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Jemila Isa's First Solo Show at Maureen Paley's Studio M

exhibition · 2026-06-08

Maureen Paley presents Dreams Lost Upon Waking, the debut solo exhibition of Jemila Isa at the gallery's Studio M space. The show features works in painting and sculpture that explore spirituality, faith, womanhood, and the complexity of self-identity amid inherited narratives. A key piece, The Dream, incorporates text from a vivid dream Isa had in 2015, which she wrote down upon waking. The dream narrative describes standing on a tall yellow hill beside a one-legged swan, then seeing a white chapel on an identical hill with a handsome man dressed in pink linen. The exhibition runs at Studio M, with no specific end date provided.

Key facts

  • Jemila Isa's first solo exhibition at Maureen Paley
  • Exhibition titled Dreams Lost Upon Waking
  • Held at Studio M space
  • Works include painting and sculpture
  • Themes: spirituality, faith, womanhood, self-identity
  • Artwork The Dream features text from a 2015 dream
  • Dream narrative includes a yellow hill, one-legged swan, white chapel, man in pink linen
  • Exhibition is currently on view

Entities

Artists

  • Jemila Isa

Institutions

  • Maureen Paley
  • Studio M

Locations

  • London
  • United Kingdom

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