Reem is a London- and Doha-based artist working with garment-based installation to examine material value, cultural symbolism, and transformation through oud and the abaya.
ASBAR / أصبر (2026)
A site-responsive installation staged within an abandoned Neo-Islamic villa in Al Wakrah, Qatar.
Developed within a domestic structure left incomplete and uninhabited, the work engages themes of endurance, suspension, and the instability of value across material, architecture, and garment.
Her practice operates across installation, garment, and spatial intervention.
Working with agarwood (oud), textiles, and scent, she constructs environments where value is embedded, extracted, and reconfigured. The abaya is approached not as clothing, but as a structural and symbolic form expanded, suspended, and repositioned within space.
Materials are treated as active: stitched on, embroidered, whole, fragmented, and circulated, reflecting on memory, labour, and transformation.
Value is materialised rather than represented seen as currency, residue, weapon, and artefact.
Featured works
Oud Abaya · Oud Casino · IV Drip · Trafficked
OUD ABAYA
The Oud Abaya, 2024
Oud on fabric
OUD CASINO
IV DRIP
TRAFFICKED
Independently conceived and produced across London and Qatar.