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Amale Freiha Khlat. MRSS

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Lebanese British artist. Installation, print, sculpture, video, sound.
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“FORGET ME NOT” by @afk10 28 artists. One symbol. A collection of Bateekha sculptures reimagined in support of Healing for Gaza. @healing_for_gaza 🍉 by @afk10
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6 days ago
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Some conversations stay with you because they change the way you look. My conversation with Lebanese-British artist Amale Freiha Khlat (@afk10) was one of those. Amale’s work asks something demanding of its audience: not simply to see, but to pay attention—to question how we encounter art, absorb its meaning, and what responsibility comes with looking. Through beauty, silence, concealment, and reflection, she draws viewers into some of the most difficult realities of our time: war, displacement, genocide, memory, and erasure, without resorting to shock or spectacle. As Amale told me: “The direct image of suffering does something very specific to a viewer. It produces an immediate emotional response that closes as quickly as it opens. You feel something. Then you move on. The work has done its job and released you.” Her work tries to do the opposite: “I wanted to make work that does not release the viewer so easily. That keeps them inside the question rather than delivering an answer.” Amale grew up between Lebanon, France, and the UK, and lived through parts of the Lebanese civil war. “Lebanon is not a subject I choose,” she says. “It is the condition from which I see.” We talked about art and war, displacement, the politics of archives, the spectacle of suffering, memory, beauty, and the responsibility of looking. Read my interview with Amale Khlat for @globalvoicesonline at the link in my bio. by @afk10
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2 months ago
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“Melodies of the Skies and their Journey Home” Five-channel HD video, sound. Shown as part of “As If About To Whistle,” eleven artists responding to The Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye Station, as an in-between place, somewhere between location and time, past and future. The room is still stuck in its own moment, even though it’s been repurposed. Felt right to make work about waiting inside an actual waiting room. Curated by Eugenia Popesco. Thank you to everyone who came through for the private view, and to the artists alongside me: Cerlin Karunaratne,Margot Litchfield, @matthewclifton @luke.demarest @saijalexandra @msbryanart @m.g.langston @eugeniapopesco @muo_muo_pi @victoria_zanc by @afk10
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2 months ago
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Amale Freiha Khlat’s piece incorporates authentic Palestinian Tatreez, with each stitch cluster carrying a unique and beautiful meaning, highlighting an intricate craft carried through generations. @afk10 28 artists across the world, united by one powerful symbol of Palestinian resilience. Come see the collection at Gallery 1957, London. Exhibition on view 15-17th September 2026. Join the online charity auction starting 7th September. All proceeds go to Healing for Gaza. 🍉 #Bateekha #بطيخة #ArtForGaza #HealingForGaza by @afk10
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2 months ago
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You’re warmly invited to the private view of As If About to Whistle! at The Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye Station, on Friday 8 August, 6–9pm. The exhibition brings together a stellar line-up of artists working across installation, moving image, sculpture, performance, painting, and print, each responding to this unique historic location in the heart of South East London. The exhibition continues on Saturday 9 August, 10am–5pm, with artist talks from 1:30pm. Featured artists: @msbryanart @matthewclifton @luke.demarest @saijalexandra Cerlin Karunaratne @afk10 @m.g.langston Margot Litchfield @eugeniapopesco @muo_muo_pi @victoria_zanc by @afk10
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3 months ago
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Today’s hopeful encounter. On a rainy day, on the tarmac. The force of the gentle by @afk10
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4 months ago
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“Blueprint of the Skies…” Paris 2024 , Athens2026 With Love to @moments____forlebanon All proceeds raised will be donated @arcenciel.aec @beitelbaraka @lebaneseredcross @offre.joie link in my bio by @afk10
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4 months ago
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Last week’s exhibition « From a Text to a Cloud » @ifru_london a beautiful moment of exchange, conversations and shared space. A special honour 🍀🩵 to have exhibited alongside @e.sistan.art and many thanks to @victoriamendrzyk for her brilliant curation and for bringing our works into dialogue together! Thank you @el_itani for capturing this moment in time with your camera! Also thinking of the places and people who have quietly shaped my practice over the years. taken in Institut français du Royaume-Uni by @afk10
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5 months ago
