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Hayat Nazer

I create art
to make a change
in the world

Hayat Nazer

Sculptor and visual artist

Hayat Nazer beside a painting outdoors

Making art is how I talk to myself and to the divine: to understand, to ask, to pray. I work between Beirut and Dubai.

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Known for

Hayat Min Damar sculpture standing near the Beirut port

01 / 03 · Beirut and Dubai

Hayat Min Damar

Debris from the Beirut port explosion.

Photo: João Sousa

Hayat Nazer painting beside an open window

About her

Hayat Nazer

from aid work to sculpture

I worked in humanitarian aid before I made sculpture. In 2017 I left that work to build with my hands. I use what events leave behind: rubble, broken glass, scrap metal, the objects people drop.

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Art ready to leave the studio

A small number of finished works are ready now. Tell me the room, the size and what you want the work to say, and I will send the photos, sizes and prices of what is available today.

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  1. 01Tell me the room, the size and the budget.
  2. 02I send photos, sizes and prices of what is ready.
  3. 03The work is packed and sent from the studio.

Collectors corner

Works held in private and institutional collections across nine countries

  • United Arab Emirates
  • New Zealand
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Monaco
  • Switzerland
  • Italy
  • Kuwait
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Hayat Nazer resting her arms on a deep blue painting scattered with small stars

    UAE Royal Family

  • Golden painting resting on a marble mantelpiece beneath a carved wood mirror in London

    Private collection, London

  • Robert Greene and Hayat Nazer at a Los Angeles cafe table with a colourful painting beside them

    Robert Greene, Los Angeles

  • Dark painting with a bright burst of gold leaf and gold drips running down the canvas

    Francesca P., Italy

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