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List Of Emirati Artists
The following list of notable Emirati artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in United Arab Emirates, of Emirati descent or who produce works that are primarily about United Arab Emirates. __NOTOC__ A * Ebtisam Abdulaziz (born 1975), installation artist, and performance artist B * Nidaa Badwan (born 1987) Emirati-born visual artist, photographer; raised in Palestine G * Tamara Al-Gabbani, Saudi-born fashion designer, television personality and model; raised in Dubai H * Moosa Al Halyan (born 1969), surrealist painter * Mohammed Saeed Harib (born 1978), animator, filmmaker * Rahil Hesan (born 1978), fashion designer I * Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim (born 1962), conceptual artist K * Mohammed Kazem (born 1969), video artist, sound artist, photographer, assemblage, and performance artist L * Mattar Bin Lahej (born 1968), painter, photographer, and sculptor M * Najat Makki (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARTIST
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the show business, entertainment business to refer to Actor, actors, Musician, musicians, Singing, singers, Dance, dancers and other Performing arts#Performers, performers, in which they are known as ''Artiste'' instead. ''Artiste'' (French) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. The use of the term "artist" to describe Writer, writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts such as critics' reviews; "author" is generally used instead. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older, broader meanings of the word "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Bin Sultan Al Qasimi (fashion Designer)
Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (; 6 April 1980 – 1 July 2019), known professionally as Khalid Al Qasimi, was an Emirati royal and fashion designer in London who founded the ''Qasimi'' fashion label. He was the second son of Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, who has been ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah since 1972. Al Qasimi died in London on 1 July 2019. Early life and education Al Qasimi was born on April 6, 1980. He moved to London at nine years old and was educated at the Tonbridge School in Kent. In 2004, Al Qasimi won two golden prizes in the First Arab-Euro Festival for Photography organised by the Arab Photographers Union in Europe under the theme of "History, technique and heritage." Al Qasimi studied architecture and fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London. Career He established the British clothing chain Qasimi Homme in 2008. There he was the founder and creative director. As fashion designer he is best known for having incorporated Arab elements in his male and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emirati Artists
Emirati may refer to: *pertaining to the country of United Arab Emirates *the people of the United Arab Emirates, see Emiratis The Emiratis (; ) are the Citizenship, citizen population of the United Arab Emirates. Within the UAE itself, their number is approximately 1.15 million. Formerly known as the Trucial States, the UAE is made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ... * Emirati culture {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Emirati Women Artists
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Emiratis
This is a list of prominent Emirati people who are United Arab Emirates nationals. Royal families Al Nahyan family (Al Nahyan royal family – Abu Dhabi) *Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Ra'is (President) of UAE, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces *The Late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Second Ra'is (President) of UAE and former Ruler of Abu Dhabi *Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – President's Representative *Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – Ruler's Representative in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi *Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – Minister of Higher Education and Research Of Science *Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs *Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Foreign Affairs *The Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – founding father of the United Arab Emirates and first Ra'is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor Al Suwaidi
Noor Al Suwaidi (Arabic: نور السويدي; born 1981) is an artist and curator from the United Arab Emirates. Biography Al Suwaidi was born in 1981. She grew up in Abu Dhabi. She went to the Al Khansaa government school in Al Buteen. She has three sisters and one brother. It was clear she had artistic talent from a young age, talent which was nurtured by her father in particular. She graduated in 2004 with a BA in Studio Art from the American University. In 2009 she graduated from Kingston University with an MA in Curating Contemporary Design. She was the first person from the Middle East to study on her MA course. Prior to studying for her MA she worked for Dubai Holdings. She is a part-time lecturer at the College of Art and Creative Enterprises at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi. As a curator of contemporary art, she specialises in the work of other Emirati artists. She is a founding member of the Cultural and Arts Authority in Dubai. In 2017 she was invited by the Louv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussain Sharif
