Elements of Light : Dubai

10 December 2025 - 31 January 2026

JD Malat Gallery Dubai is proud to present Elements of Light, a landmark group exhibition bringing together thirteen distinguished artists whose practices have shaped the gallery’s 2025 programme. Spanning abstraction, figuration, conceptual minimalism, and sculptural form, the exhibition celebrates a year of artistic dialogue, international collaboration, and the diverse visual languages that have animated the gallery’s presence in Dubai.
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Casper Brindle, Light Glyph 6, 2021
Casper Brindle, Light Glyph 6, 2021, Plexiglas, pigmented acrylics, 74 x 44 in, 188 x 112 x 20.5 cm

Elements of Light

Elements of Light reflects on illumination in its broadest sense – light as atmosphere, rhythm, memory, perception, and emotional charge. Across painting and sculpture, the works explore how light shapes material and mood: gliding across metal surfaces, expanding through chromatic fields, softening contours, or piercing through gestural marks. From minimalist structures to expressive gestures and luminous horizons, the exhibition forms a constellation of sensibilities that honours the multiplicity of contemporary practice while offering a moment of stillness at the close of the year.
Masayoshi Nojo, Mirage Encounter, 2019, Cotton on panel, acrylic, silver foil, aluminium foil, 98 3/8 x 59 in, 250 x 150 cm

Artists capturing the ephemeral

The exhibition features work by Casper Brindle, Santiago Parra, Katrin Fridriks, Zhang Ji, Masayoshi Nojo, Gary Lang, Conrad Jon Godly, Andy Moses, Ed Moses, RETNA, Richard Hudson, Sophie-Yen Bretez and Tim Kent. Though diverse in gesture, geography, and medium, each artist contributes to a shared meditation on how art captures the fleeting, the atmospheric, and the ineffable.
Andy Moses Morphology 1411, 2019 Acrylic on polycarbonate mounted on concave wood panel 48 1/8 x 83 7/8 in 122 x 213 cm

Echoes of Light

Light becomes both subject and medium, revealing nature's perpetual motion through shifting surfaces. Moses' Geomorphology series with golds recalling sunsets and dunes, while 1510's wave-like patterns evoke tides and geological strata. His distinctive stratigraphy, swirling fractal whorls where acrylic layers separate through gravity and fluid dynamics, creates horizontal streams of colour with no fixed viewpoint. Silver greys, pale blues, yellows encounter light, accentuating shimmering dynamics in constant motion.
Santiago Parra, Untitled, 2025, Acrylic on canvas, 74 3/4 x 46 in, 190 x 117 cm

Textured Luminosity

Light accentuates texture, transforming surface into emotional terrain. Parra translates his literary background into calligraphic streams of consciousness, where mixed media layers embody freedom and self-liberation. Light heightens the discursive textures, revealing strength, delicacy, balance and beauty. His work departs from mere aesthetic pursuit, seeking instead honest creation where light becomes the mediator between material restraint and expressive release; a visual manifesto where illumination reveals both the physical and philosophical depths of his practice.
Richard Hudson, Love Me, 2025, Polished Mirrored Steel, Edition of 9 + III AP, 13 3/4 x 13 5/8 x 10 1/8 in, 35 x 34.5 x 25.8cm, Edition of 9 plus 3 artist's proofs

Richard Hudson (b.1954, UK)

A sculptor celebrated for his organic, biomorphic forms in polished metal. His fluid lines and reflective surfaces collapse interior and exterior worlds, turning reflection into sculptural language.
Zhang Ji, The Skin Of Truth 78, 2017, Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in, 200 x 200 cm

Zhang Ji (b. 1978, China)

A contemporary minimalist painter known for creating rhythmic raised surfaces inspired by architectural repetition. His restrained visual vocabulary produces quiet, meditative works rooted in harmony and spatial balance.
Masayoshi Nojo, Mirage Encounter, 2019, Cotton on panel, acrylic, silver foil, aluminium foil, 98 3/8 x 59in, 250 x 150 cm

