The New Identity (2018)

ART EXHIBITION MARCH 12 - APRIL 30, 2018

ETIHAD MODERN ART GALLERY

A M I R A A L AWA D I • A L A A M A H M O U D A L Q E D R A • M O N A H A D D A D FAT I M A G H A Z I A L M O H S E N • M A I T H A A L M U H A I RY TA Q WA A L N A Q B I • M A I S O O N A L S A L E H

GALLERY CATALOGUE MARCH 2018

Amira Al Awadi

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Alaa Mahmoud Alqedra

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Mona Haddad

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Fatima Ghazi Al Mohsen

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Maitha Al Muhairy

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Taqwa Al Naqbi

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Maisoon Al Saled

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Eti h ad Modern Art Ga l l er y B ate en Area Vi l l a 15 , Al Huwelat St r eet Ab u D habi, UAE T: +971 2 62 1 01 45 E: of fice@etihadmod er na rt . co m P.O. B ox 6 22 26 , Abu D ha b i , UAE e t i h a d m o d e r n a r tg a l l e r y etihadmodernart etihadmodernart

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About Etihad Modern Art Gallery (EMAG) 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.

Beginnings 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.

Now & Into the Future 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 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 / 2018, 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.

Our 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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AMIRA AL AWADI Amira Al Awadhi was born in Dubai and currently lives in Sharjah. Through her analog photography, she deals with personal insecurities, social judgment and ways in which she deals and overcomes. Al Awadhi’s practice began with graphite portrait drawings and acrylic paintings. She only started photography in 2014. She was never a photographer but she fell in love with the process of developing film and printing it. She came to adore the intimacy of the darkroom where it was only her, her art and her music. Her first series, ICEBERG, won the photography category of the 2016 International Emerging Artist Award. In the same year, she was shortlisted for The Gulf Capital-ADMAF Creativity Award. In February 2016, her work was exhibited at the Greenville Museum of Fine Art, Greenville, NC, USA.

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01 Untitled Wheatpaste on wood 150 x 150 cm AED 4,860

03 Unwind 13 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

05 Unwind 15 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

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02 Unwind 11 Gelatin silver print 25 x 36 cm AED 490

04 Unwind 14 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

06 Unwind 16 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

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Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

10 Unwind 04 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

13 Unwind 07 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

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Unwind 06 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

14 Unwind 08 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

09 Unwind 03 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

12 Unwind 05 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

15 Unwind 09 Gelatin silver print 28 x 36 cm AED 490

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ALAA MAHMOUD ALQEDRA Alaa Mahmoud Alqedra is a Palestinian-Swedish artist born in Dubai, UAE. She graduated with honors from University of Sharjah’s College of Fine Arts and Design. She creates sculpture, installation, and drawing using household materials. Alqedra’s work playfully invites us to view our relationship with utilitarian objects. Alaa uses the material of concrete to recreate images that she remembers from her childhood — the dollhouse, Lego bricks, teddy bears, kitchen objects and other figurines of animals and dolls — and is now lost to her because the place that she now lives in and works is all about concrete. Her fondness for objects stems from her experience as a displaced Palestinian who is searching for familiarity in the foreign spaces that she passes through, creating a sense of belonging through these activated moments of asylum.

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19 Lost 1 Concrete 20 x 25 x 18 cm AED 6,470

20 Lost 2 Concrete 18 x 20 x 24 cm AED 6,015

21 Lost 3 17 Bunny Concrete 31 x 29 x 21 cm AED 6,520

16 Doll - Side View Concrete 37 x 29 x 32 cm AED 6,520 6

18 Doll House 2 Concrete 50 x 50 x 15 cm AED 7,095

Concrete 150 x 150 cm AED 6,470

22 Tableless Rocking chair legs, monofilament, ceramic saucers and tea cup 61 x 35 x 40 cm AED 5,917

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23 Lost 4 Concrete 12 x 16 x 18 cm AED 1,505

26 Lost 7 Concrete 12 x 30 x 25 cm AED 6,470

29 Lost 10 Concrete 32 x 39 x 36 cm AED 7,530

24 Lost 5 Concrete 12 x 18 x 8 cm NFS

27 Lost 8 Concrete 20 x 27 x 18 cm AED 6,015

30 Column 1, 2, 3 Concrete, steel rebars 185 x 26 x 26 cm AED 10,526

25 Lost 6 Concrete 21 x 19 x 20 cm NFS

28 Lost 9 Concrete 24 x 25 x 18 cm AED 3,150

31 Column 4 Concrete, steel rebar 36 x 24 x 24 cm AED 8,500

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32 Hide and Seek Concrete, acrylic paint, steel 25 x 25 x 160 cm AED 8,870

