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The Mosaic Rooms benefits from having a guest studio on the premises. This studio is available for use by guests of organisations, and individuals visiting London from the Middle East for cultural, artistic or educational projects.

Studio Residents

SOW: Sensing our Way

SOW: Sensing our Way

2022

SOW: Sensing Our Way

SOW is a collection of sensory-seeking objects, co-designed with children and families and made to enhance your experience at The Mosaic Rooms through sensory awareness and play. SOW is presented by artist Sarah Marsh (@TheSensoryToolkit), who has created a bespoke ‘Sensory Toolkit’ for our visitors.

Through creative workshops over the last six months, Sarah invited families to build a picture of the gallery’s own “sensory language”. As a collective, we created a colour and pattern palette that we feel matches the gallery spaces. Families explored our spaces through smell, touch, sound and sight, enjoying different textures that enhance our experience of being with one another at The Mosaic Rooms. Together with families, Sarah then used the workshops to create our own collection of multi-sensory objects; inspired by children, for all to enjoy!

Family Fridays

Every Friday from 11-3 – FREE

Family Fridays is an open and welcoming space for for children and their accompanying grown ups every week at The Mosaic Rooms where children can explore our wonderful collection of sensory objects. Find soft, colourful objects scattered around the gallery which are inspired by The Mosaic Rooms’ spaces and surroundings. Our Play Area is open too, for crafting and creativity. Free, no need to book. Tea and coffee available for grown-ups.

About Sarah Marsh and The Sensory Toolkit

The ‘Sensory Toolkit’ by Sarah Marsh is a developing collection of objects, ideas and ‘spaces’. Initially inspired by engagements with autistic children and their parents, this body of work is now accessible for people of all ages and abilities to interact with. The collection contains handmade, fabric focussed objects that explore sensory themes such as; weight, scent and flexibility. The objects invite you to experience the space from different vantage points; encouraging the viewer to become a participant.

With a background in Education and Project Management, Marsh is extremely proactive in the promotion of Creativity as a tool of expression, communication and wellbeing. She has many years’ experience of working with international Art institutions and organisations that include; Tate galleries (L’pool), UCLAN, The Whitworth (MCR),The Royal Academy (Ldn), U-Jadowski contemporary gallery (Warsaw , PL), Galeria Labirynt (Lublin, PL), ?aznia Centre for Contemporary Arts (Gdansk, PL), Manchester Art Gallery, The British Council, Arts Council England, a-n: The Artsits Information Company, Access Art, The Wildlife Trust, Clore Duffield Foundation, Heritage Lottery Funding and city councils across the UK.

Images: Courtesy of the artist.

Pascal Hachem

2017

Artist Pascal Hachem stayed with us ahead of his solo exhibition ‘The show has a long title that I don’t recall anymore‘.

Elias and Yousef Anastas

2017

Architects Elias and Yousef Anastas stayed with us in May 2017 as they prepared for their installation ‘While We Wait‘ at The V&A.

Saleem Askar

2017

Pianist Saleem Ashkar stayed with us in May 2017 for his performance In and Out with Michèle Vanvlasselaer.

Visit his website here.

Nat Muller

2017

Curator Nat Muller stayed with us in January 2017 for the opening of YAYA16: Pattern Recognition.

Visit her website here.

Noor Ali Chagani

2016

Artist Noor Ali Chagani stayed with us for three month in 2016 during his Jameel Prize residency at the V&A.

Download his CV here.

Katia Kameli

2016

Artist Katia Kameli stayed with us in September 2016 ahead of the opening of her exhibition What Language Do You Speak Stranger?

Visit her website here.

Benjamin Isakhan

2016

Benjamin Isakhan stayed with us in June 2016 for the panel discussion Heritage and Theft in Syria and Iraq

View his CV here.

Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh

2016

Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh stayed with us in February 2016 for her talk Possible and Imaginary Lives

Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen

2016

Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen stayed with us in March 2016 to participate in the panel discussion In Depth, discussing the aesthetics and politics of representations of the sea in contemporary culture.

