Mohammad AlFaraj
The Heart is a bird’s nest, the brain is a spider web
Sep 28 - Nov 21, 2026
Delfina Foundation, London

The heart is a bird’s nest, the brain is a spider web, the first institutional solo exhibition in Europe by Mohammad Alfaraj, brings together new commissions with recent works that reimagine the narratives shared across species and our intertwined relationships.
Conceived in response to Delfina Foundation’s domestic setting, where the artist was in residence in 2018 and 2023, the exhibition unfolds across installation, drawing, photography, film, and sculpture. Among the most distinctive voices of a new generation of artists from Saudi Arabia, Alfaraj draws on social rituals, folklore, and everyday life to construct immersive narratives in which humans, animals, insects, and plants become companions, neighbours, and family.

Mohammad AlFaraj
Born in 1993 in Saudi Arabia
Lives and works in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Lives and works in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia


































