Hussain Sharif (born 1961) is an Emirati artist based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Co-founder of Emirates Fine Arts Society and is one of the original "Five" conceptual artist in the UAE including Mohammed Kazem, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Abdullah Al Saadi and his brother Hassan Sharif. Group exhibitions * 2010 Dropping Lines1, Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. * 2010 Arab world meets Zurich1, AB Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland * 2008 Selected UAE contemporary Artist Expo1, Zaragoza, Spain * 2005 Cultural Diversity 1, Sharjah Art Museum, U.A.E. * 2003 6th Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, U.A.E. * 2002 Dhaka Biennial, Bangladesh * 2002 5 UAE 1, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany * 1999 4th Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, U.A.E. * 1998 U.A.E. Contemporary Art, Institute of Arab World, Paris, France * 1998 The 7th Cairo International Biennial, Egypt * 1995 Emirates Arts 1, Sittard Art Center, Sittard, Netherlands * 1989 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Sharif
Hassan Al Sharif (1 January 1951 – 18 September 2016) was an Emirati artist and prolific writer. He lived and worked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is widely regarded as a central figure in contemporary and conceptual art in the region, often known as the father of conceptual art in the Gulf. He founded Al Marijah Art Atelier, and through his extensive work and writings, he inspired the next generation of artists in the United Arab Emirates. His work is represented in major public collections, such as the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Guggenheim New York, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Centre Pompidou, Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Sharjah Art Foundation. Early work Sharif’s early ‘caricatures’ were printed in the UAE’s nascent newspapers and magazines from 1973 to 1979, and reflected on the political climate of the Middle East in the 1970s as well as the UAE’s rapid urbanisation and commercial globalisation since its formation. By the time Sharif lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulraheem Salim
Abdulraheem Salim (born 1955) is an Emirati painter and sculptor born in Dubai and lives in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He is one of the first contributors to the fine art movements in the UAE alongside Hassan Sharif, Abdul Qader Al Raes and others. Salim completed his Bachelor of Fine arts and sculpture at the University of Cairo in 1981. Awards * 1992 The Jury’s Award at Cairo Biennial * 1993 Sharjah biennial 1st prize * 1993 The silver award at the 6th Bangladesh Biennial * 2008 State Honor Award for Fine Arts, UAE Exhibitions * (1981-2001) The annual exhibitions of the Emirates Fine Arts Society * (1983- 1984) First and Second GCC Art Exhibitions, Doha, Qatar * 1983 Negative and Positive Exhibition * 1988-1992-1995 Cairo Biennial * 1995 Bangladesh Biennial * 1990 The first exhibition of the Emirates Fine Arts Society in India. * 1996 Arabian Colors Exhibition, Sharjah Art Museum, UAE * 1998 the UAE in the Eyes of its Artists, Cultural foundation, Abu Dhabi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maisoon Al Saleh
Maisoon Al Saleh is an Emirati visual artist based out of Dubai. Her artistic style is surrealism with commentary on modern and traditional Emirati culture. Her paintings often feature the skeletons of humans and animals. Early life and education Al Saleh was born in 1988 in Dubai where her family lived in a home they built off of Sheikh Zayed Road. At the age of 8, she began painting with oil paints on canvas with the help of her aunt, who was also an artist. She received a degree in interior design from Zayed University in January 2010. She began painting images of bones and skeletons around the age of 16 after she had an X-ray taken on her back during a medical check-up. Al Saleh uses various mediums which include acrylic on canvas, mixed media for installations, and fiberglass and mixed media for her sculptures. Career Al Saleh began her career as an artist in 2008. In 2009, she contributed her work to ''Emirati Expressions: Art from the Heart of the Emirates'' at Emirates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Al Saadi
Abdullah Al Saadi (born 1967) is an Emirati artist and one of the Pioneer "Five" original conceptual artists from the United Arab Emirates including Hassan Sharif, Hussain Sharif, Mohammed Kazem, and Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim. Exhibitions * 2013 Emirati Expressions at Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE * 2013 Body Art and Performance in the Gulf Area: 16 artists at New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE * 2011 Sharjah Biennial 10, Sharjah, UAE * 2011 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy * 2009 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), ..., Venice, Italy * 2005 Languages of the Desert at Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany * 2004 the 26th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil * 2003 Sharjah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Qader Al Rais
Abdul Qader Al Rais (Arabic: عبد القادر الريس) is a multi-award-winning, Emirati painter noted for his abstract art which combines geometric shapes with Arabic calligraphy. He is known for including calligraphy and abstracted objects in his paintings, and regarded as a colour master. Al Rais, who was inspired by the Dutch Masters and Impressionists in his earlier work, created a distinctive style that is influenced by the different elements of nature and culture in the region. These elements frequently feature in his works. Early life Al Rais was born in 1951 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. He became interested in painting, at the age of 14, following his father's death, when his mother sent him to Kuwait to live with his sister. He considered himself lucky because Kuwait was having a cultural renaissance at the time and he connected with other artists frequently at Al Marsam Al Hurr, the free studio, where they had access to books on art. Among such books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