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In the spirit of love, unity, and collective care, I am deeply honoured to be participating, alongside 70 other artists, in this inspiring celebration of Hope at the Saatchi Gallery, curated by @mariasukkar this February. Each of us has created and donated a unique heart artwork in support of Chain of Hope, a charity whose extraordinary work provides life-saving heart surgery for children from developing countries, offering not only medical care but the possibility of a future. @chainofhopeuk is built on a simple yet profound belief: that every child, regardless of where they are born, deserves the chance to live, to grow, and to dream. At a time when the world feels increasingly fractured by conflict, displacement, and loss, this exhibition stands as a powerful affirmation of what binds us together. From 10–15 February 2026, we come together to help #MendLittleHearts across the world, transforming creativity into compassion and community into action. More than ever, I believe in the urgency of turning artistic practice into a gesture of solidarity and love. Through this exhibition, and auction events, art becomes a shared heartbeat, a language of love and unity that crosses borders and beliefs, reminding us that hope is something we build together, here and now. “Heart of Hopes” 12 relief prints on newsprint paper. 36 x 28 x 10 cm framed 31 x 20,5 x 0,4 cm unframed For more information follow the link on my bio. https://www.chainofhope.org/news/chain-of-hope-relaunches-share-your-heart-at-the-saatchi-gallery-to-mark-30-years-of-saving-childrens-lives-245/ taken in Saatchi Gallery London by @afk10
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9 months ago
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Celebrating 10 years at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, we continue revisiting the Radical Residency Programme, an experimental strand of our residency model that has supported 8 Radical Residencies to date. Each four-week residency culminated in a group exhibition, offering artists time, proximity and shared space to test ideas and expand their practices. Radical Residency VIII brought together artists working across sculpture, painting, photography and installation, united by material experimentation and personal narrative. Amale Freiha Khlat (@afk10) translates memories of war through objects and installations, exploring creation through destruction and inviting viewers to reconsider perception. Emily Stevens (@emilyv_stevens) treats paint as a living, sensuous medium—a companion, a distraction, and a form of self-soothing, holding moments in a state of possibility. Sojung Park (@xo.rek) investigates the sensory hierarchy, creating sticky kinetic sculptures that emphasise touch over visual dominance in a hyper-mediated world. Sang-Mi Rha (@sangmirha) builds immersive metaverses in her paintings, reimagining childhood memories and global experiences through animal-shaped masks and whimsical narratives. Reed Wilson (@reedelizabethwilson) transforms everyday objects into marvels of light and character, making sweets, twine, and tea towels extraordinary in small, meticulous acrylic works. Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop continues to provide artists with time, space, mentorship, and exposure to expand their practice. #unit1galleryworkshop #radicalresidency #artistresidency #contemporaryart #processbasedpractice by @afk10
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10 months ago
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The Doorway Effect is officially open! ✨ Preview tonight, 6–9pm at @aschandbagfactory — come through the doorway and join us! I’m showing my new installation The Archive of Silence, a work that unfolds like a play — a table, two empty chairs, and a mirrored screen marked by traces of symmetry and erasure. It’s a space for reflection on memory, denial, and the stories museums choose to tell. So grateful to be exhibiting alongside such an inspiring group of artists: @siuwailai @beth.marett @bonnieeewpy @junwjune @kmimora @carlosbellidoflores @constanzadessain @eugeniapopesco @jojo.villas @karlpeterpenke @lewk_wilmshurst @matthewwilsonart @rachelpovey @lord_radek @salamanasib @tereza_cervenova Huge thanks to @alumni.rca @rcaprint and @royalcollegeofart for their support 💫 taken in The Handbag Factory by @afk10
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a year ago
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“The Doorway Effect” exhibition opens on Friday at the Handbag Gallery in Vauxhall! Come and celebrate with us! The show brings together 16 artists who have collaborated together before across various mediums. Please join us for opening night on Friday 17 October from 18h to 21h and for various artist talks on Sunday 19 October from 15h. Full details are below and we hope to see you ! A group exhibition by a collective of 16 contemporary artists During Frieze Week 2025, a collective of sixteen artists present The Doorway Effect, a group show at the ASC Gallery, Handbag Factory in Vauxhall, London. Positioned as an independent satellite exhibition to the Frieze Art Fair, the exhibition offers complementary perspectives on contemporary art and interrogates how cultural and personal memory is shaped and eroded by the proliferation, manipulation, and absence of images. About the Exhibition The Doorway Effect thoughtfully examines the fragile interplay between memory and forgetting. Through a variety of artistic mediums, including print, installation, video, and photography, the artists engage in a broad exploration of how images function as dynamic sites of memory and meaning. This investigation studies the impact of passing through thresholds—both literal and metaphorical—on recollections, fostering a deeper understanding of how environments and visual elements influence our perceptions of past experiences. By highlighting these evolving landscapes of memory, the artists encourage audiences to reflect on the complexities of their own memories and the fluidity of meaning. About the Collective The collective brings together an international cohort of artists whose practices span diverse disciplines, united by a shared interest in the instability of the image. Working across material and digital processes, they highlight experimental approaches to print and reproduction as tools for cultural reflection. Images and artist biographies available upon request. taken in The Handbag Factory by @afk10
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a year ago
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