Visit his website here.

Hajra Waheed

2016

Hajra Waheed stayed with us in March 2016 ahead of the opening of her exhibition Sea Change – Chapter 1: Character 1, In the Rough.

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Farah Saleh

2016

Farah Saleh is a Palestinian dancer and choreographer. She stayed with us in January 2016 to lead an interactive physical workshop entitled Latent Gestures.

Visit her Vimeo page here.

Viviana Checchia

2016

Curator Viviana Checchia stayed with us in January 2016 for the opening of YAYA14: Suspended Accounts.

Kamilya Jubran

2015

Acclaimed Palestinian musician Kamilya Jubran stayed with us in November 2015 for a special acoustic music and song performance held at The Mosaic Rooms.

Visit her website here.

Massinissa Selmani

2015

Artist Massinissa Selmani stayed with us in October 2015 during his participation in 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London.

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Jörn Merkert

2015

Writer and former director of the Berlinische Galerie, Jörn Merkert stayed with us in October 2015 for the artists talk with Marwan.

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

2015

Founding director of Khatt Foundation, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès stayed with us in September 2015 for her talk, Multilingual Typography as Cultural Diplomacy. 

Visit the Khatt Foundation website here.

Ali Cherri

2015

Artist Ali Cherri stayed with us in July 2015 to take part in the Disappearing Cities of the Arab World conference at The British Museum as part of Shubbak Festival.

Visit his website here.

Toby Wiltshire

2015

Composer and sound artist Toby Wiltshire stayed with us in June 2015 for his sonic performance Gardens of Illusion. You can listen to it here.

Nat Muller

2015

Curator and critic Nat Muller stayed with us in May 2015 whilst working with The Delfina Foundation on their The Politics of Food programme.

Visit her website here.

Dor Guez

2015

Artist Dor Guez stayed with us in February and April 2015 during his fist institutional solo exhibition, The Sick Man of Europe, at the ICA.

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Timo Kaabi-Linke

2014

Timo Kaabi-Linke stayed with us in September/October 2014 ahead of the opening of The Future Rewound & The Cabinet of Souls.

Nadia Kaabi-Linke

2014

Nadia Kaabi-Linke stayed with us in September/October 2014 ahead of the opening of her first UK solo show, The Future Rewound & The Cabinet of Souls.

Dor Guez

2014

Dor Guez stayed with us in August 2014 ahead of his exhibtion at the ICA opening in 2015. View CV.

Dalia Taha

2014

Dalia Taha stayed with us in the summer of 2013 while she worked on a new play with the Royal Court Theatre.

Sadek Rahim

2014

Algerian artist Sadek Rahim stayed with us in April/May 2014 developing a new site-specific work for the exhibition Intervening Space: From The Intimate To The World. Download CV.

Ubah Cristina Ali Farah

2014

Ubah Cristina Ali Farah is a Somali-Italian novelist and poet. She stayed with us in April 2014 for her event Mail Box with poet Elmi Ali.

Laeticia Semaan

2014

Laeticia Semaan stayed with us in March 2014 during her participation in the Francophonie Improvisation Festival in London.

Hanoos Hanoos

2014

Hanoos Hanoos stayed with us in January 2014 during the opening week of Threads of Light//Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here. Visit his website.

Lawand

2013

Artist Lawand stayed with us in October 2013 during his exhibition Equinox, From Beirut to London at The Mosaic Rooms. View CV.

Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte

2013

Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte stayed with us during Carwan Gallery’s pop up at The Mosaic Rooms as part of London Design Festival

Dirar Kalash

2013

Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Dirar Kalash stayed with us in June 2013 during the opening week of YAYA12. He performed his second prizewinning piece at the YAYA12 launch party as part of Shubbak 2013.

Dor Guez

2013

Dor Guez stayed with us in April 2013 during his exhibition ’40 Days’ at The Mosaic Rooms. View CV.

Abdellatif Laâbi

2013

Moroccan poet, novelist, playwright, translator, and political activist Abdellatif Laâbi stayed with us in 2013 for the English language launch of his acclaimed novel The Bottom of the Jar. Visit his website here.

