Naples, Sudan by Mutaz Elemam on display at Shazar Gallery

From Feb. 20 to March 30, 2025, Shazar Gallery in Naples inaugurates Contemporary Forest, the solo exhibition of Mutaz Elemam, a Sudanese artist who lives and works between France and Cairo.Elemam brings to the Via Pasquale Scura a body of unpublished works, in which color and nature become the protagonists of an ever-evolving pictorial research.

A keen observer of reality and experimenter with expressive languages, Elemam boasts a long international career, with exhibitions in cities such as New York, Miami, Beirut, Doha, Beijing and Khartoum. His second Italian solo show is part of the programming of Shazar Gallery, which is always open to dialogue between cultures and the most innovative artistic trends.

Nature as memory and identity

The new cycle of works presented in Contemporary Forest marks an evolution in the language of Elemam, who reworks his own stylistic signature through an explosion of colors and expressive brushstrokes. While not betraying his artistic vision, the painter introduces an even more dynamic and vibrant dimension, which transforms the canvas into a plant universe in constant motion.

His works, seemingly abstract at first glance, gradually reveal more and more defined scenarios: trees, flowers and grasses stand out in a dense and enveloping verticality, evoking landscapes inspired by the places visited by the artist and his homeland. Painting thus becomes a place of memory, where nature and identity intertwine to give life to a world rich in nuance and suggestion.

An artist between Africa and the contemporary world

Born in Kasala, Sudan, Mutaz Elemam trained at the Fine Arts Department of the Sudanese University of Science and Technology in Khartoum. He is a member of the General Union of Sudanese Plastic Artists and the Cairo Artists’ Atelier, and his artistic journey is marked by experiences in different cultural contexts, which have enriched and transformed his approach to painting.

In addition to participating in solo and group exhibitions in prestigious international contexts, such as the Beijing Biennale and the Sharjah Art Foundation, Elemam has also served as Africa Art File editor for the art magazine Not Apartheid, published in Italy. His works are part of important public and private collections, confirming his role as a bridge artist between African tradition and global contemporaneity.

For all information, you can visit Shazar Gallery’s official website.

Naples, Sudan by Mutaz Elemam on display at Shazar Gallery

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