List of Sudanese artists explained

The following list of Sudanese artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Sudan, of Sudanese descent or who produce works that are primarily about that country.

A

Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah, photojournalist
Khalid Albaih (born 1980), political cartoonist, activist, and journalist
Ola Alsheikh, documentary photographer
Mohamed Altoum, documentary photographer

B

Salih Basheer (born 1995), photographer

D

Assil Diab, painter, graphic designer, and graffiti artist
Rashid Diab (born 1957), modern painter, educator, and art historian

E

Amna Elhassan (born 1988), painter, printmaker

I

Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq (born 1939), painter, and art teacher

K

Omer Khairy (1939–1999), modern painter
Mohammad Omer Khalil (born 1936), painter, etcher, printmaker
Ala Kheir (born 1985), photographer, cinematographer, and mechanical engineer

M

Rashid Mahdi (1923–2008), documentary and portrait photographer
Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings (born 1969), Sudanese-born British deaf textile artist
Salah El Mur (born 1966), contemporary painter, graphic designer, author, and filmmaker
Hassan Musa (born 1951), Sudanese-born French contemporary painter

S

Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930), painter, former public servant, and diplomat
Alaa Satir (born 1991), illustrator, muralist, and cartoonist
Hussein Shariffe (1934–2005), painter, filmmaker, poet and educator
Ahmed Shibrain (1931–2017), modernist painter

U

Ahmed Umar (artist) (born 1988), Sudanese-born Norwegian visual artist and LGBT activist

W

Osman Waqialla (1925–2007), painter and calligrapher

See also