Najat Makki Explained

Najat Makki
Native Name Lang:Arabic
Birth Place:Bur Dubai
Nationality:Emirati
Education:College of Fine Arts
Known For:Contemporary Art

Najat Makki (born 1956) is an Emirati visual artist. She is a member of the Dubai Cultural Council.[1] and one of the pioneers in Emirati contemporary art scene.[2]

Education

Makki was the first Emirati woman to earn a government scholarship to study art abroad in 1977. She obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees in relief sculpture and metal from the College of Fine Arts in Cairo, where she also received her doctorate in the philosophy of art in 2001.[3]

Influences

Najat Makki was influenced by pioneer Egyptian artists such as Mokhtar, Mohamed Saeed, Hamed Nada, Brothers Wanly, Alsajini and Saed Alsader. Najat’s creativity also inspired by the local Emirates environment such as the desert, the sea and folklore. Her perception has a large impact on the artistic interpretations she has developed over time. Her work covers a variety of styles including realism and abstract expressionism.[4]

“Everything has colour to me. When I was a child, my father owned an herbal medicine shop. It was full of boxes of all different herbs as well as indigo dye and alum-block. I used them all to paint on paper bags. That’s when I started to love colour. At home, I watched my sisters make cushions and curtains from brightly coloured material. I learned about light and shadow from watching my mother fold our clothes. My relationship with colour didn’t just come; I worked on it by learning from everything I saw.”[5] [6]

Selected exhibitions

Awards

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Portrait of the artist: Najat Makki, one of the Emirates' foremost painters. Anna Seaman. thenational.ae.
  2. News: Najat Makki exhibitions kick off opening season at Abu Dhabi's Cultural Foundation. September 1, 2019 . AD Middle East.
  3. Web site: Najat Makki Past Forward. www.meridian.org. 2015-06-23.
  4. Web site: Dr Najat Makki. Etihad Modern Art Gallery. 2015-06-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150622161424/http://www.etihadmodernart.com/dr-najat-makki.html. 2015-06-22.
  5. Web site: Najat Makki - Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180216085008/http://www.admaf.org/en/artist/programs-projects/national-gallery/established-artists/najat-makki.html . 2018-02-16 .
  6. News: The 40-year creative journey of an Emirati woman artist. March 3, 2019 . The Arab Weekly.
  7. Web site: 2015 Najat Makki Lepsien Art Foundation. www.lepsien-art-foundation.com. 2015-06-23.
  8. Web site: gulftoday.ae Then and now. gulftoday.ae. 2015-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202605/http://gulftoday.ae/portal/b978e168-1e9b-46a3-9646-d358a11e4858.aspx. 2016-03-04. dead.
  9. Web site: Emirates Appreciation Award. www.emiratesaward.ae. 2015-06-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110520005010/http://www.emiratesaward.ae/Eng/winners2.html. 2011-05-20.
  10. Web site: Najat Makki . Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation.

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