EMAG - Company Profile 2017

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Eti h a d Mo d e r n Ar t Ga l l e ry Bate e n Are a V i ll a 15 , Al Hu we l at St re et Abu Dh ab i , UA E Ph o n e : + 9 7 1 2 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 Em a i l : of f ice @ et i ha d mo dernart. co m P.O. Box 6 2 2 2 6 Abu Dh ab i , UA E

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H.E. KHALED SEDDIQ AL MUTTAWA CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER ETIHAD MODERN ART GALLERY

We are the generation that witnessed the creation of the union, and we’re proud to have seen the dynamic development and prosperity of the United Arab Emirates since its inception until now.

“We have exciting initiatives and plans coming up for the local art community as we are always searching for something unique so the public can expect surprises. Etihad Modern Art Gallery hopes that the arts will continue to play a major role in developing the community, supporting cultural heritage and pass to future generations of the United Arab Emirates. This is very important, first for my country, then for my kids and people in general. It’s very important to know who we are and there’s so many things, hidden information, for us to see.

“The works we display show appreciation to the land by those who come and experience the country and its bounty.”

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ABOUT US Etihad Modern Art Gallery (EMAG) is a multi-purpose art space and café in the heart of the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi.

The gallery is open to the public every day (excluding Fridays) from 10am to 10pm, with an open door and free admission policy.

In 2016, EMAG’s continued success brought in a respected European curator. Now, EMAG has a new exhibition with a VIP opening every month and importantly, we have extended our connections with respected galleries and institutions in Europe.

In December 2016, EMAG was the first ever privatelyfunded gallery from the UAE to host a large scale

exhibition in Berlin, the art capital of Europe. The ‘Art Nomads: Made in Abu Dhabi’ exhibition announced the arrival of Emirati artists in the international art world with numerous excellent reviews in German and international media, including Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

During 2017, EMAG will continue the promotion of excellent Emirati and UAE-based international artists with a presence in celebrated Art Fairs around the world.

The planned 2017 season of exhibitions will see an even more diverse and prestigious display of new and exciting artists from around the globe and continued international publicity for UAE culture.

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The owner, H.E. Khaled Siddiq Al Mutawaa, envisioned a friendly and versatile art space, that is open to everyone, which encouraged the promotion, discussion and growing appreciation of the burgeoning Emirati art scene.

Opening in 2013, EMAG organised significant art shows and local heritage exhibitions, creating bonds with the international art scene and academic institutions.

We achieved this by inviting international artists to live, teach and create in the UAE, motivating local artists to showcase their work and hosting a wide range of parallel cultural activities like art workshops, poetry nights and music events.

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NOW & IN TO THE F UTURE In 2016, EMAG’s continued success brought in a respected European curator.

prestigious display of new and exciting artists from

Now, EMAG has a new exhibition with a VIP opening every month and

around the globe and continued international publicity

importantly, we have extended our connections with respected galleries and

for UAE culture.

institutions in Europe.

In December 2016, EMAG was the first ever privately-funded gallery from the UAE to host a large scale exhibition in Berlin, the art capital of Europe.

The ‘Art Nomads: Made in Abu Dhabi’ exhibition announced the arrival of Emirati artists in the international art world with numerous excellent reviews in German and international media, including Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

During 2017, EMAG will continue the promotion of excellent Emirati and UAE-based international artists with a presence in celebrated Art Fairs around the world.

The planned 2017 season of exhibitions will see an even more diverse and

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EMAG’S GOAL The goal of EMAG is a continuous progression of the art scene in Abu Dhabi, as well as promoting Emirati traditions, culture and art to a wider global audience.

We aim to open a dialogue with the public and introduce new cultural concepts, whilst promoting the environmentally-conscious vision of our founder, H.E. Khaled Siddiq Al Mutawaa.

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ART CONSULTANCY SERVICES PROVIDING COLLECTORS WITH EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT ART • We work with you every step of the way: developing and advising on an artwork concept, selecting and commissioning art, procurement, framing and installation.

• Be it specially commissioned bespoke art, or investment paintings, we acquire the perfect piece, which is not only a valuable investment for the client’s portfolio, but also works in harmony within an interior design concept.

