Miramar Al Nayyar Iraqi, b. 1997
Miramar Al Nayyar is a self-taught Iraqi artist based between Amman and Abu Dhabi. Her multidisciplinary practice centers on movement as an elemental forming code, working across painting, installation, and material experimentation.
Through free flowing gestures and intuitive mark-making, she develops surfaces that recall scripts, symbolic systems, and geographies shaped by time. Her recent work investigates the relationship between language, universal memory, and abstraction, often drawing from the structural logic of Arabic calligraphy and the physicality of desert landscapes.
Al Nayyar is a recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Award and SEAF, and her work has been exhibited regionally and internationally.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025, Hujra, Alserkal Avenue, Presented by Tabari Artspace, UAE
2024, Moving Through The Ether, Tabari Artspace, Dubai, UAE
2017, Self Reflections, Fann wa Chai Cafe and Gallery, Amman, Jordan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025-6, Observers of Change, in collaboration with Barjeel Art Foundation, Etihad Museum, UAE
2024, The Greatest Sound is Sparse; The Grandest Sight is Formless, Group Show, MMAG Foundation, Amman, Jordan
2023, Postmordial Soup, ICD Brookfield Place, Dubai, UAE
2022, Dastaangoi Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2018, Juried exhibition, The First International Watercolor Jordan Forum at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
ART FAIRS
2025, Riyadh Art Week, KSA
2024, Art Dubai, UAE
PUBLIC ART
2022, Qouz Arts Fest curated by AlSerkal Avenue, participating artist, audio-visual performance entitled Pure Data
2021, Open Art Shuffle Street Art Festival curated by Open Art Museum, participating artist and muralist
2021, The Netherlands
2019, 2018, 2017 Baladk Street Art Festival curated by Al Balad Theatre, participating artist and muralist, Amman, Jordan
2019, Distrito Grafiti Street Art Festival curated by Vertigo Graffito Group, participating artist and muralist, Bogotá, Colombia
2019, Break The Silence, Campaign curated by ArtMejo and Embassy of the Netherlands, participating artist, and muralist
2019, Wall of Contemplation, Street Art project curated by MACAM and the EU, participating artist, and muralist
2019, Byblos, Lebanon, The Factory Art Festival curated by The Jordanian National Gallery of Fine Arts, participating artist and muralist, Amman, Jordan
SELECTED AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024, SEAF, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2024, Prohelvetia and Rote Fabric, Zurich, Switzerland
2022, Dastaangoi, Islamabad, Pakistan; Wilderness as Archive, Tbilisi, Georgia
2020, Platform27, Amman, Jordan; 7hills skatepark space, Amman, Jordan
2021, Prince Claus Seed Award
COMMISSIONS
Public art commission, Harmony, mural, ICD Brookfield Place
The North Face, International Women’s Day
SELECTED PRESS
2022, 5 Emerging Middle Eastern Artists You Need To Know About, Architectural Digest Middle East
2022, The 10 Contemporary Arab Artists you should know, The National
2022, A GIANT AMONG MEN, Hadara magazine
2021, We Move Mountains, IWD 2020 Campaign, The North Face
2020, The Badass 50 2020: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World, InStyle magazine
2020, Miramar is the Artist Behind Amman's Street Art Revolution, MILLE World
2020, The Writings on the Wall: Jordanian Artists Sends Strong Message of Female Empowerment, The National
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Tabari Artspace Presents Miramar Al Nayyar at Alserkal Avenue
16 November - 5 December 2025The exhibition's title, Hujra (ﺣُﺟرة), translates to “chamber,” sharing its roots with ḥajar (ﺣَﺟَر, stone). For Tabari Artspace's first exhibition at Alserkal Avenue, we present Hujra — ﺣُﺟرة, a solo...Explore -
Works by Miramar Al Nayyar, Hashel Al Lamki, Lulwah Al Homoud On View at Art Week Riyadh
Art Week Riyadh 2025 6 - 13 April 2025Centered around the theme At The Edge , the inaugural Art Week Riyadh explores thresholds, transitions, and liminal spaces—concepts that mirror Riyadh’s evolving role as a global hub for cultural...Explore -
Moving Through The Ether, Miramar Al Nayyar Solo Exhibition
Tabari Artspace 5 - 30 May 2024In Moving Through The Ether , Miramar Al Nayyar unveils a collection of abstract figurative works on canvas, inviting viewers into a realm of recognition and constant metamorphosis. Each 190...Explore -
Postmordial Soup | ICD Brookfield Place
Talal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar, and Miramar Al Nayyar 5 - 20 October 20235 October - 20 October, 2023 ICD Brookfield Place and Tabari Artspace present a group exhibition featuring Talal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar, and Miramar Al Nayyar, entitled Postmordial Soup....Explore
