Kutubna Cultural Center is holding Digital Art Exhibition: Printed Works, a group show curated by Nora Qudah and intern Celine El Khatib. Open until 9 March 2026, the exhibition features 35+ works by 27 artists from across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia; it demonstrates how digital images can acquire new meanings when presented as tangible, printed objects within a gallery setting.
The show examines the intersection between technology and artistic expression, highlighting how contemporary artists use digital tools alongside traditional methods. Rather than being confined to screens, the works are printed and displayed on walls, so visitors are encouraged to engage with digital art as a physical experience. Themes addressed in the exhibition include identity, memory, healing, heritage, and the relationship between human life and technology.
The participating artists represent a diverse range of backgrounds and approaches to digital media. They employ techniques ranging from digital illustration and collage to abstract compositions and hybrid processes combining manual and digital methods. Many of the contributors are emerging artists. The open-call format allowed creatives of different levels of technical experience to participate, emphasising digital art as an accessible and collaborative field.
Among the works on view is Between Then and Now by Palestinian architect and visual artist Aseel AlJaberi, a depiction of street scenery in Bethlehem’s Old City that situates the viewer within a landscape charged with memory, resilience, and the enduring spirit of hopeful resistance. Ukrainian artist Diana Zhuk presents The Sun Will Rise, created in Procreate, where the sun becomes a metaphor for renewal, inner strength, and steadfast faith: a reminder that light follows even the darkest moments. Meanwhile, Dubai-based digital artist and art consultant Shehzad Afzaal, whose work combines Arabic calligraphic influences with contemporary visual forms, contributes Motherhood, an expressive abstract piece produced in Photoshop.
The exhibition also features works by Kashish Rabban, an Indian-born, UAE-based artist and educator inspired by the vibrancy of nature; multidisciplinary artist Tejumola Animashaun, whose practice focuses on identity, womanhood, and social boundaries; and Ziqi Yu, a Chinese-born graphic designer and artist whose work merges Eastern aesthetics with modern abstraction, drawing on the wabi-sabi philosophy and the concept of liubai, where emptiness itself becomes a space of spiritual presence.
Other participants include:
- Turkish artist Professor Ahmet Albayrak;
- Mexican architect Andrea Pineda Martínez;
- Indonesian artists Emily Yoselin and Rayzel Hanifah;
- Indian architect and artist Fabi Faisel;
- Iranian graphic designer and multimedia artist Faezeh Ghavidel;
- Kenyan graphic designer and illustrator Fiddies Maina;
- Bulgarian artist Georgi Levchev;
- Kenyan photographer and horticulturist Neemo Mungai;
- Nigerian artist Nwanji Kyng Onyebuchi (sire);
- Otba Mushaweh, a Saudi-born, Istanbul-based designer and artist;
- Pakistani artist Raheela Abro;
- Pakistani architect, visual artist, and researcher Sabeen Yameen;
- and Indian illustrator Valerie Florina D’souza.
The rest of the featured creatives are based in the UAE. They include Iraqi artist Abeer Al Edani; artist Elza Iulaeva; Hiba Shireen, an Indian architect, interior designer, and watercolourist; Iranian designer and artist Homa Abdoli; Syrian artist Masah Eyad Antar; Palestinian-Jordanian artist and fine art photographer Nisreen Mounib Shawwa; and Stacey Kalkowski, an American multimedia artist, filmmaker, and game designer.
To get more information about Digital Art Exhibition: Printed Works, please go to its official web page.
In addition, you might be interested in visiting Invisible Fish by Saif Azzuz, Remnants by Kais Salman, and Shifted Diagonal by Ruslan Gudiev.
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