SOLO EXHIBITIONS Artereal, Solo Exhibition ‘Did I Dream You Dreamed About Me’, October 2017 GROUP EXHIBITIONS Artereal Gallery, ‘Nevertheless, she persisted’ Grace Blake, Sabella D’Souza, Leila El Rayes, Brooke Leigh, Eugenia Lim, Cat Mueller, Claudia Nicholson, Ebony Russell, Georgia Saxelby and Naomi Segal. Febuary 2018 Sullivan+Strmpf, ‘The Waves’ Curated by Kate Britton September 2018 Leila el Rayes and Justine Youssef Burying that which Binds into the Chest of my Beloved Firstdraft annual Auction August 2018 Any Similarity To Any Person Living Or Dead Is Merely Coincidental, collaborative exhibition: Dominic Byrne, Leila El Rayes, Hana Hoogedeure, Kristina Savic and Matthew Varnay. July 2018 National Museum of Australia and Nishi Gallery, Canberra – ‘The Inner Apartment’ – an exhibition of contemporary Australian Muslim art curated by Nur Shkembi – April 2018 Khalasخ لاص – UNSWA&D Galleries curated by Nur Shkembi & Phillip George M16 Gallery, ‘If you were buried for a thousand years even you would be priceless’ Curated by Patrick Larmour, Feb 2018 Verge Gallery, To the inclusion of all others – Coordinated by Nina Dodd and Jonno Revanche, Nov 2017 Fork Exhibition curated by Claire Angelica, Nov 2017 ADspace, WORKSHOP 1 CURATED BY VALERIE SCHLOSBERG AND ISABELLA CORNELL Memory Bliss – Curated by Alex Kiers – Sydney Children’s Hospital ADspace – ReLaunch CACHE – Down/Under Space Freda’s -‘An-Architecture’ is a group show celebrating the launch of Down / Under, 8th February 2017 UNSW Galleries – The Annual 2016 ADspace Gallery, Fowlers Gap Exhibition 2016 PERFORMANCES AND OTHER PROJECTS Firstdraft Live Night ‘ Thank You’ Curated By Eilish Fitzpatrich and myself, May 2019 Performance Space/PACT – Queer Nu Work, April 2018 Artereal Gallery, Panel Discussion - Neha Kale, Jess Scully, Sara Dowse, Clothilde Bullen, Elvis Richardson and myself. Febuary 2018 Casula Powerhouse– Soft Centre Music Festival, Collaborations Curator, October 2018 MCA goes West GENEXT, Bellydance workshop – Casula Powerhouse, September 2018 MCA Artbar curated by Get To Work, Participant in performance ‘Why are you angry?’ May 2018 The Tote Hotel, Melbourne – Nextwave PRECOG in Collaboration with Poison curated by Sarah Scott & Makeda Zucco Public Galleries Summit Dinner 2018. Produced by Museums & Galleries of NSW; supported by City of Sydney; performances curated by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in collaboration with Jason Phu & Louise Zhang. March 2018 Firstdraft, “party” “girl” – collaborative performance with Harrison Pickering, Dec 2017 PACT Salon, Desire Lines (Sebastian Henry-Jones and Maeve Parker) Feb 2018 Red Rattler, Club Kooky, performance Jan 2018 National Art School, Art Month Sydney/ Paddington-Woollahra Precinct Night, Artistic director Kate Britton, March 2018 Firstdraft Gallery, Liquid Architecture – What would a Feminist Methodology sound like?... Oxford Art Factory (FreeFall), Perfomance in glass cube Freda’s, after pARTY featuring Leila El Rayes, 1st Feb 2017 AWARDS AND PRIZES Finalist – FBI SMAC Awards 2019- Best Artist Winner, ADspace Gallery, Jenny Birt 20th Anniversary Award Exhibition Finalist, Kudos Gallery, Kudos Award 15th Anniversary Exhibition MEDIA http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/Khalas http://rundog.art/borrowed-scenery-nevertheless-she-persisted/ https://citynews.com.au/2018/review-muslim-artists-evoke- emotional-connection/ https://artereal.com.au/exhibition/did-i-dream-you-dreamed-about-me/ https://www.sullivanstrumpf.com/artists/sanne-mestrom/ exhibitions/the-waves/views/elrayes-youssef-1-copy-2/ Time Out - Verge Gallery/To the inclusion of all others - If you've got the plebiscite blues, these artists have the cure https:// www.timeout.com/sydney/blog/if-youve-got-the-plebiscite- blues-these-artists-have-the-cure-111017 Time Out – after pARTY, Sydney’s endangered nightlife is the biggest threat to our arts scenehttps://www.timeout.com/sydney/blog/ sydneys-endangered-nightlife-is-the-biggest-threat-to-our-arts- scene-020217 FBI Radio : ART WE HEART http://fbiradio.com/art-we-heart- leila-el-rayes/ Framework Magazine #12 http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/uploads/ FormLanguageText%20WEBSITE.pdf