Artwork © Kevin Goodwin
Curent Exhibition
Signs of Use
1–30 November 2026
International Online Group Exhibition
Signs of Use: On Wear, Repetition and the Lives of Things brings together 19 international artists exploring the traces left by time, touch, repetition and everyday experience. Through diverse artistic practices, the exhibition examines how objects, materials and environments carry memories of use, care and transformation. From worn surfaces to repeated gestures, the works invite us to reconsider the familiar and discover the stories embedded in the material world.
Artist Room Resident
Chukwudi Nwachukwu
The Right to Rest
Artist Room Residency · September–October 2026
Nigeria
Developed during a four-week Artist Room Residency with CISTA ARTS, The Right to Rest is an ongoing photographic project exploring the spaces and overlooked moments between work, waiting and recovery.
Beginning with interviews and portraiture, the project gradually expanded through research, photographic experimentation and curatorial dialogue towards landscapes, everyday environments, empty spaces and traces of human activity.
Explore current open calls and year-round programmes designed to support artists in presenting, developing and promoting their practice.
Learning
Learning is central to CISTA ARTS. Our courses focus primarily on art history and visual culture, offering artists, researchers and wider audiences opportunities to deepen their knowledge, engage with critical perspectives and explore art across different periods, regions and cultural contexts.
We are currently planning our autumn 2026 programme. To receive early information about upcoming courses, tutors, dates and registration, please register your interest.
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
CISTA ARTS works with artists, collectors and cultural practitioners through exhibitions, professional development, publishing and art advisory services.
ABOUT CISTA ARTS
Founded in 2018, CISTA ARTS is an interdisciplinary and transcultural arts organisation working across geographic and cultural boundaries.
Through exhibitions, artist development, learning and publishing, we support contemporary artists and bring together creative and research-led practices from the Middle East and beyond.
Artwork © Maryam Takhtkeshian
