At once ethereal, bodily and scriptural, Kalache’s work reveals tensions between formlessness and familiar images. Canvas and paper are marked with vivid color estranging Kalache’s intimate world. The works together form a constellation of conversations, inspirations and parallel struggles, reaching beyond their own spaces onto that of Youmna Chlala’s poetic pieces and Etel Adnan’s written works.

Hiba Kalache was born in Beirut, and now lives in California. She has recently participated in FOG fair with Altman Siegle gallery in San Francisco. Her solo shows include Our Dreams are a Second Life (2020), and Lemonade Everything Was So Infinite (2018), at Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon. Group exhibitions include Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France; Villa Romana, Florence, Italy; Beit Beirut Museum, Rose and Shaheen Saleeby Museum, Beirut, Lebanon; Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; The Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium; and the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.

Youmna Chlala was born in Beirut and lives in New York. She has exhibited at the Hayward Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, The Drawing Center, Dubai Art Projects, Concrete Gallery, Hessel Museum of Art and MAK Center for Art and Architecture. She participated in the 33rd Bienal de São Paulo, 7th LIAF Biennial in Norway, and 11th Performa Biennial. Chlala is the author of the poetry and photography collection, The Paper Camera.