Bady Dalloul

Bady Dalloul (b. 1986, Paris) is a French Syrian multimedia artist whose work entwines historical events, personal facts and fiction. His works are imbued with sociological and historical reflections on his heritage and issues of global migration. Reflecting on territorial demarcations, Dalloul questions West-centered historiography and knowledge production. Through drawing, video, and objects, Dalloul engages a dialogue between the imagined and the real by questioning the logic of writing history.

Recipient of the Prize for Arab Contemporary Creation awarded by the Friends of the Institut du Monde Arabe in 2017 and the Sciences Po for Contemporary Art Prize.

Bady Dalloul has had solo exhibitions at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2025); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2025); Arab Museum of Modern Art, Mathaf, Doha, Qatar (2022); Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan (2019); and Galerie Untilthen, Paris, France (2016). Upcoming solo exhibitions include the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal (2026). Additionally, Dalloul has participated in group exhibitions at The Third Line, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2025); Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2024); Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2022); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2020); Valencia d’Art Modern – IVAM, Valencia, Spain (2020); Warehouse 421 in Abu Dhabi (2019); and Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal (2018) among others.