CV
EDUCATION
2009 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Um Al-Qura University, Mecca, KSA
2011 ‘Ijaza’ certificate in Calligraphy, Haram Al-Sharif, Mecca, KSA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025Edge of Languag, Athr Gallery, Riyadh, KSA
2024 Calligraphy biennale, Sharjah Museum, Sharjah, UAE
2020 There After, Curated by Maya el-Khalil, Nomad st. Chesa Planta, Switzerland.
2020 There After, Curated by Maya el-Khalil, Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain.
2019 There After, Curated by Maya el-Khalil, Delfina Foundation, London, UK
2016 State of Affairs, Solo Project, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2015 Light (Noor), Sharjah Museum, Sharjah, UAE.
2012 And It Remains…, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Fan AlMamlaka Exhibition - Rio de Janeiro Brazil
frieze art fair, London, UK
Endangering Form, Rasif studio, Riyadh, KSA
Between two cultures, Rasif studio, Riyadh, KSA
2023 Islamic art biennale, jeddah.KSA
Brand New Ancients, Misk Foundation, Riyadh, KSA
2022 IMAGE? The Power of the Visual, aga khan Museum, Toronto, Canada.
BREAKING BOUNDARIES EXHIBITION AT FIRETTI CONTEMPORARY, Dubai, UAE.
2021 Light upon Light, NoorRiyadh, Riyadh, KSA
THE SECRETS OF ALIDADES, Curated by Fabien Danesi, Jeddah, KSA
Scripts and Calligraphy: A Timeless Journey, at the National Museum, Riyadh.
Calligraphy And Abstraction, Louvre Museum AbuDahbi, UAE
2020 Maan, Athr Gallery, Virtual Exhibition, KSA
Desert X AlUla, KSA
2019 Winter at Tantora, AlUla, KSA
L’écriture dans l’art, Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Bruxelles, Belgium
Manamat Al Gossaibi, Manama, Bahrain
Nomadic Traces: The Journeys of Arabian Scripts, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Out of Place, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2018 Long, Winding Journeys, Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, US
An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises, Front Triennial, Curated by Michelle Grabner and Lisa Kurzner, Cleveland, USA
Refusing to Be Still, 21,39, Curated by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Jeddah, KSA
Through the Spectrum, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
The Clock Strikes Thirteen, Curated by Maya el-Khalil, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2017 Safar, 21,39, Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Jeddah, KSA
Letters to a Young Muslim, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
The Saudi Cultural ExhibitionMoscow, at New Manege museum.Moscow.
2016 Mab’ooth Almater, Al Hangar, Jeddah, KSA
Earth and Ever After, Curated by Hamza Serafi, Jeddah 21,39, KSA
2015 Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art from the Middle East, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA
Fast Forward, Jeddah 21,39, KSA
Triplicity, A Group Exhibition at Athr gallery, Jeddah,ksa, 2015
Common Grounds, Curated by Verena Hein, Villa Stuck Museum, Munich, Germany
Jmeel prize,Sharjah Museum, Sharjah, UAE،
Nanyang technological University, Singapore.
Basm alla exhibition , group show Al Hangar, Jeddah, KSA
2014 WORD AND ILLUMINATION Le Meridien Medina Hall, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
The Language of Human Consciousness, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
Past Tradition, Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India
Hajj: The Pilgrimage to Mecca, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Jmeel prize, victoria and albert museum,London, UK، hermitage-kazan museum kazan
kremlin, Russia، Moscow state exhilaration hall new manager
Moallaqat, 21,39 Jeddah Arts, Jeddah, KSA.
2013 Words & Illumination, in collaboration with the British Museum, Madinah, KSA
Hajj: The Journey Through Art, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
Echoes of Islam, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, USA
Calligraffiti, Leila Heller Gallery, NY, USA
Against the Grain, KAP, Kuwait
Show of Faith, KATARA, Doha, Qatar
Mostly Visible, Group Exhibition, Jeddah, KSA.
2012 Hajj: Journey To The Heart of Islam, The British Museum, UK
Made In Makkah, Artspace, London, UK
We Need To Talk, Edge of Arabia, Jeddah, KSA
2011 Collage/Assemblage Exhibition, Athr Gallery in collaboration with Cuadro Fine Arts Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2010 Terminal, Edge of Arabia, Istanbul, Turkey
Young Saudi Artists, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2009 Kingdom Calligraphers, Fine Art House, Jeddah, KSA
2008 Makkah Literature Club, Mecca, KSA
Saudi Department for Fine Art & Culture, KSA
Saudi Calligraphers Guild, Jeddah, KSA
RESIDENCIES
2019 ETH Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Swiss.
2018 The Delfina Foundation, London, UK.
2017 Jusoor, Ithra, New York, USA.
2014 The Delfina Foundation, London, UK.
Samir Sayegh studio.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2019 Al Burda Endowment Exhibition Debut, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2015 Nomination for the Prudential Eye Awards
2013 Shortlisted for the Jameel Prize
2010 Second prize in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Calligraphy competition
2009 First prize in largest mural in Makkah, KSA
First prize in Arabic Calligraphy & Fine Arts at the Children’s Museum, Jeddah, KSA
COMMISSIONS
2020 cultural gifts
2019 King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, KSA
2018 Royal Commission of Al-Ula, Al-Ula, KSA
2013 Ithra, King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture, Dahran, KSA
BASMOCA, Jeddah, KSA
2012 King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, KSA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ithra, King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture, Dahran, KSA
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, UAE
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
The British Museum, London, UK
Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA, LA, USA
Greenbox Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mukhmal Tower, Jeddah, KSA
National Commercial Bank Corporate Collection, Jeddah, KSA
Al Mansouria Foundation, Jeddah, KSA
Shaikh Ebrahim Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research،Bahrain, Manama
Lectures
ETH Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Swiss, 2019
The Arab American National Museum, 2017
The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, 2015
Effat University, Jeddah, 2015
SAC, Jeddah, 2014,2015
Athr gallery, Jeddah, 2013