Curatorial
Saria is the Curatorial Department’s Assistant at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. He has been with the Guggenheim for four years, previously serving as Assistant to the Deputy Director and Chief Curator. In his current role, he supports the Curatorial Department across a range of initiatives, contributing to exhibitions, acquisitions, publications, collections, research, and departmental projects. His independent research and writing focus on modern and contemporary art from Syria and the broader region, with broader interests in the histories of museums, collections, and artistic production.
Tammam Azzam: A Horizon Remains, Goethe-Institut New York, 2026
Organized the first solo exhibition in New York and the first institutional presentation in the United States of Syrian-German artist Tammam Azzam. Bringing together paintings, collages, and works on paper, the exhibition considers Azzam’s sustained engagement with the city as landscape and situates his practice within broader histories of contemporary painting.
Research to Strengthen the Culture of Knowledge, Ettijahat Independent Culture, 2026–27
Saria’s project was selected for Ettijahat’s research program, examining the role of museums and collections in shaping the history of modern and contemporary Syrian art. The research considers collecting, preservation, documentation, institutional structures, and public memory in Syria and across the diaspora.
Selected Guggenheim Exhibitions
Provided curatorial support for exhibitions organized by Naomi Beckwith, including By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection (2024–25) and Collection in Focus: The Reach of Faith Ringgold (2025).
“Aftermath,” Al-Jumhuriya, 2025
Authored an essay examining how Syrian artists responded to the political and social ruptures following the fall of the Assad regime, tracing shifts in artistic practice, imagery, and approaches to liberation, memory, and return.
Moustafa Fathi: Syrie, Signes d’Étoffe
Co-authored with Dr. Anneka Lenssen an essay examining Moustafa Fathi’s 1989 exhibition Syrie, Signes d’Étoffe and its broader artistic and historical context, forthcoming publication, Chronicle of the 1980s: Representational Departures, Pressures, and Beginnings in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey, 2027.
Fort Works Art, Fort Worth
Worked across the gallery’s curatorial and day-to-day operations, contributing to exhibition development and installation, artist coordination, research and writing, programming, communications, and sales. Projects included Crystal Wagner’s Sublime and Rachel English’s Vanishing Point, among other solo and group exhibitions
17th Annual Texas Artists Coalition Exhibition
Served as juror for the annual exhibition organized by the Texas Artists Coalition, a program of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center supporting emerging and established artists in North Texas. The exhibition explored themes of memory, home, and the post-pandemic condition.
She Comes From Syria, Berlin/London
Curatorial and design advisor for an exhibition of handmade dolls created by Syrian women displaced during the siege of Eastern Ghouta, considering the objects in relation to displacement, craft, and lived experience.
Near Southside / Massey’s Restaurant Public Art Project, Fort Worth
Served as one of five jurors selecting a local artist to reinterpret the historic Massey’s Restaurant sign as part of the site’s transformation into a community arts space.
Once a Day Swallow a Small Sun, Third Space DFW
Contributed to the development of Once a Day Swallow a Small Sun and helped secure a Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Grant to support its transformation into a publication exploring queer health.