• We source artworks from Emirati and international artists, from both emerging artists and established global masters.

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WHY BUILD A COLLECTION? Primarily, a private collection is to be enjoyed and to enrich the life of the collector. One-of-a-kind art pieces are also an excellent investment.

Additionally, a considered collection protects and progresses the artistic and cultural heritage of a nation.

WHAT SERVICE DO WE PROVIDE? Our professional all-round service ensures complete protection of valuable artwork. We provide all essential documentation, arrange storage, shipping and insurance, as well as fully assisting in framing selection and safeguarding installation.

For the pieces in your collection, we also keep track of relative performance in international auction houses, so that you will be aware of the current estimated value of your investments.

SUPPLYING IMPRESSIVE ART TO HOTELS Hotels need to stand out from the crowd as both business travellers and tourists have increasingly higher and sophisticated demands for their accommodation.

Unique artwork that adorns the walls of a hotel creates an ambience that goes above and beyond ordinary hotel decoration, which results in a pleasurable atmosphere for guests.

Etihad Modern Art Gallery has a wealth of international artists that can supply a broad spectrum of impressive art pieces that will augment and elevate an existing design concept.

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CORPORATE ADVISORY SERVICE Our specialists will undertake rigorous art market research and analyse the best possible asset to further your investments. This is an essential part of our advisory service which aims to create, establish and then refine a corporation’s collection.

We offer prudent advice for purchases and sales of art for auctions and private sales alike.

EMAG will handle all attributes of due diligence, provenance and authentication so that a corporation can be assured of the legality of their artwork.

Needless to say that we will also take care of all the small details such as framing, hanging, lighting, storage, insurance, so that investment art can simply be enjoyed without any of the hassle of the minutia.

CORPORATE ART COLLECTIONS Corporate collections are well-known to be excellent long-term investments, regardless of global economic conditions. A corporation’s brand image will receive a great boost when acknowledged with the high-status of art connoisseur.

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Furthermore, a valuable and respected art collection provides fantastic and numerous opportunities for positive publicity and marketing in all forms of media, adding a cultural and human aspect to the company’s image. A visible collection in the workplace can also be the winning factor to attracting highly sought after employees.

ENHANCED GUEST EXPERIENCE Wealthy and discerning hotel guests are increasingly knowledgable and critical regarding contemporary art.

The ideal situation is to complement interior design with imaginative, eye-catching and memorable art, so much so, that hotel customers enquire as to ‘who is the artist?’.

Then a hotelier can rest assured that their investment in quality art has paid off and fulfilled its primary role of creating an enhanced guest experience.

The EMAG specialist has worked hand-in-hand with new-build hotels, prior to opening, to supply hundreds of pieces of art that elevate an ‘off-plan’ concept that ensured a magnificent grand opening.

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REPRESENTING ARTIST Mu’atasim is an Iraqi Visual Artist, from Mesopotamia, born in 1968 and graduated from Fine Art AcademyUniversity of Baghdad in 1991.

MU’ATASIM AL KUBAISY Painter and Sculptor from Iraq

A member of Iraqi Fine Artists Association, he gained the First Award of Young Artists 2005 in Baghdad. His first solo exhibition was in Paris M-Gallery in 2004 while the second was in Dubai XVA-Gallery in 2008.

His third solo exhibition was in Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation in 2009. He participated in many joint exhibitions held in Iraq, UAE and France. Among his key achievements are: the gold-plated ceramic mural to the late H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (may God have mercy upon him) in Al Ain Museum; Al Hosn Roundabout in Umm Al-Quwain, and many horse statutes of different sizes for Shadwel Arabian Horses Farm in addition to many horse statutes in other private farms in the Emirate of Dubai. He currently works as a professor of Pottery and Sculpture at Sharjah Collections of The Art.

Tala Hammoud Atrouni is a Palestinian artist from Lebanon who was born in Beirut in 1977. As a child, her love for art was expressed shyly. She often found herself busy with colourful crayons and paper. In Beirut, she was exposed to the city’s cosmopolitan society and vibrant culture. This exposure enriched her perspective on life.

