Iman Al Sayed Explained

Iman Al Sayed (Arabic: إيمان السيد born 1984), is a Palestinian artist whose work focuses on processes and repetition. She probes and investigates the human condition and the sociopolitical effects caused by displacement. Al Sayed uses various media in her work, varying from sculptures and installations to moving images, sound and words.^[1]

Background

Al Sayed graduated with a master's degree in Fine Art at the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design, HKU University of the Arts and holds a BFA from College of Fine Arts in Sharjah in Sculpture. She continued studying human rights, museology, VJing and metaphysics at a later stage. She participated in exhibitions and residencies in different countries and gave sculpture and printmaking workshops in the UAE. Al Sayed works on writings and research about the art and political scene in the Arab world in general and on documentation and histories in specific. She continues to collaborate with artists and curators, working on multidisciplinary projects.^[2]

Exhibitions

• Prospects: Before You Ask Me To Stay, HKU, Utrecht (2015)
• Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice (2015)^{[3] [4]}
• Boiler Room, Academia Gallery, Utrecht (2014)^[5]
• Suspended Accounts, Qattan Foundation, Ramallah (2014)^{[6] [7]}
• A Funny Kind of Exhibition, Cartoon Art Gallery, Dubai (2013)
• Hunger, DUCTAC, Dubai (2013)
• The Big Picture, DUCTAC, Dubai (2013)
• VJ Festival, Istanbul (2011)
• In Situ, Jam Jar, Dubai (2009)^[8]
• Space-tacular, Volume Foundation, Rome (2008)^[9]
• a strong sense of the fabrication of things, Riwak, Sharjah (2008)
• Progressive Movement, Meadows, Dubai (2007)
• Minus Reality, Art Attack Gallery, Dubai (2007)^[10]
• Al Hakeeba, Alexandria Atelier, Alexandria (2007)
• Exit, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah (2006)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: BIO. imanalsayed.com. http://web.archive.org/web/20150618201917/http://www.imanalsayed.com/bio.html. 18 June 2015.
2. Web site: AM Qattan Foundation 'Young Artist of the Year Award' 2014 premieres at Qalandiya International - Ramallah, Palestine. kelise. 12 June 2024.
3. Web site: MaHKU - MaHKU @ 1st Research Pavilion, Venice - Prospects: Before You Ask Me To Stay. www.mahku.nl. 2015-06-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20150618152509/http://www.mahku.nl/news/1441.html. 18 June 2015.
4. Web site: The first Research Pavilion, Sala del Camino, Venice Art & Education. Art & Education. 2015-06-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20150618162800/http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/the-first-research-pavilion-sala-del-camino-venice/. 18 June 2015.
5. Web site: HKU - Soft machines at Academy Gallery. www.hku.nl. 2015-06-18 . http://web.archive.org/web/20150618151514/http://www.hku.nl/Homeen/AboutHKU/NewsAndEvents/NewsAndEvents/SoftMachinesAtAcademyGallery.htm . 18 June 2015.
6. Web site: Suspended Accounts. domusweb.it. 12 June 2024 . 21 October 2014.
7. Web site: Suspended Accounts, YAYA 2014. 2015-06-18. 2017-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023127/http://www.artpalestine.org/2014/11/suspended-accounts-yaya-2014/. dead . Art Palestine International.
8. Web site: In Situ at the Jam Jar . TimeOutDubai.com. 2015-06-18 . http://web.archive.org/web/20150618132421/http://www.timeoutdubai.com/festive/events/613-in-situ-at-the-jam-jar . 18 June 2015.
9. Web site: Roma-Dubai, dalla Fondazione Volume! scambio di residenze con artisti mediorientali. Exibart. 12 June 2024 . it . 2008.
10. Web site: Minus Reality . http://web.archive.org/web/20150618132225/http://www.lateefabintmaktoum.com/minusreality/index.swf . 18 June 2015.