Tabari Artspace Gallery in Dubai presented the solo exhibition of Mohamed Kanoo. Kanoo started painting informally in the late 1980s. Inspired by artists, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, the artist’s first notable work, executed in the Pop art style, was a portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late President and Founder of the United Arab Emirates.
Kanoo's artistic practice has developed over the years, experimenting with other media, his works can be divided into several categories: portraits, automobiles, abstract, applied media, landscape, photography and calligraphic art. Following the tragedy of 9/11, and the resultant negative cultural confrontation by the West, he has focused on achieving a successful artistic platform that presents a position reflecting a more positive, alternative view of contemporary Arabia.