Lana Khayat

Lana Khayat is a Lebanese artist, currently based in Dubai. She exhibits in New York, London and

across the Middle East. She held her first solo exhibition in 2022 and her work is represented in

several prestigious private collections. Throughout her career, she has also collaborated with

leading international institutions including the Guggenheim Museum. Lana holds a Bachelors in

Design from the American University of Beirut, and a Masters in Fine Arts from the School of

Visual Arts, New York.

Lana traces her artistic lineage to her great-grandfather, Mohamad Suleiman Khayat, who

contributed to the creation and restoration of traditional Syrian Ajami rooms. His work is

showcased at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Shangri La Museum of

Islamic Art, Culture and Design in Hawaii. Growing up in a family of unique artistic talent had a

profound influence on Lana, ultimately choosing art as her form of expression, as her forefathers

before her.

Lana has developed an exceptional artistic direction. From her perspective, nature offers music to

those who are truly willing to lend an ear. As an introvert, she has found herself more fluent with

Mother Nature than Mankind. Her art describes the free-flowing journey of her conversations with

the wilderness; each tone and stroke overflowing with meaning beyond human script or language.