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Music Machine, 2026

acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas
60 x 48 in.

#hasanisahlehe An abstract painting by contemporary painter Hasani Sahlehe. The painting comprises various converging fields of color. by @sahlehe

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We look forward to bringing new work by Atlanta based artist Hasani Sahlehe to Frieze London 🍧 Find us in Booth C21 October 14-18th!

Sahlehe’s compositions often draw on a post-and-lintel structure, echoing ancient megalithic and monumental architecture such as Stonehenge, the Poulnabrone Dolmen in Ireland, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt: sites built to hold space for contemplation and transcendence. He finds a kindred spirit in the tradition of spiritual jazz, particularly the later recordings of Alice Coltrane, whose music likewise sought a sound capable of carrying devotion and inner experience. In this body of work, Sahlehe returns to the ideas that gave rise to abstraction in the first place: intuition, and the desire to communicate a feeling or an experience directly.

1.Portrait of Hasani Sahlehe by Shamaal Bloddman.
2-3: Hasani Sahlehe, “Music Machine”, 2026. Photography by Nik Massey.
4: Portrait of Hasani Sahlehe by Shamaal Bloddman.
5-6: Hasani Sahlehe, “Sun Dreamer”, 2026. Photography by Nik Massey.
7: Portrait of Hasani Sahlehe by Shamaal Bloddman.
8: Hasani Sahlehe, “Magenta Version”, 2026. Photography by Nik Massey.
9: Portrait of Hasani Sahlehe by Shamaal Bloddman.
10-11: Hasani Sahlehe, “Magenta Version”, 2026. Photography by Nik Massey.
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#nightgallery @sahlehe #hasanisahlehe #FriezeLondon @friezeofficial @frieze.london @the_adaa @shamaal by @sahlehe

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"I’m attracted to color relationships that suggest visible light, but also light in terms of weight. There’s an intuitive part where I try to approach it how I imagine a musician would." –Hasani Sahlehe (@sahlehe)⁠
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Go To School, 2025⁠
Acrylic gel and airbrush on canvas⁠
60 × 48 inches (152.40 × 121.92 cm)⁠
On view at CANADA Booth N2, Basel by @sahlehe

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4 months ago

Corner of My Eye, 2026
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Corner of My Eye
2026
Acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas
60 x 48 by @sahlehe

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4-5 Minutes, 2026
@canada.nyc @friezeofficial

4-5 Minutes
2026
acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas.
60 x 48 inches

#hasanisahlehe An abstract painting by Hasani Sahlehe.
The painting comprises various converging fields and blocks of color. by @sahlehe

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CANADA is pleased to announce the acquisition of Hasani Sahlehe's (@sahlehe) 'My Prayer,' 2025 by the Dallas Museum of Art (@dallasmuseumart). This acquisition was made possible by the tenth Dallas Art Fair Foundation Acquisition Program, an annual gift from the Dallas Art Fair Foundation (@dallasartfair) that places works from the fair into the DMA’s collection. Since 2016, the Fund has acquired over 70 works of art for the permanent collection at the DMA.⁠
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Hasani Sahlehe makes tactile and brightly-hued abstract paintings that foreground the physicality of the painted surface in order to explore the phenomenological impact of color and shape and the nuances of human perception. His large-scale canvases are immersive, not unlike the ineffable sensation of listening to music – a major conceptual touchstone for his practice as well as a key component of his production process. In the studio, Sahlehe channels the emotive quality of music, synesthetically constructing a painted space from the experience of sound. He also pursues the enigmatic work of giving form to memories and feelings – exploring a composition’s potential for communicating otherwise formless ideas and sensations.⁠
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In his recent work, Sahlehe applies color to raw canvas using two distinct methods of application. Thick and pourable acrylic gel sits on top of the painting surface like a glossy coating, while paint added with an airbrush penetrates the canvas for a softer effect. Sahlehe exploits the enticing tension between these textures. “I consider how paint functions in myriad material states,” he has explained. Fascinated by the mutability of paint as a medium, Sahlehe embraces the shifts and changes that happen as it dries.⁠
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My Prayer, 2025⁠
Acrylic gel and airbrush on canvas⁠
96 × 78 inches (243.84 × 198.12 cm) by @sahlehe

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Art Basel Miami Beach. @nightgallery @canada.nyc ❤️

1-2. Tuesday, 2025.
acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas, 82 x 65 in.

3. House, 2025
acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas, 60 x 48 in.

4. The Book, 2025
acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas, 82 x 65 in. An abstract painting by contemporary painter Hasani Sahlehe. The painting comprises various converging fields of color taken in Art Basel Miami Beach by @sahlehe

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Animal, 2025. Heading to Art Basel Miami Beach with @nightgallery. Booth H29

Animal
2025
acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas
82 x 65 An abstract painting by contemporary painter Hasani Sahlehe. The painting comprises various converging rectangular fields of color. taken in Art Basel Miami Beach by @sahlehe

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a year ago

Night Gallery is pleased to announce the representation of Atlanta-based painter, Hasani Sahlehe!

Sahlehe applies paint to raw canvas by two alternate methods: spraying diffused acrylic paint with an airbrush and pouring viscous acrylic gels directly onto his canvases. This technique allows, in Sahlehe’s words, for the color to become one with the canvas, to emerge from its surface with its own luminosity. Often incorporating bright hues, the artist is attracted to color relationships that suggest visible light as well as the complexity of weight. Sahlehe’s work places value on visual rhythm, structure, and creative experimentation. Night gallery will present new work by Hasani Sahlehe at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025. Night Gallery’s representation of Sahlehe is in collaboration with CANADA Gallery, New York.

1: Portrait of the artist courtesy of José Ibarra Rizo.
2: Hasani Sahlehe, “One Hundred”, 2025. Photography by Nik Massey.
3: Hasani Sahlehe, “Color Test”, installation view, 2025. Photography by Nik Massey.
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#nightgallery @sahlehe #hasanisahlehe @canada.nyc by @sahlehe

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Number, 2025. Included in the group exhibition, “Boundless Color” currently on view at @jamesbarronart.

Thoughtfully curated by @deborahgoodmandavis, the show explores the power of color and features work by Pam Glick, Rachel Harrison, Mary Heilmann, Sheila Hicks, Julian Lethbridge, Francesco Polenghi, Mariah Robertson, Adrianne Rubenstein, and Stanley Whitney. An abstract painting by contemporary painter Hasani Sahlehe. The painting comprises various converging fields of color. by @sahlehe

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Latest monoprints! Like the previous series, this set was created in collaboration with Rob Swainston and Zorawar Sidhu at Prints of Darkness (Long Island City). Several are included in “Paper Tigers,” on view now at @canada.nyc. A monoprint by contemporary painter Hasani Sahlehe. The print comprises softly converging fields of color. by @sahlehe

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“Inch.” A new one for @artbasel. On view with @canada.nyc.

Inch
2025
65 x 55
acrylic airbrush and gel on raw canvas An abstract painting by contemporary painter Hasani Sahlehe. The painting comprises various converging fields of color. by @sahlehe

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