She grew up admiring her father’s art of calligraphy, poetry, and drawings. Despite the lack of formal art exposure in her high school, her passion for fine art drove her to pursue her education in the field. After high school, in the fall of 1995, she enrolled in the school of fine arts at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. In addition to fine art classes, her dad advised her to enroll in ‘more practical courses in advertising so that she would earn a minor degree in the field and improve her chances of finding a job. She earned her Bachelor degree in July of 1998 with an award of excellence in the art of painting and sculpture.

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TALA ATROUNI Painter from Lebanon

REPRESENTING ARTIST The most important and highly celebrated artist of the UAE, Abdul Qader Al Rais, at the age of 14 has done wonders in painting and was well received in Kuwait where he resided as a student.

He was awarded first honour as a young artist for his artwork which was inspired by the movie “Agony & the Ecstasy,” and signaled the beginning of his extraordinary life in art. Abdul Qader’s incessant pencil and watercolour sketches clearly defined his role in life as an artist. He was a perfectionist who laboured to get the right colours, studied different techniques and applied that knowledge to successive paintings.

Largely self-taught, his interest in old local architecture gems and nature were depicted in romantic realism.

His early work explores local scenery, coastlines and idyllic landscape in the UAE. They were essentially realist but it is an extraordinary realism distilled by an exacting eye and a mystical imagination which gives his works much of its power. Not only does he capture the place, but also the sense of time, in a medium that is most expressive, appealing and challenging – watercolour

ABDUL QADER AL RAIS Painter from United Arab Emirates

Khulood Al Jabri has a B.A. in Media- Geography in Al Ain University and a Diploma in Management in Abu Dhabi University. She is a member of Emirates Fine Art Society in Sharjah and the union of UAE writers in Abu Dhabi from 2012- 2013.

Khulood is known for her unique artistic experience culminating in rich and extremely diverse manifestations of different aspects of local heritage and social life. The presence of women is the most important theme that could be noticed in all her work, whether physically, spiritually, or hovering as a dream.

KHULOOD AL JABRI Painter from United Arab Emirates

She had two solo exhibitions on 2010 in UAE, and had many contributions in many other collective exhibitions in and out of UAE. She represented UAE artists in many artistic workshops, events and forums in Belgium, China, Morocco and Egypt. She works recently as a Deputy Head of Fine Arts – Ministry of culture, Youth & Community Development, and as an expert in photography and fine arts at Abu Dhabi Judicial Department.

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EXHIBITIONS WORD S A RE R A I N T H AT G ROW FLOW E R S 9th Oct - 26th Oct 2017 Calligraphy exhibition by: Mohammed Adeeb | Uday Al-Araji | Moamen El Sharkawy | Wissam Shawkat | Azza Al Qubaisi | Majid Al Yousef

INNER WORLDS 11th Sept - 28th Sept 2017 Photography exhibition by: Amani Al Shaali | Anthony Lamb Saeed Nasouri | Yousef Bin Shakar Alzaabi

A RT S OUQ 2 0 17 15th May - 27th July 2017 Various Artists across UAE

LUS C IOUS GRO U P E X H I BI T I O N 10th - 27th April 2017 Dr. Najjat Makki | Khulood Al Jabri | Tala Hammoud Atrouni | Lama Al Rommo | Amélie Ducommun

TRAVELLING LIGHT 8th - 27th March 2017 Clara Almeida Baudot | Mioara Corozel Cherki | Bénédicte Gimonnet Nathalie Guéna | Isabelle Riou-Teisseire | Karine Roche | Annabelle Smith Bigno

SONGS FOR EVERYONE 7th Feb - 01st March 2017 Yiannis Roussakis

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EXHIBITIONS VISIONS OF THE FUTURE 1st - 14th December 2016 45 Artists across UAE

KOJI YOSHIOKA AND JAPANESE ANIMATION CELS 3rd - 24th Nov 2016 Koji Yoshioka and Japanesse Animation Cels

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 1st - 14th December 2016 Photography Exhibition by Wednesday Group Photographers International

WORDS ARE RAIN THAT GROWS FLOWERS 5th - 27th Sept 2016 Calligraphy Exhibition by: Abdulrazak Mahmod | Ahmed Al Hawwary | Hassan Massoudy | Khulood Algobaisi | Moamen Elsharkawy | Mohammed Adeeb | Uday Al-Araji | Wissam Shawkat | Zaid Ahmad Amin Al Azami

