Shadia Alem
Shadia 'Alem , also transcribed as Shādiyah' Ālim ( Arabic شادية عالم, DMG Šādiya ʿĀlim ; * 1960 in Mecca , Hejaz , Saudi Arabia ) is a Saudi Arabian painter and artist.
Life
'Alem has been known as an artist in Saudi Arabia since the early 1990s and has participated in various national exhibitions. Since the end of the decade, she has also exhibited in Europe and Asia.
At the 54th Biennale di Venezia 2011, she was with her sister, the author Raja Alem , in the pavilion of their first time at the Biennale in Venice participating homeland the light sculpture The Black Arch .
The painter lives in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia and Paris.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1999: Solo exhibition, Rochan Gallery, Jeddah, supported by the Mansouria Foundation
- 2000: Europ'Art, Geneva, supported by the Mansouria Foundation
- 2000: Jinniyat Lar , Institut du monde arabe , Paris
- 2000: Jinniyat Lar , National Museum of Saudi Arabia , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia, then in the Jeaninen Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut , Lebanon
- 2001: Art for All , festival organized by the Mansouria Foundation
- 2002: Babel 2002 , The National Museum of Contemporary Art , Seoul , Korea
- 2005: Languages of the Desert. Art from 6 Gulf States , Bonn Art Museum , Bonn
- 2008: Edge of Arabia. 17 Contemporary Artists from Saudi Arabia , Brunei Gallery , University of London , London
- 2009: Edge of Arabia , parallel to the 53rd Venice Biennale in the Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo Polignac , Venice
- 2011: The Black Arch with her sister Raj'a 'Alem at the 54th Venice Biennale in Venice
Web links
- Biography ( Memento from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alem, Shadia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 'Alem, Shadia; 'Ālim, Shādiyah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi Arabian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mecca , Hejaz , Saudi Arabia |