Kuwait artist Shurooq Amin, whose work is showing at the Ayyam Gallery in Dubai: ‘I’m holding up a mirror to society’

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  • Shurooq Amin's Mara7 7aram, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
    Shurooq Amin's Mara7 7aram, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
  • Shurooq Amin's Fashionista, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
    Shurooq Amin's Fashionista, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
  • Shurooq Amin's This Way Up - Painting the Roses Red, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
    Shurooq Amin's This Way Up - Painting the Roses Red, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
  • Shurooq Amin's See the Beauty Here, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
    Shurooq Amin's See the Beauty Here, mixed media on canvas, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
  • Shurooq Amin's Waiting For Dodo, mixed media on paper in a glass-and-stainless steel frame, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
    Shurooq Amin's Waiting For Dodo, mixed media on paper in a glass-and-stainless steel frame, for the exhibition We'll Build This City on Art and Love at Ayyam Gallery. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
  • Shurooq Amin's Education and Beyond, mixed media on paper in a glass-and-stainless steel frame, for the We'll Build This City on Art and Love exhibition at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
    Shurooq Amin's Education and Beyond, mixed media on paper in a glass-and-stainless steel frame, for the We'll Build This City on Art and Love exhibition at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
  • Shurooq Amin's Pipe Dreams, mixed media on paper in a glass-and-stainless steel frame, for the We'll Build This City on Art and Love exhibition at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery
    Shurooq Amin's Pipe Dreams, mixed media on paper in a glass-and-stainless steel frame, for the We'll Build This City on Art and Love exhibition at Ayyam Gallery in Dubai. Courtesy Shurooq Amin and Ayyam Gallery