Adrian Pepe's 'A Shroud is a Cloth' Opens at NIKA Project Space
Adrian Pepe, a fiber artist, will unveil 'A Shroud is a Cloth' at NIKA Project Space in Dubai, starting on 29 January. The exhibition features a 200-square-meter wool textile that previously enveloped a damaged heritage site in Beirut. The artworks vary from personal to grand, utilizing wool to convey gestures, images, and rituals. Preserved debris, including dirt, seed diaspores, and plant matter, reflects the landscape. Through stitching, felting, and assembly, Pepe creates new forms reminiscent of votives, maps, and effigies. As a Lebanon-based artist from Honduras, he examines material processes, ecological intimacy, and fragility. Veronika Berezina, founder of NIKA, views the exhibition as a tribute to Pepe’s work and a reminder of the fragile balance of our environment.
Key facts
- Adrian Pepe's solo exhibition 'A Shroud is a Cloth' opens 29 January at NIKA Project Space in Dubai.
- The exhibition features a monumental 200-square-meter woolen textile that once wrapped a damaged heritage building in Beirut.
- Works range from intimate to monumental, derived from a single common source.
- Debris extracted from the wool—dirt, seed diaspores, vegetable matter—is preserved.
- Pepe is a Lebanon-based Honduran artist.
- NIKA Project Space supported Pepe's 'Utility of Being: A Paradox of Proximity' at the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial.
- In 2024, Pepe presented 'Entangled Matters 2.0' in Beirut, part of UNESCO's BERYT initiative.
- Veronika Berezina is founder of NIKA Project Space.
Entities
Artists
- Adrian Pepe
Institutions
- NIKA Project Space
- UNESCO
- Sharjah Architecture Triennial
Locations
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- Beirut
- Lebanon
- Sharjah