Fadia Faqir

2013

Dr Fadia Faqir stayed with us in March 2013. She ran a Fiction from Art masterclass with aspiring writers. Visit Dr Faqir’s website here.

Hazem Harb

2013

Hazem Harb stayed with us for the second time in February/March 2013 during his exhibition at the inaugural Art13 London art fair. Download CV.

Asma’a Azaizeh

2013

Asma’a Azaizeh won the A.M. Qattan Foundation’s Young Writer Award in 2010 and published her first collection of poetry ‘Liwa’ in 2o11. She stayed with us in January 2013. Visit her blog here.

Ghassan Zaqtan

2012

Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan stayed with us in November 2012 as he launched his most recent collection of poetry, Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me in its English translation.

Abderrahim Yamou

2012

Abderrahim Yamou stayed with us in 2012 during his exhibition Working from Life. He has exhibited widely in group and solo shows throughout Europe and North Africa.

Heidi Paredes

2012

Heidi Peredes has been working and supporting several cultural organisations and individuals including Beit Almusica, the Salma Dance Academy, the Hip-Hop group DAM and many more. She stayed with us in the summer of 2012. Download CV.

Lucien Bourjeily

2012

Lebanese writer, director and social activist. Lucien Bourjeily stayed with us in 2012 as he was preparing for his immersive theatrical show “66 minutes in Damascus” with the LIFT festival.  Visit his website.

Shahira Fawmy

2012

Shahira Fawmy was one of the architects part of the Home exhibition in Summer 2o12. She stayed with us during the exhibition. Download CV.

Jeremie Bennequin

2012

Jeremy stayed with us during his participation in a group show entitled ‘Point Fragile’ at Selma Feriani Gallery. Download CV.

Laudi Abilama

2012

Laudi resided with us from February until March 2012. She was working on the London edition of her project ‘The Great Expression / Depression’, & doing some education & outreach work with us. Download CV

Fawzy Emrany

2011

Fawzy is a Palestinian artist, resident whilst taking part in the group exhibition Passport to Palestine at La Scatola Gallery and Janet Rady Fine Art.  Download CV

Fadi Azzam

2011

Syrian author Fadi Azzam was resident during the launch of his book ‘Sarmada’ with Swallow Editions. Press release

Nedda El-Asmar

2011

Nedda El-Asmar was resident during her exhibition at The Mosaic Rooms. Visit her website here.

Rania Matar

2011

Rania Matar was resident during his exhibition at the Mosaic Rooms. Visit her website here.

Mohammed Joha

2011

Mohammed Joha was resident during his exhibition at the Mosaic Rooms. Visit his website here.

Gauri Gill

2011

Gauri is an Indian artist who was resident during her solo exhibition at Green Cardamom gallery. Download CV

John Halaka

2011

John Halaka was resident during his exhibition at the Mosaic Rooms. Visit his website here.

Ziad Antar

2011

Ziad is a Lebanese Artist, who was resident during his exhibition at the Selma Feriani Gallery. Download CV (more…)

Layan Shawabkeh

2011

Winner of the Young Artist of the Year 2008 Award, Layan was resident during the exhibition at the Mosaic Rooms. Download CV

Zeina Barhoum

2011

Classically trained soprano from Jordan, resident whilst taking classes with acclaimed vocal coaches in London. Download CV

Hazem Harb

2011

Hazem was resident during his exhibition at the Mosaic Rooms. Download CV

Pascal Hachem

2011

Pascal is a Lebanese Artist, who was resident during his exhibition at the Selma Feriani Gallery. Download CV

Walaa Ahmed Al Qaisiya

2011

Intern from the Palestinian Literature Festival, Walaa was resident during her internship at Bloomsbury Publishing. Download CV

Betty Shamieh

2009

American-Palestinian playwright, author, screenwriter and actress Betty Shamieh stayed with us in 2009. Visit her website.

Abir Boukhari

2009

Founder of All Art Now, Abir was resident during her internship at Tate.

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