Design Student Problems

Maybe if I drink more coffee my work will magically get itself done. 
Can I major in procrastination? 

East Meets West: Mahmood Sabzi

I Just Want to be Wonderful

Marliyn - Black

Orange Marilyn

Mahmood Sabzi is an Iranian artist currently living and working in the States. The influences of both the American and Iranian cultures are clear in his engaging artwork.

Jeddah Art Week: Pen To Paper

The Tree of Life by Farah Behbehani

On the second day of Jeddah Art Week (Feb. 26th), Athr Gallery hosted a thought-provoking talk with Saudi film-maker Ahd Kamel about her short film Sanctity and her participation in the Berlin International Film Festival followed by the group exhibition, Pen To Paper. The show displays a diverse collection of contemporary artwork with plenty of exceptional pieces. Pen to Paper is open till the 26th of March, and it's definitely worth a visit.

Boy With Kite by Abdulrahman Katanani

Enlightenment by Qaswra Hafez

I Read I Write (Women Education series) by Laura Boushnak

Performance #44 (Distorted Reality series) by Faisal Samra

The Golden Gun by Farnaz Rabiejah

Sitting Alone on Jingtin Mountain by Xu Bing

Jeddah Art Week: Sotheby's Contemporary Art & Mostly Visible

Jeddah Art Week kicked off last night with it's first two exhibitions at AlFurusya, Park Hyaat. First was Sotheby's first-ever exhibition in Saudi Arabia which displayed stunning artwork from it's upcoming Doha Auction of Contemporary Art. I was delighted to see art pieces by Farhad Moshiri (whom I'm a huge fan of) and by Hassan Hajjaj as well. The walls covered with Chant Avedissian's work were beautiful, seeing all these iconic figures in a very visually interesting manner was awe-inspiring. 

Icons of The Nile by Chant Avedissian

Ya Illahi (Dear Lord) by Ayman Baalbaki

Farhad Moshiri

Anywhere The Dervish Roams, Where He Lays His Home is There by Farhad Moshiri

M.U.S.A. by Hassan Hajajj

Le Monde Sous Pression (The World Under Pressure) by Batoul S’himi

Second was Mostly Visible, curated by Ashraf Fayadh and organized by Athr Gallery. The exhibition features great work by a good deal of talented Saudi artists. Of course there was plenty of inspiring, aesthetically beautiful, or just downright weird art with solid concepts or interesting stories. This exhibition is definitely a must-see and luckily it will be running till the 25th of March. 

Majid Althobaity

Saddiek Wassil

Heba Abed

Dana Awartani

Nouf Alhimiary

On a personal note, I felt like this was the stepping stone, or the inauguration, of an exciting new era for art and creatives in Jeddah, if not the in the whole Kingdom as well. I'm looking forward to where we go from here, and the rest of the exhibitions and talks this week.