Hope, often spoken as faith, connects Latin America and Southwest Asia. Our tongues carry the names of our deities in expressions now taken for granted. “Ojalá/Oxalá”, the transliteration of إن شاء الله in Spanish and Portuguese, traces a transcontinental connection shaped by exchange and belief. Here, we observe how hope becomes culture—formed through migration, labour, spirituality, and the ongoing construction of home.

Each artist in this exhibition inhabits a distinct experience of Latinidad within Southwest Asia. Rather than offering a singular narrative, this exhibition attends to the complexity and diversity that Latino migration has always carried.

Visually, “Ojalá/Oxalá” speaks in the language of domesticity, transforming the space into a house that holds a collective navigation of belonging and outsiderhood.