My work is concerned with time, not clock time, but deep time, geological time, and the slower durations through which stories are transmitted, distorted, or lost. I'm interested in how time itself becomes political: who gets to narrate at what pace.​ 

Within these questions, I make forms, on paper, in sculpture, in video, that hold this weight through affect rather than argument.

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Dareen Abbas trained in etching and engraving in Damascus before continuing her studies at ERG (École de Recherche Graphique) in Brussels, Belgium. Since then, her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Taipei Biennial, and she has undertaken residencies such as the WIELS residency in Brussels.

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Exhibitions​

2024- Hosting- Central, Brussels Belgium. 

2023-Uprooted visions, Edinburgh, United Kingdoms

2023-Mindscapes, CEJA, Brussels, Belgium

2022-Broken Shapes- Theatre Centre Toronto, Canada

2021-International moving image festival, Iran. 

2021-Cinetorofilmfestival, Colombia.

2021-Burnt video festival,Montreal, Canada

2021-Ficlapaz film festival. 

2021- Largrangepoints, Brussels, Belgium

2021-spongleheim gallery-ONE

2020: WIELS Arts Centre- solo exhibition Brussels, Belgium

2020:Online Group exhibition- NICC, Brussels, Belgium

2020 Theatre Centre Canada-Broken Shapes (Postponed )

2018: Tourab Group exhibition Gallery Ravenstien, Brussels Belgium 2020 Kaai Theatre- Broken Shapes (Postponed

2017.Group exhibition-Strombeek cultural centre- Belgium

2016: Taipei Biennale Taipei, Taiwan. Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 2017: 28 Group Exhibition Culture Center Strombeek, Belgium

2013: Home Works 6 Festival Ashkal Alwan Beirut, Lebanon