Ayla Hibri (b. 1987) is a visual artist from Beirut, Lebanon currently based between Amman and Beirut. For the last decade Hibri has been in constant travel, shifting environments to maintain a continuum of displacement and discovery. She has collected an expansive archive of visual data on the psychogeography of places and the ubiquitous aspects of the human condition. In parallel she paints and draws creatures and worlds far removed from this one, driven by the matter of dreams and active imagination.
Solo exhibitions include Animanimus, Galerie Salahin, Paris, France (2022); A Palm Tree Bows to the Moon, Abroyan Factory, Beirut, Lebanon (2019); Shells, Al Mammar Space, Ammar, Jordan (2019).
Selected group exhibitions include Re-Rooting, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan (2022); Dar Art Fair, Amman, Jordan (2021); Before The Cypress Broke, Void Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland (2021); C'est l'Anarchie Du Liban Qui Te Gêne, Galerie Charraudeau, Paris, France (2020); Water Pressure, Jaou Tunis/Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia (2018); Sfera Exhibition, Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon (2017); 85 Artistes Avec Le Peuple Kurde, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France (2016); Bright Cities, Loom Gallery, Milan, Italy (2015); RED Studios Residency Show, São Paulo, Brazil (2015); Numinous, ISTANBUL'74 Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2014); Do You See What I See, Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2013); Action at a Distance, Bursa Photofest, Bursa, Turkey (2013); Les Saisonos Arabes, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France (2013); White Noise, Ductac Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2012); Roaming Images, Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki, Greece (2011); BeyROUTE, Beirut, Lebanon (2011); Wet Socks, DIY Solo Exhibition, Beirut, Lebanon (2011); Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, USA (2011); Weird it up, Group Show, Chicago, USA (2010); Aseer Taza, Beirut, Lebanon (2009); Peace be Upon You, Torino, Italy (2009); Beirut Live, London, England (2009); Rochane Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (2009); IN | FINITE, Takt Kunstprojectraum residency show, Berlin, Germany (2008); La Semaine de la Photo, Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, Beirut, Lebanon (2008).