PATRON presents our second solo exhibition with NOUR MALAS: Garden of Prayer.

The opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 2 from 5:00 to 7:30 PM at PATRON, located at 1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622.

NOUR MALAS (b. 1995, Cannes, France) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL and a BFA from Goldsmiths University, London, UK.

Solo and two-person exhibitions include: Garden of Prayer, PATRON, Chicago, IL (forthcoming); Evil is Banal (2025), CARBON 12, Dubai, UAE; No Words Attached (2024), PATRON, Chicago, IL; Heavyweight (2023), Mae Lombardi Gallery, Chicago, IL; Running (2023), DIANA, New York, NY; four am: Monika Grabuschnigg & Nour Malas (2023), Carbon 12, Dubai, UAE; Desperately Discontinuous Bodies (2019), Gonzo Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Group exhibitions include: As if a line (2025), SLIP HOUSE, New York, NY; Faktura / Tektonika (2025), Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY; Intersections (2025), PATRON and Andrew Reed, New York, NY; All I Want is Boundless Love (2025), Martha’s, Austin, Texas; Daffodils Baptized in Butter (2024), The Arts Club, London, UK; Soft Focus (2024), Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, Canada; backbone عَـمُـود الفِـقْـرِيz (2024), Carbon 12, Dubai, UAE; Nocturne (2024), Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL; Nice Work Forever (2023), Sulk, Chicago, IL; Nouvelle Vague (2023), LBF Contemporary, London, UK; Catnip Meow (2022), SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL; Garage Sale 2.0 (2021), Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL; I Know the End (2021), Perennial Space, Chicago, IL; Street Walk and Talk (2021), Chicago, IL; Thresholds (2018), Gonzo Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece; Feminisms x The Arab and Muslim Diaspora (2017), Protein Studios, London, UK; AWAN-Arab Women Artists Now (2017), Rich Mix, London, UK; In the Rawest Sense of the World (2013), Emirates Theatre Foyer, Dubai, UAE.

Nour Malas was the recipient of Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2024), Montreal, Canada. Her works are included in the Dubai Collection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the Khouri Art Foundation, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.