Infinite Present
Hayfa Algwaiz
Visual art
This residency project engages the ruins of Al-Qusur through architecture and archaeology as points of inquiry. Focusing on the visible remnants of past colonies embedded in the mass and void of excavated forms, it uses painting and drawing to explore how time persists in place — how fragments of the past remain within the present. The project seeks to reframe our perception of history, proposing new ways of seeing continuity, reconstruction, and the infinite present.
Previous works
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What Lies Beneath Her Folds
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The Living Room
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Palace for Sale
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Everything Is Connected Around Corners in a Periscopic Way
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A Piece of Meat or a Woman's Body
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Camera Role
Hayfa Algwaiz
Hayfa Algwaiz is an architect and painter whose work has been exhibited across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Her practice spans installation, painting, and research-based work that engages context, impermanence, and the project of representation.
She participated in Expo 2025 Osaka at the Saudi Pavilion and has exhibited with Athr Gallery (Riyadh), POUSH (Paris), Thaer Select (Dubai), N.E.S.T Art Space (AlUla), Bait Shouaib (Jeddah), Riwaq Art Space (Bahrain), and CCA Galleries (San Francisco & Oakland). She has been selected for residencies at POUSH (Paris), Bait Shouaib with Athr Foundation (Jeddah), and Dot Ateliers (Accra). In 2023, she was awarded the Misk Art Grant. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Her work continues to evolve across geographies and disciplines.