ART SOUQ 2016 20th June - Sept 2016 Artists across UAE

THE FUTURE IS IN THEIR HANDS 5th - 18th June 2016 Students across Abu Dhabi

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EXHIBITIONS A L RA IS A RT 2nd - 30th May 2016 Artists: AbdulQader Al Rais | Sumaya Al Rais | Musab Al Rais

T HE M ILLION S T R E E T 17th - 31st March 2017 Photography Exhibition by: Yiannis Roussakis

M A D E I N HUN GA RY 20th Feb - 5th March 2016 Art Exhibition by Hungarian Artists

4 4 T H UA E NAT I O N A L DAY CA R N I VA L 1st Dec 2015 Artists across UAE

THE EXHIBITION OF LEIJI MATSUMOTO WITH OSAMU TEZUKA AND JAPANESE ANIMATION CELS

1st - 30th November 2015 Leiji Matsumoto with Osamu Tezuka and Japanese Animations Cels

ART SOUQ 2015 21st June 2015 Artists across UAE

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EXHIBITIONS T HE F UT URE I S I N T H E I R H A N D S 7th May 2015 Exhibition by Students across Abu Dhabi, UAE

A RA B IA N HOR S E S 14th April 2015 Solo Exhibition by Mu’atasim Al Kubaisy

I N T HIS PLAC E 3rd March 2015 Exbihition featuring works by: Svilen Petrov | Kim Robertson | Karine Roche

4 3 T H UA E NAT I O N A L DAY CA R N I VA L 1st Dec 2014 Artists across UAE

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Art House Café is a unique artistic concept café where all the furniture is made into beautiful art from waste materials.

Located within the Etihad Modern Art Gallery, the Art House Café is an artistic hub that exemplifies Abu Dhabi’s vision for nurturing a cultural and artistic environment. The Art House Café is the perfect spot to grab your morning coffee, enjoy lunch with friends or co-workers, or relax with a cup of tea.

The Café is a great platform for emerging local artists to showcase their work and is the ultimate intimate venue for local musicians to perform.

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ANTIQUES GALLERY Etihad Antiques Gallery was established by Khaled Seddiq Al Mutawaa and Mohamed Khalil Ibrahim as a cultural, social, and commercial hub for enthusiasts of Arab, Islamic, Western, African, Orientalist antiques such as paintings, bronze sculptures and artifacts, pottery, and woodworks.

In line with Abu Dhabi’s strategic plan to highlight the emirate as a deep rooted cultural centre, under the sponsorship of the UAE President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and H.H. Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Etihad Antiques Gallery hold to great regard the words of the late founder H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, “He who does not have gratitude to the past, has no place in the present.”

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EMIRATES RED CRESCENT PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

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Our team at Etihad Modern Art Gallery has been commissioned to design, develop, and manage the Emirates Red Crescent Merchandise. Proceeds from sale of merchandise goes back to help Emirates Red Crescent in their relief activities.

In Peacetime: Organizing awareness programs, first aid, protection and control the epidemics, take attention to the social issues and providing various humanitarian assistance for vulnerable, needy people and victims of accidents and disasters.

The Red Crescent in Abu Dhabi works to support the official authorities in peacetime and wartime, in accordance with the provisions of Article (26) of the First Geneva Convention of 1949.

In Wartime: Transferring and treating the wounded and assist prisoners in the scope of the Geneva Conventions. Provide first aid and relief to the victims. Protection of civilians and sheltering the displaced and homeless. Search for missing persons’ and reunion the separated families.

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ETIHAD MODERN ART GALLERY SHEIKH ZAYED GRAND MOSQUE CENTER Etihad Modern Art Gallery has been awarded management of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Shop.

The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center (SZGMC) was established by decree number 18 year 2008 issued by HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of UAE, Minister of Presidential Affairs, in 2008 and it’s amendment number 7 year 2012. According to the decree, the SZGMC aims to:

1. Emphasize on the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s noble deeds and contributions to humanity, in a way that commemorates his legacy and memory.

2. Cooperating with research centers as well as religious, educational and cultural institutions 3. Enhance cross cultural communication and introduce the Center as a cultural tourism destination.

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