Bushra Fakhoury: TRANSMUTE
7th October, 2025 – 11th October, 2025
Mall Galleries
North Gallery
The Mall
London SW1
In TRANSMUTE, Bushra Fakhoury’s Sculptures Reflect a World in Motion at Mall Galleries’ North Gallery
Mall Galleries’ North Gallery will open TRANSMUTE, an exhibition of sculptures by the British artist Bushra Fakhoury, whose work draws on influences as wide-ranging as Picasso, Goya and Rodin.
Working without preliminary sketches, Fakhoury favours a spontaneous and fluid process, employing materials that include resin, bronze, plaster and ceramic. Her practice reflects the convergence of personal experience, political awareness and a global outlook, with motifs shaped by concerns such as deforestation, social upheaval and the natural world. Though her work resides in collections worldwide, she is perhaps most familiar to Londoners for two contemporary sculptures that stand on Park Lane.
Courtesy of Bushra Fakhoury and Mall Galleries
The exhibition will also include collaborative photographic works by Fakhoury and Mal Fostock. In parallel, Fostock’s own exhibition, INCLUSION, will be on view in the West Gallery.
About Bushra Fakhoury
Bushra Fakhoury, a British sculptor of Lebanese origin, was born in 1942. She studied art and education in Beirut before completing a doctorate in art education at the University of London in 1983.
Primarily working in bronze, Fakhoury is known for themes rooted in myth, folklore and fable, often articulated through human and animal forms. Her figures—by turns grotesque, opulent and dynamic—combine elements of Hellenistic Levantine culture with European neo-expressionism, frequently laced with irony and humour.
Courtesy of Bushra Fakhoury and Mall Galleries
Fakhoury began sculpting at the age of seven and has lived in Ivory Coast, France, Kenya and Lebanon, each place leaving its mark on her art. Her work has been exhibited across the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and the Middle East. Monumental sculptures such as Dunamis and Danse Gwenedour have been installed in public spaces in London, while her pieces are also held in private and institutional collections around the world. She is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors and the Chelsea Arts Society, and continues to live and work in London.
Bushra Fakhoury: TRANSMUTE opens on the 7th of October, 2025 until the 11th of October, 2025 at Mall Galleries’ North Gallery
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