022 Womena, Dig Deeper, May

Arab News, April

Meets with Muses Podcast, 07/05/2022

2019 Arab-America Psycho Podcast, Thanks, New York!, 09/01/2019

2017 Arch Daily, February

RAYA (b. 1991) explores the politics of the body in a multidisciplinary practice that presents a deeply personal interrogation of form. With a background in textiles and patternmaking, the knowledge of working with soft materials is translated by hand into new sculptural mediums, from steel to copper and creates ornate naturalistic depictions inspired by heritage. Her work proposes that the body is the ultimate tool for reimagination and creation, articulating silent dialogues on autonomy and identity. The nuances of heritage and personal history confront the muted democracies of social constructs, turning her work into an arena for the renegotiation of being.

Based in London, she is of Palestinian heritage. Having been raised in Amman, Jordan. Raya studied at Pratt institute in New York where she began her career. 10 years later, she relocated to Dubai to further her inquiry both personal and professional. She is currently completing an MA in sculpture at Royal College of Art.