We are all streams of the same water – exhibition at Sanaa Gallery, Utrecht (2023)

In the exhibition We are all streams of the same water, Gallery Sanaa (Utrecht, Netherlands) brought together three artists from different backgrounds and cultures. Oussama showed paintings from his new collection, ‘Boat Trip’, and some special portraits. 

Hope – solo exhibition at popup gallery Wintersoord in Nijmegen (2021)

For three months, a retrospective exhibition by Oussama Diab was on display at popup gallery Wintersoord in the centre of Nijmegen. Spread over two floors, Oussama showed a wide selection from the work he has made since his arrival in the Netherlands in 2015. The exhibition was opened by Mayor Bruls of Nijmegen.

* Report by RN7 on Hope in Wintersoord 

* Interview in De Gelderlander following Hope in Wintersoord 

New Earth: 12 visions – exhibition in Westerkerk, Amsterdam (2020)

For the exhibition New Earth, the Westerkerk, the Bijbels Museum and The Turn Club organized an
Open Call. From almost 300 submissions, 12 artworks were selected for the exhibition, which took place in Amsterdam’s Westerkerk in the middle of corona time. Oussama participated in the exhibition with his work New Life.

* In the television talk show De nieuwe wereld (30 November 2020, NPO1), Oussama was interviewed about his work selected for New Earth, from 10:30’’

* The NOS news programme reported on this exhibition. 

Geef ons het museum – exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2018)

Dutch writer Arnon Grunberg, together with Oussama and nine other artists who had recently fled to the Netherlands, spent a month at the Stedelijk Museum, and reported on this in national newspaper NRC. During the stay at the Stedelijk Museum, Oussama made a series of 14 intense portraits, which were exhibited in the Audi room.

Black and white… memories – solo exhibition in Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp (2016)

Pedrami Gallery presentented Oussama Diab’s first solo exhibition in Europe: Black and white… memories