GALLERY 9 — VANCOUVER, BC

Garden Tapestry Tote, brocade and thread
The Muse — the painted face shown upright
The Inverted Muse — a tote bag hand-painted with an upside-down face by Aryan Abubakr

№ — The Making

It starts as work

Studio, Vancouver

№ 01

Garden Tapestry Tote

Brocade & thread — one of one

№ — On Display

Shown once, then released

One of one

№ — And Objects

Cast by hand

Wearable miniatures

№ 04

The Muse

Look again

№ 04 — The Signature

The Inverted Muse

Painted upside down — on purpose

See the WorksOwn One

GALLERY 9

Every piece counts.

Nine strokes. One pair of hands. Bags, paintings and objects made once, numbered, and never repeated.

02 / The Making

01 / 82

First, the paint.

Then, the thread.

Then it's gone.

04 / On Display

Made. Finished.
Kept for a moment.

Every finished piece is photographed, shown once, and released. There are no reprints and no second runs — the display is the goodbye.

…and objects.

Aryan Abubakr's hands at the sewing machine in his Vancouver studio

05 / The Artist

One pair of hands.

Gallery 9 is Aryan Abubakr — a Vancouver artist who paints, sews, casts and numbers every piece himself. Nothing is outsourced. Nothing is repeated.

The tally isn't decoration — it's the count. Nine strokes. Every piece numbered, and every number retired when its piece finds a home.

What leaves this studio never comes back. That's the point.

06 / The Collector's List

Own the next one.

New pieces are released in small drops. The list sees them first — before Instagram, before anyone.

No noise. Just the work.