Ali Eyal

Ali Eyal is an Iraqi artist whose multidisciplinary practice—spanning drawing, painting, assemblage, and film—considers the entanglements of personal memory, political violence, and loss. His work blurs the lines between traditional craftsmanship and contemporary, research-based methodologies, crafting meditative yet impactful narratives that reflect the condition of a generation beset by foreign interference and mourning the erosion of cultural identity.

Eyal (b. 1994, Baghdad, Iraq) earned an undergraduate degree from the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad. Recent solo exhibitions include Brief Histories, New York; and SAW Gallery, Ottawa. Group exhibitions include the 14th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Allegre, Brazil; 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago; Documenta 15, Kassel; MoMA PS1, New York; and Beirut Art Center, Beirut. Eyal’s video work is included in the 22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil: Memory is an Edition Station, São Paulo; Rencontres Internationales, Paris; VITRINE x Kino Screenings, London; Sharjah Film Platform, Sharjah; and Cairo Video Festival, Cairo. In 2023, Eyal was featured in Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present. Eyal will be participating in Made in L.A. 2025 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Kadist Art Foundation, Paris; and Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah. Eyal lives and works in Los Angeles.

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