NIKA Project Space, Al Khayat Avenue, Unit 11, 19th Street Road, Dubai (2026)

01/06/2026

Just opened in Paris - 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴, a new solo exhibition by Katya Muromtseva 👤
For 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, the exhibition’s central work, Muromtseva developed a unique animation technique, filming shadow puppets against illuminated, rotating plastic cylinders hand-drawn with scenes from the narrative. Over two years, she produced 44 transparencies and hundreds of drawings.
The process is remarkable not only for its precision, but also for the ideas it carries. A shadow is the most visible trace a body can leave, an undeniable sign of presence. At the same time, the shadow puppets recall Plato’s allegory of the cave, which questions our ability to distinguish projection from reality.

𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘
Katya Muromtseva: 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴
Curated by Christianna Bonin
On view until July 18

NIKA Project Space in
43 rue de la Commune de Paris, Romainville

Follow the link in bio to know more 🔗

29/05/2026

This Sunday at NIKA Project Space, Paris 💡 Katya Muromtseva’s 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴 opens this weekend — a solo show built around the premiere of 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, a 30-minute animated shadow-puppet film she’s been making for several years.

The exhibition takes over darkened rooms filled with flickering silhouettes, shifting shadows, and drawings. It’s a space that sits somewhere between memory, dream, and bureaucratic absurdity — familiar things made strange, identities that slip in and out of focus.

𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 follows a woman who returns to her home country after ten years away, only to find that, on paper, she doesn’t exist anymore. Her journey unfolds through institutions, archives, and fragments of memory as she tries to find her way back into the official record — and back into herself.

𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘
Katya Muromtseva: 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴
Curated by Christianna Bonin
Vernissage: Sunday, May 31, 3–7 PM
On view until July 18

NIKA Project Space in  43 rue de la Commune de Paris, Romainville

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28/05/2026

In anticipation of the May 31 opening of 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴, our upcoming solo exhibition by Katya Muromtseva at NIKA Project Space, Paris, we share a first glimpse of several drawings from a larger body of works presented throughout the exhibition. Produced during the development of 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, the artist’s new 30-minute animated shadow puppet film premiering in the exhibition, the drawings reference iconic imagery from art history. The works reflect Muromtseva’s practice of transforming space through the poetic language of drawing and painting while confronting social and political realities.

𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘
Katya Muromtseva: 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴
Curated by Christianna Bonin
Vernissage: Sunday, May 31, 3–7 PM
On view until July 18

NIKA Project Space in  43 rue de la Commune de Paris, Romainville

Artworks:
1,3. Department of Faith. Caprichos, 2025
2. Department of Faces, 2025
4,5. Department of Faith, 2025
All marker on paper, 31 x 23 cm each, 36 x 28 cm (framed)

Courtesy of the artist.

26/05/2026

Coming soon in Paris — 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴, a solo exhibition by Katya Muromtseva, marking the premiere of her new video work 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦. The exhibition weaves together animated shadow puppetry, hand-drawn imagery, and spatial installation into a reflection on displacement, bureaucratic absurdity, and the questions of where we belong.

Ahead of the opening, we invite you to watch a new studio film featuring the artist in her New York workspace at , offering a first look into the making of the exhibition 📽️🔗 Live on YouTube — watch via the link in bio.

𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘
Katya Muromtseva: 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴
Curated by Christianna Bonin
Vernissage: Sunday, May 31, 3–7 PM
On view until July 18

NIKA Project Space in  43 rue de la Commune de Paris, Romainville

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24/05/2026

Mirna Bamieh’s 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘱 is currently on view as part of 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 at , a two-chapter exhibition across Dubai and Jeddah reflecting on mapping, navigation, movement, and the systems that shape how we orient ourselves in the world.

First created in 2011, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘱 dissolves borders into light — a blank projection that loops through visibility and blur until geography itself disappears. Mirna Bamieh’s video work imagines a world where boundaries, divisions and obstacles are swallowed into a white void, offering a vision of space without purpose, and a map that holds the sum of all possible maps.

On view at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, through October 4, 2026.

The exhibition curated by Indranjan Banerjee and

📷: Global Positioning System at Jameel Arts Centre, from May 9 to October 4 2026. Courtesy of Art Jameel. Photography by Danko Stjepanovic

22/05/2026

In conjunction with .projectspace and Katya Muromtseva’s upcoming exhibition 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴, invites you to a presentation and signing of 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 on Saturday, 30 May, from 5–7 PM at Boutique Skira, in the presence of the artist and curator Christianna Bonin.

Published by Skira in 2025, the 224-page monograph expands on Muromtseva’s exhibition 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩, originally presented at NIKA Project Space, Dubai, and brings together watercolor works, installations, and research rooted in the artist’s conversations with immigrant women in the UAE and the United States.

𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘
Book Signing with Katya Muromtseva at
Paris, 28 Rue de Grenelle
May 30, 5–7 PM
A signing session and drinks will follow the talk
 RSVP via link in bio 🔗

20/05/2026

Closing this week in Dubai: 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭, the first UAE solo exhibition by Münster-based Tatar artist Nazilya Nagimova. Working with felt — a material passed down through generations of her family — Nagimova explores home as something mobile and mutable, shaped by migration, memory, and loss. Jort installations in white and black anchor the show, alongside video and wall works that spiral through ancestral ritual, Tatar script, and the quiet resilience of things that carry their shelter with them.

𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘
Nazilya Nagimova: 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭
On view until May 23

NIKA Project Space Dubai
Al Khayat Avenue, Unit 11
19th Street Road - Al Quoz 1, Dubai

Learn more about the show & Nazilya’s practice on our website 🔗

17/05/2026

ARTWORK SPOTLIGHT | 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 by Ali Kaeini, both 2026
Fabric dyes, acrylic, ink, spray paint, and fabric collage on raw canvas
174 x 129,5 cm | 187 x 125 cm
 The works are currently on view at part of our presentation at .artfair, Limassol 🌊 Visit us today at Booth A9 until 7 PM.

Ali Kaeini’s works explore how censorship and absence have shaped visual language and representations of intimacy in post-revolution Persian pop culture. Working with dyed fabric, bleach, ink, and laser-cut motifs drawn from Persian calligraphy and museum objects, Kaeini builds layered compositions where erased figures acquire a renewed presence.

In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 (2026), he turns to the Iranian Lion and Sun symbol — destabilizing it alongside cosmic motifs and an emoji-like star — reflecting on how national symbols are stripped of historical depth over time. The Blue Girl shifts to the domestic interior, depicting a woman dancing before a mirror in a scene that recalls Vermeer in its attention to light, gaze, and the boundary between image and architecture.

16/05/2026

ARTWORK SPOTLIGHT | 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 by Daniele Genadry, 2024
Acrylic and oil on canvas
116 x 155 cm
 The work is currently on view at part of our presentation at 🌆 Visit us at Booth B1 through Sunday, May 17!

Daniele Genadry’s practice is not grounded in specific sites, though one might assume echoes of Lebanese terrain. The space of light and emptiness that permeates her work produces visual uncertainty: we look not at a landscape but at a flash of light. Light becomes the central subject rather than any figurative motif. This is a treatment of light sharply different from the Impressionists’ optics. Her world seems filtered, unreal, stripped of detail, more beautiful than reality, yet never an aestheticized illusion.

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