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EDUCATION

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Sotheby’s Institute of Art: Master’s in Fine and Decorative Art and Design, London, 2018 – 2019. 

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• Elective in Curating Contemporary Art and Emerging Art Markets

• Dissertation on Islamic art history in relation to the abstract orientalist works of Paul Klee

• Wrote essays on the state of the Middle East Art market, MENA cultural heritage, and Islamic art.

• Fine Art exhibition cataloguing 

• Contemporary and Fine art Exhibition curation and design

• Worked on a curation project based in the Tate Modern, London. 

 

London Art Portfolio Ltd: Short Course in art and design Portfolio Preparation, London, January - April 2018.  

• Assembling art portfolio

• Learned Photoshop and AutoCAD 

 

School of Oriental and African Studies: BSc International Management in the Middle East and North Africa (Second Class Honours), London, 2014 – 2017.  

• Dissertation on the feasibility of investing in the Arab art market through qualitative and quantitative research methods.

• Classes on history of Arabic culture and MENA management issues.

• Elective in Theory and Methods of Asian and African Art

• Gained knowledge on the various managerial, practical, and principal theories relating to 

factors associated with the global and local cultural (MENA) context influence decision-making within organisations 

 

EXHIBITIONS

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- Curator for Tracing the Placid by Alia Ahmad (2022) at Hafez Gallery for Saudi Art Council’s 21,39-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia                              

 

 

EMPLOYMENT: Misk Foundation: Assistant Curator at Misk Art institute, April 12, 2020 – Present

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- Assistant curator for Re-appearing Imaginaries curated by Samuel Leuenberger (2022):                                               

 i.wrote catalogue content including artist biographies, catalogue essays, and captions. 

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- Curator and project manager for the Misk Art Grant second annual exhibition Under construction(2021):                                                                    i. wrote catalogue content including artist biographies, catalogue essays, and captions.

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- Assistant curator for Here, Now with Alia Ahmad Al Saud  curated by Sacha Craddock (2021):                                                                  

i. wrote catalogue content including artist biographies, catalogue essays, and captions.                                            

  ii. worked with the artists to develop their work.

iii. Part of the Grant selection process

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- Assistant curator for Imprint Exhibition curated by Latifah AlKhalifa (2020):                                                                  

i. wrote catalogue content including artist biographies, catalogue essays, and captions.                                              

ii. Managed the young artist open call section and created the content for the digital catalogue.                                                                        

iii. Conducted tours for VIP visitors and the general public.

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- Developed the first annual art grant programme in collaboration with Reem Fadda, Laila AlFaddagh, and Mohammed AlShemmary under the theme of Mukooth (2020):                                                                                          

i. Part of the grantee selection process                                                                                                                                  

ii. Worked with the selected artists to develop their works                                                                                                

iii. Curated the Mukooth exhibition with the supervision of Reem Fadda                                                                              

iv. Wrote the content for the curatorial text, captions and digital catalogue.

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-Worked on The Art library initiative, a publication series of books edited by Mona Khazindar about the Abdulrahman AlSoliman and Egyptian Sculptor Adam Henein published in 2021, Lulwah AlHomoud’s edition published in December 2021, and Amina Agueznay’s edition published in early 2022 in collaboration with Rizzoli International publication (2020-ongoing)

                                                                                                                                                                                           

-Research and communication with the contributors of series; Sacha Craddock, Roxane Zand, Nayra Zaghloul, Zain AlSaie, Farooq Yousif, Nadine Khalil, Dr Alia AlSanussi, Venetia Porter, Dr Khaled Azzam, Mouna Mekouar, Jean Loup Pivin, Merriem Beradda, Sonia Recasens and Salah Bissar.                                                                                                                                

i. Collected all the content for the books including images, copyrights, captions, articles, and personal photos.

ii. Assistant curator for The Art Library exhibition for Abdulrahman AlSoliman and Adam Henein in 2021.                              

iii. Assistant curator for The Art Library exhibition for Amina Agueznay in 2022.

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-Robilant + Voena Art Gallery, London: Part time internship September 18, 2019 - December 6, 2019.

• Organized and gathered data on contacts and artworks for Artlogic online database

• Gained negotiation skills through discussing with art buyers and sellers of artworks

• Handled artworks and wrote 300-400 word essays on artworks for gallery website and art catalogue.

• Helped with the management of the publication of Robilant + Voena art magazine.

 

SKILLS 

• Exhibition and concept creation

• Refined art research and writing, with a passion for creating effective copy and artwork presentation.

• Computer proficient, fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office, CSS/HTML editing, art inventory software, and database management. 

• Strategic Planning

• Management and finance skills

• Photoshop 

• Multi-tasking 

• Negotiation skills 

• Presentation skills 

• Creative Thinking