b.1987 in Doha, Qatar.
EDUCATION
2022 | Art and Design Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), in progress
2010 | MDes Sustainable Design, University of Brighton, UK
2009 | BA Fashion Textiles Design with Business Studies, University of Brighton, UK
2006 | Foundation Art & Design, Ravensbourne University, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 | What Remains, Workshop 3, Fire Station, Doha, Qatar
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 | Lived Forward: Art and Culture in Doha from 1960-2020, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar
2020 | The Place I Call Home, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
2020 | The Place I Call Home, Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
2019 | The Place I Call Home, Fire Station, Doha, Qatar
2019 | The Place I Call Home, Stal Gallery, Muscat, Oman
2019 | The Place I Call Home, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK
2019 | The Place I Call Home, Amricani Cultural Centre, Kuwait
2019 | Qatar: Past, Future, New Directions, (temporary exhibit) Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
2018 | Contemporary Art Qatar, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St Petersburg, Russia
2018 | Contemporary Art Qatar, Kraftwerk, Berlin, Germany
2017 | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, The Beaney, Canterbury, UK
2017 | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, UK
2016 | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2016 | Anima, The Printspace Gallery, London, UK
2016 | AlBahie Summer Exhibition, Katara, Qatar
2016 | Artists in Residence Exhibition (AIR1), Garage Gallery, Doha, Qatar
2015 | New Angles; New Perspectives, Museum of Islamic Art Park, Doha, Qatar
2015 | New Angles; New Perspectives, Qatar Photographic Society, Katara, Doha, Qatar
2015 | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2015 | Huna Hunak, Al Riwaq Exhibition Space, Doha, Qatar
2014 | Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2014 | AOP Photography Awards, Business Design Centre, London, UK
AWARDS
2021 | Nominated, Prix Pictet, ‘Fire’ theme
2019 | Artist of the Year Award, Grazia Arabia
2017 | Cover of the Year Award, Grazia Arabia
2016 | Honorary Mention, Life Framer Award, ‘Youthhood’ category
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019 | Artist-in-Residence, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2015 | Artist-in-Residence, Fire Station, Doha, Qatar
FILM FESTIVALS / TRAINING
2018 | Official Selection, Short Film, Doha Film Institute, QUMRA, Qatar
2018 | Short Screenwriting Lab, Doha Film Institute, Qatar
2017 | Official Selection, Feature Film, Doha Film Institute, QUMRA, Qatar
2016 | La Fémis, Summer University Scholarship, Paris, France
GRANTS
2019 | Doha Film Institute, Qatari Film Fund, Short Film Funding
2016 | Doha Film Institute, Spring Development Grant, Feature Film Funding
SELECTED PRESS
Photographs published in, The Creative Review, Harpers Bazaar, Grazia Arabia, Vogue Italia, T Magazine (Qatar),
Azure Magazine, Where London Magazine, Le Monde (France & Serbia), Lapham’s Quarterly, Gulf Times, Al
Raya, The Peninsula, Qatar Tribune.
ONLINE
TIME Lightbox, Wallpaper, Artnet, Der Spiegel, Fact Magazine, Doha News, Gulf Times,
BOOKS
Taylor Wessing Photography Annual (2014 & 2016) and Al Thani Awards Book (2014)
PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Embassy of the State of Qatar, Washington, DC, USA
Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar
Doha Fire Station, Doha, Qatar