oevaali art gallery
ON VIEW
OCTOBER, 2026
RECENT WORKS | RAYA MANSOOR“I work with colour and form as
a way of exploring movement,
memory, and place.”
Raya Mansoor is a Maldivian artist and Economics graduate working primarily
with acrylic and oil. Her work is centered on painting as a process of
exploration, building compositions through layers of colour and texture that
develop gradually over time.
Drawing from personal experience and island life, her work explores an
ongoing interest in colour, emotion, and the relationship between what is seen,
felt, and remembered. Alongside years of studio practice, she has further
developed her work through painting studies in Provence, France.
About the artistAvi Series
Avi by Raya Mansoor is a series born from the warmth of the islands, where the sun touches everything: the ocean, the
land, and the people who call it home. It is about life lived under that constant light, felt in quiet mornings, in the
movement of the sea, and in the golden hours that bring each day to a close.
It is about all that it creates. The shifting colours of the water, the bursts of blooms and hidden life, and the memories
of growing up in its glow.Root Memory
2026 | Maldives
Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
127 x 82 x 2cm
Stretched Canvas
A landscape that feels familiar.
Something in it knows you.Way Home 2026 | Maldives Oil on Canvas 40 x 40 x 3.5cm Stretched Canvas
Exhibited at Mspace Galllery in Paris, France.So It Seems 2026 | Singapore Oil on Canvas 100 x 100 x 3.5cm Stretched Canvas“I began the series of Provence 2026 studies during an artist residency in the South of France, testing colour and light in a smaller form. They became a space to observe the landscape more closely. Each holds an early instinct or fragment that later shaped a larger work.“Provence II, 2026 2026 | SOLD Oil on Canvas 40 x 50 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)
Provence II, 2026 became the starting point for Cherié.Cherié 2026 | SOLD Oil on Canvas 43 x 183 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)Provence III, 2026 2026 | Maldives Oil on Canvas 32 x 32 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)
Provence III, 2026 became the starting point for Luna.Luna 2026 | Maldives Acrylic, Oil on Canvas 35 x 200 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)
Luna looks at the ocean at night, when familiar colour deepens, with the moon there to witness it.Provence IV, 2026 became the starting point for A Little Longer.
Provence IV, 2026 2026 | Singapore Oil on Canvas 38 x 46 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)A Little Longer 2026 | Maldives Acrylic, Oil on Canvas 184 x 42 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)
A Little Longer grew directly from its original study, Provence IV, 2026. “I wanted to keep it as close as possible, holding onto its early composition and feeling.”Provence V, 2026 became the starting point for A Place That Knows Us.
Provence V, 2026 2026 | Singapore Oil on Canvas 32 x 40 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)A Place That Knows Us 2026 | Maldives Acrylic, Oil on Canvas 184 x 43 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)Soir 2026 | Maldives Acrylic, Oil on Canvas 200 x 90 cm Panel (Canvas), Framed (Gold)
“I wanted it to feel like an evening you could almost step into, the point in the day when the sun begins to leave, colours deepen and the landscape asks for a slower kind of attention.”Soir is about that in-between moment, when you are left to decide what the day meant.
“The work began with a smaller study, Provence I, 2026, where I took the time to look closely at the the movement and changing colours of the landscape. Back in the studio, it became less of a direct reference and more of a feeling to return to, expanded through memory of home, scale, and the colours and forms I have been exploring in the series Avi.”Exhibition History: Joali Maldives | August 2026Curated for your space
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