Frieze Abu Dhabi 2026: Susan Hefuna | Gulay Semercioglu | Nancy Atakan

For the inaugural edition of Frieze Abu Dhabi, Pi Artworks is excited to present a curated booth spotlighting three of our senior female artists, Susan Hefuna, Gülay Semercioğlu and Nancy Atakan.

Their practices explore memory, tradition and cultural identity across Egypt, Germany, Turkey and the United States. The presentation considers how architecture and lived experience shape both personal and collective histories across generations and geographies. Susan Hefuna’s hand-carved wooden Mashrabiya works examine visibility, urban architecture and systems of concealment rooted between Cairo and Berlin. Gülay Semercioğlu transforms electrical wire and micro screws into luminous geometric wall works inspired by Seljuk tiles and Anatolian ornamentation, merging industrial material with meditative, labour-intensive processes. Nancy Atakan, an American-born artist living in Turkey for nearly sixty years, reflects on female histories, inherited traditions and cultural displacement through intimate mixed-media works incorporating textiles from her wedding trousseau.