Galleries
Carbon 12
Established in 2008 by Kourosh Nouri and Nadine Knotzer
Warehouse 37, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
Established in 2008, Carbon 12 was the first gallery in the region to initiate a comprehensive, firmly global, program of institution-grade artists.
Internationally active, Carbon 12 promotes both established and emerging artists to the UAE contemporary art scene, supplementing its 6 – 8 annual exhibitions with diverse contextual activities including publications and talks that actively engage the public and educational institutions.
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Represented Artists
Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Michael Sailstorfer: Heavy Eyes
Michael Sailstorfer’s new works for this exhibition are integrated within contexts of materiality and allegory. His artistic practice is intimately involved with the innate, transformative properties of material. His interdisciplinary experimentations emphasise chemical interactions which discern their metaphorical interpretations, and are directed towards an outcome that is in many ways orchestrated and unforeseeable.
08 Mar 2022 - 05 May 2022
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Monika Grabuschnigg: Razed in Isolation
An exhibition of works by Berlin based artist Monika Grabuschnigg
22 Mar 2021 - 10 May 2021
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Amba Sayal-Bennett: A Track to Bare
The digital exhibition presents new works by the artist
06 Mar 2021 - 20 Mar 2021
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
André Butzer
André Butzer's fourth solo exhibition, running at Carbon12
23 Mar 2020 - 10 May 2020
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Bernhard Buhmann: The Chaser, the Ambusher and the Fickle
The Austrian artist Bernhard Buhmann has his solo show at Carbon 12 gallery, Dubai, titled “The...
18 Mar 2019 - 01 May 2019
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Elizabeth Wild: Fantasías
Born in Vienna in 1922, Elisabeth Wild emigrated with her parents to Buenos Aires, Argentina, fleeing...
14 Jan 2019 - 10 Mar 2019
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Gil Heitor Cortesão: Umbra
Carbon 12 presents a solo show by Portuguese artist Gil Heitor Cortesão.
The show, Umbra, is his fourth...
18 Mar 2018 - 01 May 2018
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Amba Sayal-Bennett: Plane Maker
“Plane Maker” is Amba Sayal-Bennett’s first solo show in the region and at the gallery.
The...
22 May 2017 - 05 Sep 2017
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Sara Rahbar: Salvation
“Salvation” is the fourth Sara Rahbar’s solo show at Carbon 12. The artist to amplify the sufferings...
13 Mar 2017 - 25 Apr 2017
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Bernhard Buhmann: Modern Times
Carbon 12 presents Bernhard Buhmann’s solo exhibition “Modern Times”. Referencing Charlie Chaplin’s...
15 Jan 2017 - 28 Feb 2017
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Olaf Breuning. The Good Old Evolution
There is something a little playful and a touch brut, but certainly not naïve, in the works of Swiss-born...
13 Nov 2016 - 10 Jan 2017
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Monika Grabuschnigg & Christine Kettaneh: Visceral Silence
Imagine a mute language. Picture texts that cannot be read—sequences of word-like non-words that confound...
18 Sep 2016 - 19 Nov 2016
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Visceral Silence
In “Visceral Silence“, two artists invest the Carbon 12 gallery space with their distinctly...
18 Sep 2016 - 07 Nov 2016
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Surface as Interface as Surface
The contemporary tendency toward abstraction fuels our need for the concrete: as our world becomes increasingly...
16 May 2016 - 15 Aug 2016
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Ghazel: Mea Culpa
The solo exhibition “Mea Culpa” revolves around the map motif used in diverse, sometimes...
14 Mar 2016 - 01 May 2016
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Philip Mueller: Dreams in Blue. The Year Philip Mueller didn’t Wake Up
A confrontation with the enormity of a gestural Mueller work is an introduction to what it means to be...
14 Jan 2016 - 08 Mar 2016
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Gil Heitor Cortesão and Daniel Rich: On a Boat, Looking to Land
Carbon 12 presents the exhibition On a Boat, Looking to Land, a curated exhibition showing the new works...
15 Nov 2015 - 07 Jan 2016
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
James Clar: Double Rainbow All The Way
For his second solo exhibition at Carbon 12, media artist James Clar has created works that draw upon...
17 Sep 2015 - 07 Nov 2015
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Anahita Razmi: Sharghzadegi
In Sharghzadegi, Anahita Razmi (b. 1981, Hamburg)’s second solo exhibition at Carbon 12, the multi-disciplinary...
18 Mar 2015 - 30 Apr 2015
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Exhibitions
Gil Heitor Cortesão: Out of Season
The new paintings of Gil Heitor Cortesão (b. 1967, Portugal), maintain the aqueous dimensions and...
12 Jan 2015 - 08 Mar 2015
Carbon 12
Carbon 12
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