34 Storybook Page 10 Acrylic paint on concrete slabs 33 x 20 x 1.5 cm AED 3,010

36 Storybook Page 9 Acrylic paint on concrete slabs 33 x 20 x 1.5 cm AED 3,010

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33 Storybook Page 11 Acrylic paint on concrete slabs 33 x 20 x 1.5 cm AED 3,010

35 Storybook Page 12 Acrylic paint on concrete slabs 33 x 20 x 1.5 cm AED 3,010

37 Storybook Page 10 33 x 20 x 1.5 cm 150 x 150 cm AED 3,010

MONA HADDAD Mona Haddad is a visual artist from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; she graduated from Zayed University with a bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual arts. She use mixed media in her work in a general way, her art diverse from printmaking, drawing and photography or mixed it as a whole artwork.

As an artist she see Light as a vivid image of a specific dream that lives between people and she study’s it through her work in a diverse form that is issued by the relationship between dreams and reality. Mona has certain things that inspire her and the desire to make people look at their dreams and their feelings held into her work. Dreams is the deep concept of all her work as she tend to use dim lights and texture to touch in all of her work.

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38 The Heart Ink on glass 50 x 50 cm AED 2,050

40 The series of “Demons” Chinese ink on glass 100 x 150 cm AED 11,337

42 The Journey of Dream Photography limited edition of 50 90 x 60 cm AED 2,920

39 The Shell Ink on glass 50 x 50 cm AED 2,050

41 The series of “Demons” Chinese ink on glass 100 x 150 cm AED 11,337

43 The Journey of Dream Photography limited edition of 50 90 x 60 cm AED 2,920

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50 47 The Shadows of an Old Wedding Solar plate + engraving prints 28 x 21.5 cm AED 3,240

48 The Shadows of an Old Wedding Solar plate+engraving prints 21.5 x 28 cm AED 3,240

45 A Heart to Heal

44 Our Aura Photography limited edition of 30 150 x 100 cm AED 3,240

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Printmaking 20 x 25 cm AED 810

46 A Heart to Heal Printmaking 20 x 25 cm AED 810

49 Fragments of a Memory Solar plate prints 25 x 20 cm AED 1,295

50 Untitled Silk screen print limited edition of 30 27 x 38 cm AED 1,295

FATIMA GHAZI AL MOHSEN Fatimah Almohsen was born in 1991 in Saudi Arabia , Dahran . She originated from Saudi Arabia, currently living in United Arab Emirates, and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at University of Sharjah in 2016.

She works mostly with acrylic paint. Her works are inspired by personal experiences. She exhibited in Saudi Student Club at Zayed University –Dubai in 2014, and in Sharjah Heritage Museum in United Arab Emirates in 2015, and in Riwaq Gallery at the University of Sharjah.

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51 Tension and Direction 131801 Acrylic and spray paint 24 x 19 cm AED 1,580

53 Tension and Direction 131803 Acrylic and spray paint 19 x 19 cm AED 1,580

55 Tension and Direction 131805 Acrylic and spray paint 24 x 19 cm AED 1,580

52 Tension and Direction 131802 Acrylic and spray paint 30 x 39 cm AED 2,630

54 Tension and Direction 131804 Acrylic and spray paint 29 x 48 cm AED 2,630

56 Tension and Direction 131806 Acrylic and spray paint 19 x 19 cm AED 1,580

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57 Tension and Direction 131807 Acrylic and spray paint 19 x 28 cm AED 1,580

59 Tension and Direction 131809 Acrylic and spray paint 19 x 34 cm AED 1,580

61 Tension and Direction 131812 Acrylic and spray paint 54 x 69 cm AED 3,685

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58 Tension and Direction 131808 Acrylic and spray paint 50 x 24 cm AED 2,630

60 Tension and Direction 131811 Acrylic and spray paint 39 x 61 cm AED 5,265

62 Tension and Direction 131810 Acrylic paint, spray paint and gesso on canvas 100 x 100 cm AED 4,735

MAITHA AL MUHAIRY Maitha Al Muhairy was born in Abu Dhabi and started drawing at an early age. In 2008, she received second place in the Virginia Commonwealth University of Qatar (VCUQ) Annual Design competition. Maitha graduated with a BA in Architectural Engineering. A mixed media artist, her work is a combination of graffiti and traditional graphite portraits.

