Mona Nahleh is a Lebanese painter whose exhibition career spans more than three decades. Since her first solo exhibition in Egypt in 1994, she has presented her work across Lebanon and the wider region, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Nahleh studied English literature at the Lebanese University and trained in academic painting techniques with Egyptian artist Mansour Ahamed in Cairo. She is a member of the Lebanese Artists Association for Painters and Sculptors (LAAPS).
Her solo exhibitions include Temporal Totems at Art on 56th, Beirut (2014); Channeling the Mundane at Riwaq Al Balqa, Jordan (2015); Just Another Day at Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha (2017); Letters from the 5th Dimension at Fann A Porter, Dubai (2017); and Revertetur — The Return Home, a retrospective at Carré d’Artistes, Beirut (2019). More recent presentations include In Limbo at Azad Gallery, Egypt (2021), Parallel Realities at Maya Artspace, Beirut (2024), and Pareidolia at Mission Art Gallery, Beirut, and Urbanist Art Gallery, Dubai (2025).
Nahleh has also participated in international art fairs, group exhibitions and symposia, including the Sursock Museum’s Salon d’Automne (2007), Beirut Art Fair (2014), Art15 in London (2015), the Book–Object Biennale at the National Literary Museum in Bucharest (2018), Art Cairo (2020), and VOLTA Basel with Maya Artspace (2025).
In 2011, she published Between Form & Formlessness. Her work is held in collections in Lebanon and France, including Château de Léon in Saint-Étienne.
Her artwork is currently represented at Karim Art Gallery in Amman and Azad Art Gallery in Cairo.