“[Baya’s] work was strongly steeped in memories of her childhood and an unmistakable aura of peace and joyfulness. These were all very conscious decisions on Baya’s part, and things she was aware of when composing her dreamlike scenes with women in long flowing robes and elements from her village floating in the frame. It was all done in a flattened, almost one-dimensional perspective with deeply saturated colours. It was her signature style. Sadness - despite having lived through various political struggles, including Algeria’s war for independence and other personal conflicts - never found its way into her work. For Baya, painting was a form of escapism, and a place where she found peace.”

- ALYA AL MULLA, IN CONVERSATION WITH SUHEYLA TAKESH. CURATORS IN CONVERSATION. SHARJAH ART MUSEUM, ALYA AL MULLA AND SUHEYLA TAKESH, LASTING IMPRESSIONS: BAYA MAHIEDDINE, SHARJAH, 2021, P. 12