This section provides the latest information on a selected number of events that involve the participation of Ali Omar Ermes, his artwork, solo and group exhibitions, his unique photography, his articles and presentations, speeches and lectures:
WORLD ACADEMY PROJECT EXPO
MILAN
2015
OPEN YOUR EYES
LONDON
2014
TARIQAH
MAYARA ART CENTRE, SHARJAH
2014
ART DUBAI
DUBAI
2014
ART OF THE MIDDLE EAST
LACMA, LOS ANGELES
2013
LETTERS IN MOTION
DAR AL FUNOON GALLERY, KUWAIT
2012
BETWEEN DESERT AND SEA
PERA MUSEUM, ISTANBUL
2013
REFLECTIONS FROM HEAVEN MEDITATIONS ON EARTH
MERCATI DI TRAIANO, ROME
2012
REFLECTIONS FROM HEAVEN MEDITATIONS ON EARTH
MUVIM, VALENCIA
2013
MODERN ARAB ART
AND LETTERS IN ART
MEEM GALLERY, ABU DHABI
2012
LETTERS WHISPER
LEXUS CENTRE/FA GALLERY
KUWAIT
2011
ALI OMAR ERMES: RECENT WORKS
MEEM GALLERY, DUBAI
2010
THE LINE OF BEAUTY
ROSE ISSA PROJECTS, LONDON
2011
BREAKING BOUNDARIES
ZURICH
2010
THE ART OF DISPLAY
SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON
2010-2011
HUROUF: THE ART OF THE WORD
THE RITZ, DOHA
2010
MIDDLE EAST MODERN MASTERS
MEEM GALLERY, DUBAI
2009
MEDITERRANEO:
A SEA THAT UNITES
ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, LONDON
2008
WORD INTO ART
THE BRITISH MUSEUM, DUBAI
2008
PERSPECTIVES: ARAB AND IRANIAN MODERN MASTERS
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON
2009
DAR AL FUNOON & MEEM GALLERY EXHIBITION
KUWAIT CITY
2008
LETTERS: MONT BLANC ARABIC
& CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION
THE DUBAI MALL, DUBAI
2009
THE DANCE OF QUILL AND INK
HERMITAGE MUSEUM
ST PETERSBURG
2007
MEEM GALLERY EXHIBITION
DUBAI
2007
EAST-WEST: OBJECTS
BETWEEN CULTURES
TATE BRITAIN, LONDON
2006
THE DANCE OF QUILL AND INK
MUSEUM OF ORIENTAL ART MOSCOW
2007
GHAF GALLERY EXHIBITION
ABU DHABI
2007
JINASS
CHRISTIE’S GALLERY, LONDON
2005
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
AFRICAN ART
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON
2007
WORD INTO ART
THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
2006
SYMBOLS OF HARMONY: ART FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD
AYA GALLERY, KENT
2004
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
IAN POTTER MUSEUM, MELBOURNE
2003
ART ADVISORY ASSOCIATES
LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM LONDON
2003
CONTEMPORARY ARAB ART
WERELDMUSEUM, ROTTERDAM
2001-2002
JOURNEYS & DESTINATIONS
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM WASHINGTON DC
2003
ARTISTAS POR LA PAZ
THE ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE MADRID
2002
SPRING LINES
EDWARD JOHNSTON FOUNDATION
DITCHLING & LONDON
2001
ALI OMAR ERMES: IN CONTEXT
ART ADVISORY ASSOCIATES, LONDON
2003
MASTER STROKES
OCTOBER GALLERY, LONDON
2002
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND
AFRICAN STUDIES EXHIBITION
LONDON
2001
CALLIGRAPHIES
SONI GALLERY, LONDON
1997
SIGNS, TRACES AND CALLIGRAPHY
TROPENMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM
1996
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE
1994
BRITISH COUNCIL
KENT
1997
THE RIGHT TO WRITE EXHIBITIONS
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, ATLANTA
1996
SIGNS TRACES CALLIGRAPHY
ODENSE
1996
SIGNS, TRACES AND CALLIGRAPHY
BARBICAN ART GALLERY, LONDON
1995
ISLAMIC ART DREAMING OF PARADISE
MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY
ROTTERDAM
1993
MAYBANK GALLERY
KUALA LUMPUR
1993
THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
OXFORD
1992
POLISHER FINE ART
LONDON
1993
OXFAM ART FOR A FAIRER WORLD
KELVINGROVE MUSEUM
LONDON, GLASGOW, CARDIFF
1992
SOAS ISLAMIC ART FOUNDATION
LONDON
1991
THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY
LINACRE COLLEGE, OXFORD
1993
LE GROUPEMENT 1492 CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1992
THE ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM
ROTTERDAM
1990
SULTAN GALLERY
KUWAIT
1989
KUFA GALLERY
LONDON
1988
THE ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE
LONDON
1982
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM
THE ISLAMIC WORLD
BARBICAN CENTRE, LONDON
1989
EGEE ART GALLERY
LONDON
1987
FALCON ART GALLERY
RIYADH
1989
GRAFFITI GALLERY
LONDON
1983
BIENNALE OF THE UNION
OF ARAB ARTISTS
TRIPOLI
1980
ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE
WASHINGTON DC
1976
PLYMOUTH CITY MUSEUM
AND ART GALLERY
PLYMOUTH
1969
KUWAIT BIENNALE
KUWAIT
