Rim Albahrani
Exhibited in
2025
These forms are not about architecture. They are about structure - how memory holds space,
I keep returning to the shape of a house, not to recreate one I have known but to understand why it stays with me. These forms are not about architecture. They are about structure - how memory holds space, and how identity settles or shifts through form. The shape of a house, for me, is both symbol and site. It carries the tension between permanence and change, between rootedness and movement. It is a space we inherit, resist, and reimagine. This work is not about revisiting memory. It is about building from the present.
Each sculpture holds emotion. Grounded, off-center, and slightly unsettled. In parallel, the prints echo this process. They offer traces and impressions, like memories that do not need to be complete to feel real. I think of Built Elsewhere as a way of saying: I am not where I began, but I am still building. What I am shaping is not a return. It is a presence. A place to arrive, not to long for.
Folk Art Space • Bahrain