Masayoshi Nojo (b. 1989, Japan)

Working through the lens of Neo-Nihonga, Nojo blends Japanese aesthetic tradition with contemporary materiality. His oxidized silver-foil surfaces explore memory, impermanence, and the passing of time.
Gary Lang, ROCKANDBANG, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, Diameter: 54 in, Diameter: 137.2 cm

Gary Lang (b. 1950, Los Angeles)

Lang’s chromatic rings and vibrational colour fields invite viewers into meditative optical experiences. His practice expands color into a perceptual environment defined by resonance and rhythm.
Conrad Jon Godly, RENAISSANCE#39, 2024, Acrylic on canvas , 59 x 70 7/8 in, 150 x 180 cm

Conrad Jon Godly (b. 1962, Switzerland)

Known for his impasto depictions of the Alps, Godly captures geological monumentality with expressive immediacy. His paintings oscillate between raw materiality and sublime presence.
Katrin Fridriks, Golden Startrek , 2024, Acrylic on canvas , 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in, 100 x 100 cm

Katrin Fridriks (b. 1974, Iceland)

Fridriks’ dynamic compositions merge Abstract Expressionism with scientific inquiry. Her works explore energy, time, and movement through fluid gestures and gravitational flows.
Andy Moses, Morphology 1411, 2019, Acrylic on polycarbonate mounted on concave wood panel, 48 1/8 x 83 7/8 in, 122 x 213 cm

Andy Moses (b. 1962, Los Angeles)

A key figure in Lyrical Abstraction, Moses creates fluid, iridescent surfaces that evoke natural and cosmic phenomena. His process-driven works shift according to movement and light.
Ed Moses, Edward #2, 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 96 x 60 in, 243.8 x 152.4 cm

Ed Moses (b. 1926 - 2018)

A seminal West Coast artist whose works balance chaos and structure. Through grids, stains, and layered gestures, he investigates transparency, surface, and the instability of form.
Santiago Parra, Untitled, 2025, Acrylic on canvas, 74 3/4 x 46 in, 190 x 117 cm

Santiago Parra (b. 1986, Colombia)

Parra’s large-scale black brushstrokes on white grounds return to Action Painting with radical simplicity. His automatic gestures channel urgency, purity, and emotional intensity.
Casper Brindle, Light Glyph 6, 2021, Plexiglas, pigmented acrylics, 74 x 44 in, 188 x 112 x 20.5 cm

Casper Brindle (b. 1968, Canada)

A second-generation Light and Space artist whose minimalist compositions employ luminous gradients, horizon lines, and machine-tooled surfaces. His works creates serene optical environments defined by precision and radiance.
Foad Hamzeh, Infinite Climb , 2021, Stainless Steel mirror finish , height 86 5/8 in, height 220 cm

Foad Hamzeh

Foad Hamzeh (Lebanon, b. 1996) is a Dubai-based mixed-media artist who merges classical Arabic calligraphy with graffiti, using his own FHV script, 3D layering, and fluid “wet paint” techniques, to create dynamic, contemporary works that keep the Arabic language and its cultural spirit vividly alive.
RETNA, Ancient Script, 2025, Acrylic with enamel and diamond dust on canvas, 48 x 48 in, 122 x 122 cm

RETNA (b. 1979, Los Angeles)

RETNA’s signature script synthesizes calligraphic systems from diverse cultures. His work transforms language into rhythmic, abstract structures that bridge identity, spirituality, and urban expression.
Sophie-Yen Bretez, « I carry the sun a caress out there an inward burn the work of light the stain of time », 2025, Oil on linen, 49 1/4 x 70 7/8 in, 125 x 180 cm

Sophie-Yen Bretez (b. 1994, Vietnam)

Bretez explores what she calls a “dramaturgy of passage,” using shaped canvases and symbolic objects to navigate memory, thresholds, and layered temporalities. Her works blend narrative intimacy with expansive horizons.