Mattar Bin Lahej

Mattar Bin Lahej (born 1968) is a Famous Emirati painter, photographer and sculptor from Dubai. He founded Marsam Mattar, the first art gallery in the United Arab Emirates to be managed by an artist. Bin Lahej is also the artist and calligrapher behind the facade on the museum of the future, making it one of the most prominent buildings and structures in Dubai and is described as "the only building that speaks Arabic"

Group exhibitions 2015 Sikka Art Fair, Dubai, UAE 2013 Emirati Expressions, Saadiyat Island, UAE 2012 Liquid Identity, Venice, Italy 2012 Signature, Manama, Bahrain 2012 First impression, Ludhiana, India 2011 Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE 2010 Acela Festival, Morocco 2010 Washington DC, USA 2009 Art Abu Dhabi, UAE 2009 Emirati Expressions, Saadiyat Island, UAE 1996 Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE

Solo exhibitions 2012 Index, Dubai, UAE 2011 Index, Dubai, UAE 2010 Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey 2009 UAE Cultural Days, Germany 2009 "Movement of stillness” Mattar Gallery, Dubai. 2008 “Abu Dhabi in colors" Fair ground, Abu Dhabi