· The Artist
Mohamed Alarifi
Contemporary practice · Studio
Working across painting and mixed media, the artist builds layered compositions through periods of excavation and revision — each canvas resolved once, then left to stand.
A quiet dialogue
“Every work is a quiet dialogue between light and memory.”
Practice
A contemporary artist exploring identity and place through color and texture. Working between painting and mixed media, the practice favors quiet surfaces, long looking, and compositions that hold memory without explaining it away.
What remains on the surface is not a single moment, but years of looking, revising, and refusing to forget.
The Process
Each painting undergoes sustained revision.
Decisions accumulate.
When the work reaches coherence, it is concluded.
No further intervention occurs.
Selected Exhibitions
Exhibition History
- 2026
Studio Open — The Studio, Riyadh
- 2026
Quiet Geometry — Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- 2026
Desert Lights — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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