Sarah Mohanna Al Abdali Explained

Birth Date:1989
Birth Place:Jeddah
Known For:Graffiti; street art

Sarah Mohanna Al Abdali (born 1989) is a Saudi Arabian artist, who is considered one of the country's first street artists. Her work combines Saudi and Arab cultural motifs and aims to provoke debate.

Life

Al Abdali's family has its roots in the Hejaz region.[1] She was born in Jeddah in 1989 and studied graphic design at Dar Al-Hekma College, continuing with post-graduate studies at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts in London.[2] She began spray-painting graffiti in the historic section of Jeddah with the aim of provoking debate and one piece of graffiti commented on overdevelopment in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.[3] [4] She is considered to be one of the first Saudi Arabian street artists.

Al Abdali's art combines graphic design with elements from popular Saudi and Arab culture. Whilst she came to prominence as a street artist, she is also an illustrator, painter and ceramicist.[5]

Al Abdali's work was included in "Soft Power" at Alaan Artspace in Saudi Arabia in 2012.[6] Her work has been shown at the British Museum and in the exhibition "We Need to Talk" in Jeddah organized by the Edge of Arabia.

Since becoming a mother in 2020, Al Abdali's work has begun to explore motherhood as part of her "journey through life as a woman."[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarah Al Abdali . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814114254/http://edgeofarabia.com/artists/sarah-al-abdali#biography . 14 August 2022 . 15 November 2022 . Edge of Arabia .
  2. Web site: Sarah Mohanna Al-Abdali . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029084941/http://alaanart.com/artists/view/8/sarah-mohanna-al-abdali . 29 October 2018 . Alāan Artspace .
  3. News: Davies . Catriona . Maktabi . Rima . Abdelhaq . Aroub . 23 March 2012 . How to rebel, Saudi style . CNN . live . 15 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806195526/https://www.cnn.com/2012/03/23/world/meast/saudi-alternative-culture/ . 6 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Bsheer . Rosie . 7 November 2013 . On Nostalgia and Material Culture in the Hijaz: An Interview with Sarah Al Abdali . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210118095431/https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/29760 . 18 January 2021 . 15 November 2022 . Jadaliyya - جدلية . en.
  5. Web site: Malik . Saira . 1 August 2021 . A Philosophy of Reflection on Land, Architecture, & Heritage Through Art: Hejazi Artist Sarah Al Abdali . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220120235035/https://khaleejesque.me/2021/08/01/qa-with-emerging-creative-sarah-al-abdali/ . 20 January 2022 . 2 December 2021 . Khaleejesque . en-US.
  6. Web site: Elkamel . Sara . 23 October 2012 . Soft power and modern art combine for Riyadh's first ever gallery of female artists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170601055450/https://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/saudi-riyadh-female-artists-exhibition-447855 . 1 June 2017 . 15 November 2022 . Al Bawaba . en.
  7. Web site: Owoh . Ugonna-Ora . 18 July 2022 . Womb Power: Meet The Arab Artists Exploring Motherhood And Femininity Through Their Oeuvre . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722123047/https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/culture/art/womb-power-arab-artists . 22 July 2022 . 15 November 2022 . Harpers Bazaar Arabia.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sarah Mohanna Al Abdali".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.