• Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]
  • Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]

Muhannad Shono Works [2014–2024]

This comprehensive monograph offers a critical overview of Saudi artist Muhannad Shono’s oeuvre to date. The publication positions him as one of Saudi Arabia’s most original and daring artistic voices. It sheds light on his unique visual language and contextualizes his work at this particular transformative juncture in the Kingdom and the contemporary art world at large. A storyteller at heart, Shono’s main drivers in his artistic practice—such as his usage of the line, the void, and natural materials to create speculative and generative narratives—are explored in-depth in this publication. This book aims to introduce the artist’s ground-breaking work to a wide international audience and invite them into the complex and evocative world of his imagination.
Muhannad Shono, who represented Saudi Arabia at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022 and participated in the first Islamic Arts Biennale, has been named the Contemporary Art Curator for the second edition, which will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2025.


Hardcover with open thread stitching 23,1 x 30,3 cm 192 pages 140 color and b/w illustrations English Available ISBN 978-3-96900-158-5 2024

Artist:

Muhannad Shono

Editor:

Nat Muller

Texts:

Hala Auji, Nat Muller, Todd Reisz, Alison Sperling

Design:

Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder)


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Exhibitions

Desert X 2025
Coachella Valley, CA, USA
08.03. – 11.05.2025

Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama: Clear-skies County
International Art Festival
Okayama, Japan
29.09. – 24.11.2024

Muhannad Shono. The Ground Day Breaks
Athr Gallery, Riad, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
February – May 2024

Muhannad Shono. A forgotten place
Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Opening February 2024

Library of the Unseen
Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Opening February 2024

gausnaidn
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Opening January 2024

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