1973
AFRICA CENTRE
LONDON
1968
ARAB UNION EXHIBITION
TRIPOLI
1971
TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL FAIR
TRIPOLI
1965
WORLD ACADEMY PROJECT EXPO
MILAN
2015
OPEN YOUR EYES
LONDON
2014
TARIQAH
MAYARA ART CENTRE, SHARJAH
2014
ART DUBAI
DUBAI
2014
ART OF THE MIDDLE EAST
LACMA, LOS ANGELES
2013
LETTERS IN MOTION
DAR AL FUNOON GALLERY, KUWAIT
2012
BETWEEN DESERT AND SEA
PERA MUSEUM, ISTANBUL
2013
REFLECTIONS FROM HEAVEN MEDITATIONS ON EARTH
MERCATI DI TRAIANO, ROME
2012
REFLECTIONS FROM HEAVEN MEDITATIONS ON EARTH
MUVIM, VALENCIA
2013
MODERN ARAB ART
AND LETTERS IN ART
MEEM GALLERY, ABU DHABI
2012
LETTERS WHISPER
LEXUS CENTRE/FA GALLERY
KUWAIT
2011
ALI OMAR ERMES: RECENT WORKS
MEEM GALLERY, DUBAI
2010
THE LINE OF BEAUTY
ROSE ISSA PROJECTS, LONDON
2011
BREAKING BOUNDARIES
ZURICH
2010
THE ART OF DISPLAY
SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON
2010-2011
HUROUF: THE ART OF THE WORD
THE RITZ, DOHA
2010
MIDDLE EAST MODERN MASTERS
MEEM GALLERY, DUBAI
2009
MEDITERRANEO:
A SEA THAT UNITES
ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, LONDON
2008
WORD INTO ART
THE BRITISH MUSEUM, DUBAI
2008
PERSPECTIVES: ARAB AND IRANIAN MODERN MASTERS
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON
2009
DAR AL FUNOON & MEEM GALLERY EXHIBITION
KUWAIT CITY
2008
LETTERS: MONT BLANC ARABIC
& CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION
THE DUBAI MALL, DUBAI
2009
THE DANCE OF QUILL AND INK
HERMITAGE MUSEUM
ST PETERSBURG
2007
MEEM GALLERY EXHIBITION
DUBAI
2007
EAST-WEST: OBJECTS
BETWEEN CULTURES
TATE BRITAIN, LONDON
2006
THE DANCE OF QUILL AND INK
MUSEUM OF ORIENTAL ART MOSCOW
2007
GHAF GALLERY EXHIBITION
ABU DHABI
2007
JINASS
CHRISTIE’S GALLERY, LONDON
2005
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
AFRICAN ART
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON
2007
WORD INTO ART
THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
2006
SYMBOLS OF HARMONY: ART FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD
AYA GALLERY, KENT
2004
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
IAN POTTER MUSEUM, MELBOURNE
2003
ART ADVISORY ASSOCIATES
LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM LONDON
2003
CONTEMPORARY ARAB ART
WERELDMUSEUM, ROTTERDAM
2001-2002
JOURNEYS & DESTINATIONS
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM WASHINGTON DC
2003
ARTISTAS POR LA PAZ
THE ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE MADRID
2002
SPRING LINES
EDWARD JOHNSTON FOUNDATION
DITCHLING & LONDON
2001
ALI OMAR ERMES: IN CONTEXT
ART ADVISORY ASSOCIATES, LONDON
2003
MASTER STROKES
OCTOBER GALLERY, LONDON
2002
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND
AFRICAN STUDIES EXHIBITION
LONDON
2001
CALLIGRAPHIES
SONI GALLERY, LONDON
1997
SIGNS, TRACES AND CALLIGRAPHY
TROPENMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM
1996
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE
1994
BRITISH COUNCIL
KENT
1997
THE RIGHT TO WRITE EXHIBITIONS
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, ATLANTA
1996
SIGNS TRACES CALLIGRAPHY
ODENSE
1996
SIGNS, TRACES AND CALLIGRAPHY
BARBICAN ART GALLERY, LONDON
1995
ISLAMIC ART DREAMING OF PARADISE
MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY
ROTTERDAM
1993
MAYBANK GALLERY
KUALA LUMPUR
1993
THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
OXFORD
1992
POLISHER FINE ART
LONDON
1993
OXFAM ART FOR A FAIRER WORLD
KELVINGROVE MUSEUM
LONDON, GLASGOW, CARDIFF
1992
SOAS ISLAMIC ART FOUNDATION
LONDON
1991
THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY
LINACRE COLLEGE, OXFORD
1993
LE GROUPEMENT 1492 CONFERENCE
GENEVA
1992
THE ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM
ROTTERDAM
1990
SULTAN GALLERY
KUWAIT
1989
KUFA GALLERY
LONDON
1988
THE ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE
LONDON
1982
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM
THE ISLAMIC WORLD
BARBICAN CENTRE, LONDON
1989
EGEE ART GALLERY
LONDON
1987
FALCON ART GALLERY
RIYADH
1989
GRAFFITI GALLERY
LONDON
1983
BIENNALE OF THE UNION
OF ARAB ARTISTS
TRIPOLI
1980
ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE
WASHINGTON DC
1976
PLYMOUTH CITY MUSEUM
AND ART GALLERY
PLYMOUTH
1969
KUWAIT BIENNALE
KUWAIT
1973
AFRICA CENTRE
LONDON
1968
ARAB UNION EXHIBITION
TRIPOLI
1971
TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL FAIR
TRIPOLI
1965
