Raya Kassisieh

Raya Kassisieh seated beside a white fireplace in a dark shirt and trousers, looking at the camera.

Raya Kassisieh (b. 1991) lives and works between Amman and London. Her multidisciplinary practice explores the politics of the body. Through sculptural recreations of natural forms and archival objects she works with soft and hard materials, from steel and copper to silks, wools and cotton, proposing the body as a pliable form.

At Gallery 44

  • Stasis, Inaugural residency · 2025
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Raya Kassisieh seated beside the fireplace and her works in Stasis, with a small dog at her feet.

Selected works

  • Strips of painted canvas woven into a dense patchwork of reds, greens and blues, with loose ends hanging below.

    “Into the red eye, the cauldron of morning.” 2025

    Woven mixed media on canvas 160 × 110 cm Availability on request Enquire by email
  • A painting of tangled purple branches over a warm orange ground.

    A sunken rust-red, 2025

    Oil and acrylic on canvas 70 × 50 cm Availability on request Enquire by email
  • A woven painted canvas with long black strands of goat hair hanging to the floor.

    “Pour of tor and distances”, 2025

    Woven mixed media on canvas and goat hair wool 130 × 140 cm Sold
  • Dark woollen leaves draped over a steel point on the wall, with long goat-hair strands hanging below.

    Tongues of rose, a lip of flame (Thorn Throne), 2025

    Oil, wool, goat hair and steel Approx. 130 × 50 × 20 cm Sold
  • A pale canvas covered in branching lines of charcoal, green and red.

    The trees of the mind are black (Chalcot Square), 2025

    Charcoal and oil on canvas 160 × 110 cm Availability on request Enquire by email
  • A small woven canvas in muted pinks and greens with black woollen fringes.

    This Dark Thing, 2025

    Woven mixed media on canvas, goat hair and wool 64 × 25 cm Sold

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