Based between London and Beirut, Ramzi Mallat is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores cultural identity through Levantine folklore, material culture, and collective memory. His work reinterprets native traditions, artifacts, and symbols through material experimentation, immersive installation, and moving image. Mallat was featured on Forbes Middle East's ‘30 Under 30’ list (2022), and was shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2024). He holds a BA in Fine Art from Lancaster University and an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London, and currently serves as a trustee of the IMOS Foundation (U.K).

Mallat’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at the UNESCO Palace and the Cervantes Institute in Beirut, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Project Loop, P21 Gallery, and Marie Jose Gallery in London. He has participated in group exhibitions across the United Kingdom and Europe, including Standpoint Gallery, Candid Arts Trust, The Storey Gallery, and VIMA Art Fair. Working across sculpture, installation, and moving image, Mallat’s short film Sobhiye (2022) was recognized by multiple international film festivals, including the Lebanese Independent Film Festival (LIFF). Through the interplay of history, myth, and contemporary narrative, his practice examines the relationship between sociopolitical discourse and lived experience.


Selected solo exhibitions:

• Aporia, Project Loop, London, U.K (2025-26)

• Not Your Martyr, V&A South Kensington, London, U.K (2025)

• Suspended Disbelief, Takeover, Beirut, Lebanon (2025)

• Emotional Territories, Marie Jose Gallery, London, U.K (2024-25)

• Fault Lines, P21 Gallery, London, U.K (2023)

• Means To No End, Danuser & Ramirez Gallery, London, U.K (2022)

• Unearthed, Cervantes Institute, Beirut, Lebanon (2018)

• Roots, UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Lebanon (2017)

Selected group exhibitions:

• EX-VOTOS Rites of Life/Rites of Infernos, TANK Project Space, London, U.K (2025)

• Takeover, VIMA Art Fair, Limassol, Cyprus (2025)

• Residency Competition - Shortlisted Artists, The Muse Gallery, London, U.K (2024)

• RCA SHOW 2023, Truman Brewery, London, U.K (2023)

• SupaStore Shut Up, Turf Projects, London, U.K (2023)

• A Murmuration, Candid Arts Trust, London, U.K (2022)

• Lapped Seams and Silver Linings, Standpoint Gallery, London, U.K (2022)

• We Won’t Stop Showing, SET Woolwich, London, U.K (2022)

• Work In Progress, Royal College of Art, London, U.K (2022)

• Stronger Roots for Stronger Alliances, part of the Arab Foundation for Equality’s NEDWA conference, The Landmark, Nicosia, Cyprus (2019)

• 53 More Things to do in Zero Gravity, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, U.K (2017)

• Room With A View, Storey Gallery, Lancaster, U.K (2017)

Press: 

• Ramzi Mallat at Project Loop, London, The Arab Art Review (2026)

• Maamoul to Memorial, Ramzi Mallat Reimagines Aug. 4 Memory, L’Orient Today (2025)

• Ramzi Mallat displays ‘Not Your Martyr’ at V&A South Kensington for London’s Art Fair season, Artscoops (2025)

• In conversation with Ramzi Mallat: Memory, Fragility and the Vulnerability of Peace, Marie Claire Maison Arabia (2025)

• Not Your Martyr at the V&A remembers the Beirut Blast, Fact London (2025)

• Ramzi Mallat’s ode to Beirut at Victoria & Albert Museum, Wallpaper* (2025)

• Ramzi Mallat - Not Your Martyr, TANK Magazine (2025)

• 7 Middle Eastern Artists You Should Know, Fresh from VIMA Art Fair, AD Middle East (2025)

• Between Belief and Doubt: Ramzi Mallat’s Suspended Disbelief, The Markaz Review (2025)

• Déstabiliser le regard et explorer les croyances ancestrales avec Ramzi Mallat, L’Agenda Culturel (2025)

• Suspended Disbelief - Ramzi Mallat Explores Myth, Faith and Belief, This is Yung (2025)

• Artist Ramzi Mallat Showcases Suspended Disbelief Exhibition at Takeover Space in Beirut, Executive Bulletin (2025)

• Ramzi Mallat’s Relentless Journey of Discovery, Rediscovery and Self-reflection, Artscoops Magazine (2025)

• Interview - Ramzi Mallat, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art  (2024)

• A Londres, des maamouls colorés et la magie de L’Orient de Ramzi Mallat, L’Orient Le Jour (2023)

• Intimate Solidarities: Ramzi Mallat at P21 Gallery, Canvas Magazine (2023)

• Artist Spotlight: Ramzi Mallat at P21 Gallery, FAD Magazine (2023)

• Convo No. 16: Ramzi - A Beirut-based artist’s life and works, Hey Magazine (2020)

Publications:

• Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine Issue 16 (2024)

• “FORM Journal Issue 1: Time”, Villa-Legodi Center for Sculpture, Johannesburg, South Africa (2023)

Awards & Residencies:

• Artist in Residence, Project Loop, London, United Kingdom (2025)

• Shortlisted, The Muse Gallery Residency Competition, London, United Kingdom (2024)

• Shortlisted, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, London, United Kingdom (2024)

• Official Selection, Lebanese Independent Film Festival (LIFF), Beirut, Lebanon (2023)

• Official Selection, Story? - International Student Documentary Festival, Cork, Ireland (2023)

• Official Selection, Scarab Short Film Festival, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2023)

• Artist in Residence, Standpoint Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2022)

• Forbes Middle East ‘30 Under 30’ Honoree (2022)

• Artist in Residence, IMOS Foundation, New Romney, United Kingndom (2016)