《Soft Murmurs》

 Female Artists Group Exhibition

➤ Aliya Abs, Coffee and Quietude, 120x120cm, Acrylic, Oil Pastel on canvas, 2024

Soft Murmurs — Rich Art’s first exhibition of 2025 — proudly presents a group show featuring four outstanding female artists: Laura Burke, Fabienne Meyer, Aliya Abs, and Nada Elkalaawy. Through a rich diversity of creative expressions, the exhibition delves into how women articulate their personal experiences and life narratives through space, emotion, and identity.

The exhibition title Soft Murmurs evokes a metaphorical resonance — a quiet yet persistent force — representing the profound strength of women’s creative voices, even when understated. Each artist weaves narratives filled with concealed emotions, whispered memories, and spaces that transcend appearances, guiding viewers toward deeper engagement. The exhibition underscores the unique perspectives of female artists, bringing forth a collective voice that speaks to the complexities of femininity, memory, and presence. Each work embodies a delicate yet resilient energy, while also echoing profound reflections and interpretations in contemporary art.

➤ Fabienne Meyer, Do a little dance, 100x70cm, Oil and Acrylic on canvas, 2025

Laura Burke’s work delicately arranges visual elements such as ceramics and windows, blurring the boundary between the artificial and the natural while exploring the fluid relationship between interior and exterior spaces. By reconstructing visual frameworks, prompting viewers to reconsider their connection to their surroundings, embodying the subtle yet powerful essence of Soft Murmurs. Fabienne Meyer constructs a visual language between abstraction and figuration with poetry and humor, juxtaposing spontaneous yet orderly compositions that challenge conventional perceptions of everyday objects. Her work navigates between freedom and structure, echoing the gentle yet compelling nature of murmurs, revealing the resilience and sensitivity within female creativity. Aliya Abs employs rich, earthy tones to capture fleeting yet profound emotional moments in daily life. Through a layered and nuanced color palette, she transforms domestic spaces into vessels of memory and emotion, portraying the intimacy and distance within female experiences, conveying a quiet yet resolute emotional resonance. Nada Elkalaawy merges porcelain with Renaissance cupid imagery, breathing new life into classical symbols. Her work intertwines personal memory with collective history, bridging the past and present through delicate brushwork and intricate symbolism. Like a whispered murmur, it carries deep emotional and cultural significance, embodying the unique strength of female artistic expression.

➤ Laura Burke, Inanimate Guardians, 81x66cm, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2024

Soft Murmurs unfolds like a subtle yet resonant conversation, balancing tension and harmony, intimacy and expansiveness. Each work echoes within the exhibition space as both a whisper and a declaration, allowing viewers to navigate between different visual and emotional layers. Through a compelling interplay of themes and perspectives, the exhibition explores the layered complexities embedded in daily experiences, bearing witness of how female artists shine through creativity with their unique styles in contemporary art. Rich Art Gallery warmly invite audiences to immerse themselves in this resonant journey, experiencing the resilient beauty and diverse narratives woven through women’s creative expressions.