I Connect,
Therefore I Am

About the Exhibition

I Connect, Therefore I Am is a major contemporary group exhibition presented at The Warehouse in the Goshi Warehouses Village, Al Quoz, Dubai. Curated by Hana Sammak Kurdi, the show brings together a diverse roster of emerging and established artists from Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia, all living and working in the UAE.

The exhibition explores how invisible threads of memory, culture, and identity link people together across borders, languages, and generations. At its core is a proposition: that connection itself is a form of resilience in a world increasingly shaped by fragmentation.

Baseem Rayyes presents three new works from his ongoing Mr. Y series of mixed media paintings that examine empathy, the weight of shared memory, and the dissolving of boundaries between self and other. Alongside works by Asma Laraiedh, Suzi Nassif, and fellow artists, these paintings ask what it means to belong, to carry others within us, and to become one through understanding.