Ruya Foundation
The Ruya Foundation, or Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq, is an Iraqi registered not-for-profit, non-governmental organization. Founded in 2012, Ruya Foundation's board is made up of Tamara Chalabi, Reem Shather-Kubba, and Shwan Ibrahim Taha.
Exhibitions
Ruya Foundation's exhibition programme comprises work by Iraqi artists in a variety of media: sculpture, painting, installation, video and photography. The organisation does not have a permanent collection, but a revolving exhibition programme onsite at its Ruya Shop location on Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad.| Date | Exhibition | Artists |
| 2013 | Welcome to Iraq, curated by Jonathan Watkins. | Abdul Raheem Yassir, Akeel Khreef, Ali Samiaa, Bassim Al-Shaker, Cheeman Ismaeel, Furat al Jamil, Hareth Alhomaam, Jamal Penjweny, Kadhim Nwir, Yaseen Wami, Hashim Taeeh |
| 2015 | Invisible Beauty, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren. | Latif al-Ani, Akam Shex Hadi, Rabab Ghazoul, Salam Atta Sabri and Haider Jabbar. |
| 2017 | Archaic, curated by Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo. | Sherko Abbas, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji, Francis Alÿs, Ali Arkady, Luary Fadhil, Shakir Hassan Al Said, Nadine Hattom, Jawad Saleem, Sakar Sleman |
| 2019 | Fatherland: Serwan Baran, curated by Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo. | Serwan Baran |
Projects
Ruya Foundation maintains a database of Iraqi artists.The Foundation has published Ruya Notebooks since 2017. A monograph on the work of Iraqi photographer Latif al-Ani which they co-published won the Historical Book Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles in 2017.