XVA Gallery presents The Truth, a solo exhibition by Saudi artist Hussein Al Mohasen that invites visitors into a vibrant exploration of perception, reality, and the possibilities of visual experience. The show will be open to the public until 5 February 2026.
On display is a new body of work in which Al Mohasen uses colour, poetic reference, and expressive techniques to engage with the notion of “truth” not as a fixed fact but as something felt, interpreted, and shared through imagery. The exhibition encourages viewers to look beyond surface appearances and contemplate how visual language can reveal deeper emotional and collective experiences, from hope and resilience to the complex contradictions of contemporary life.
At the gallery, Al Mohasen’s art pieces create a sensory pathway that oscillates between the real and the imagined, using symbolic mark-making and intense colour fields to expand the dialogue between artist, artwork, and audience.
About the artist
Hussein Al Mohasen (b. 1971, Qatif, Saudi Arabia) has been known in the Gulf’s art world since participating in the Al-Janadriya Festival in 1999 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Over more than two decades, he has developed a distinctive visual practice that blends influences from graffiti, poetry, music, and popular culture, creating works that are as expressive as they are reflective.
Al Mohasen’s art often engages in a dialogue with its audience and transcends regional paradigms to present narratives rooted in both individual and collective experiences. It is characterised by vibrant palettes, emotive imagery, and its capacity to question and expand what we understand as truth, identity, and cultural memory.
Al Mohasen has displayed his artworks widely across the Middle East, participating in various exhibitions, such as Tajammul (XVA Gallery, Dubai, 2025); Diversity From The Arb World (Albareh Art Gallery, Bahrain, 2012); Memories and Mirages (solo) (The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon, 2010); Bayt Abdullah Art Show (Dar Al Funoon, Kuwait, 2008); and Now (solo) (Zara Art Gallery, Jordan, 2008), to name a few.
About XVA Gallery
XVA Gallery, founded in 2003, is among the Middle East’s most respected contemporary art spaces, dedicated to championing work by artists from the Arab world, Iran, India, and the Subcontinent. Situated in the historic Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood in Dubai, the gallery occupies a beautifully restored traditional Arabian house.
The gallery’s programme includes solo and group exhibitions that foreground diverse cultural identities and perspectives, often challenging audiences to reconsider preconceptions and encounter new artistic voices. XVA also collaborates with international galleries and participates in major art fairs, such as Art London, SH Contemporary, and Art Basel Hong Kong, to showcase Middle Eastern art on the global stage. In addition to exhibitions, XVA offers curatorial consultancy and art advisory services, and its broader cultural complex includes the XVA Art Hotel and the acclaimed XVA Café.
To get more information about The Truth, please go to the official web page of the exhibition.
In addition, you might be interested in visiting the Hybrid Vistas group exhibition, Remnants by Kais Salman, and the Sikka Art & Design Festival 2026.
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