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69 66 Gaze 4 Watercolor on paper, gesso on glass 46 x 46 cm AED 3,240

67 Deerling 1 Ink, watercolor and texture medium 72 x 52 cm AED 8,105

64 Gaze 2 Watercolor on paper, gesso on glass 46 x 46 cm AED 3,240

63 Gaze 1 Watercolor on paper, gesso on glass 46 x 46 cm AED 3,240

65 Gaze 3 Watercolor on paper, gesso on glass 46 x 46 cm AED 3,240

68 Deerling 2 Ink, watercolor and texture medium 72 x 52 cm AED 8,105

69 Ink Ink, watercolor and texture medium 60 x 40 cm AED 8,105 13

TAQWA AL NAQBI Taqwa Al Naqbi was born in 1994 in Khorfakkan, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. She currently lives and works in Sharjah. Alnaqbi completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University Of Sharjah in 2016. She works mostly with installations that incorporate hand-made papers and mixed media. Her works are inspired by personal experiences that came from her surroundings, which she savors and celebrates through her art. She had exhibited internationally and regionally including a group show in Greenville Exhibition with ECU Students in the United States of America in 2016; Budapest Art Market in Hungary on October 2015; Sharjah Heritage Museum in the United Arab Emirates on February 2015; and Art Nomads - Made in the Emirates in Berlin, Germany in December 2016.

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70 This Paper is made f rom six of my 71 Untitled Grandmother Dresses, 2016 Papermaking, my grandmother’s six dress, Paper making, intaglio, six of my grand mother’s dress 36 x 29 cm each AED 650 each

72 The Circle of Six Dresses My grandmother’s six dress, paper making 75 x 75 cm NFS

74 Yellow Circle, 2015 Paper making, silk screen, my grand mother’s clothes, colored pencil 25 x 25 cm each AED 250 each

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talli thread. glass jar, water, Various Dimension AED 3,250

73 Pink Circle, 2015 Paper making, silk screen, my grand mother’s clothes, colored pencil 25 x 25 cm each AED 250 each

75 Small Pink Circles Paper making, silk screen, my grand mother’s clothes, colored pencil 119 x 119 cm AED 1,500

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82 79 Small Six Dresses: Yellow 2016 Papermaking, my grandmother’s six dress, embroidery 15 x 19 cm/piece AED 1,000

80 Small Six Dresses: Purple, 2016 Papermaking, my grandmother’s six dress, embroidery 15 x 19 cm/piece AED 1,000

77 My Grand Mother’s Drawing Key, 2015 Digital photography 60 x 40 cm AED 2,100

76 My Grand Mother can Draw, 2015 Digital photography 60 x 40 cm AED 3,150

78 Hand Gesture Papermaking, my grandmother’s six dress, embroidery 15 x 19 cm each NFS

81 Recegence-Abayah & Dishdashah Paper making, abayah and dishdashah 55 x 40 cm AED 1,265

82 Recegence-Abayah & Dishdashah Paper making, abayah and dishdashah 55 x 40 cm AED 1,265

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MAISOON AL SALEH Born in 1988, Emirati artist and entrepreneur Maisoon Al Saleh is active in her practice both in Dubai and internationally. She graduated from Zayed University in 2010, with a degree in Interior Design. Al Saleh’s first solo show was at the Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, in Autumn 2010. Al Saleh’s work has been exhibited in UAE at various exhibitions, including Art Dubai; Emirati Expression at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi; Farjam Foundation at DIFC, Dubai; and at Abu Dhabi Art 2017. Her works were also exhibited in Macedonian Museum, Greece; Palazzo TE Museum, Italy; Centro Cultural Caja GRANADA Memoria de Spain; Art Science Museum at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore; and Art Nomads - Made In The Emirates that’s presented by Etihad Modern Art Gallery at Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin

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83 “No Si.” Digital photo lambda print 48.72 x 50 cm AED 8,800

85 Three Words Digital photo lambda print 101.6 x 53.48 cm AED 12,600

87 Mommy and I Acrylic on canvas 100 x 134 cm AED 60,155

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Digital photo lambda print 48.72 x 50 cm AED 8,800

86 BB Acrylic on canvas 74 x 100 cm AED 45,120

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