Aliyah Alawadhi
b. 1996, UAE

Aliyah Alawadhi (b.1996, UAE) received her BFA in Animation Design with a Minor in Curatorial Practices from Zayed University in 2020.

She was an editor and member of the Banat Collective, a grassroots project aimed at representing femme-centered artistry in the MENA region and was a chosen member of the 2020 Youth Assembly courtesy of Art Jameel, culminating in the Youth Takeover event hosted by the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. She was also one of the participating artists for the 101 initiative's inaugural sale, "Outside In, Inside Out" (2020) at Bait 15 curated by Munira Al Sayegh and Ghaith Abdulla, to promote non-gallery represented artists. She was also a fellow in the 8th cohort of the Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship in partnership with the Rhode Island School of Design.

Aliyah Alawadhi has appeared in several exhibitions locally and internationally, including "This lark sips at every pond" (2021) at Maisan15 in Dubai, "The Disappearing Art Show" (2021) at Alserkal Avenue, "Ybna Al3eid" (2022) at Bayt Al Mamzar in Dubai and the inaugural Banat Collective-curated exhibition “As We Gaze Upon Her” (2021-22) at Warehouse 421 as well as “East-East Vol. 4: The Curio Shop” (2021) held at HB Nezu in Tokyo.

Education

ZAYED UNIVERSITY, ABU DHABI, UAE
JANUARY 2015-AUGUST 2020
BFA in Animation Design with a Minor in Curatorial Practices
College of Arts & Creative Enterprises

Selected Exhibitions

2024 Hunna Art at Foundations, Winter 2023, Artsy
2024 'Boundless, Binding', Subliminal Projects x Emergeast, Los Angeles, USA
2023 I, View, Videocity, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE and Bern, Switzerland
2023 Off the Ground, Spacemium, Ulsan, South Korea
2022 While the Coffee Grounds Settle, Fathom Gallery, Washington DC, USA
2022 Ybna Al3eid, Bayt Al Mamzar, Dubai, UAE
2022 As We Gaze Upon Her, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2021 Made in the Emirates?¸ Sotheby’s DIFC, Dubai, UAE
2021 East-East Vol. 1: The Curio Shop, HB Nezu, Tokyo, Japan
2021 No sé si por cultura o seguridad. I portray softness mainly, Virtual Exhibition, hosted by Art Curator Grid
2021 The Disappearing Art Show, Warehouse 46, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
2021 ShowCACE 2020 Senior Exhibition, Gallery S, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2021 This lark sips at every pond: women as artist and muse, Maisan15, Dubai, UAE
2021 Levitating in the Salon, Virtual Exhibition, hosted by MIA Art Collection
2020 Pending Approval, Zayed University booth, Abu Dhabi Art Virtual Exhibition
2020 Youth Takeover 2020, Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, UAE
2020 Outside in, Inside Out, Bait 15, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2020 Zayed University Student Artworks, Al Habtoor Palace LXR Hotels and Resorts, Dubai, UAE
2019 (Re)Imagined Landscapes: Student Photography Exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Zayed University Abu Dhabi campus, UAE
2019 UAE at the Crossroads, Sikka Art Fair, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Dubai, UAE
2019 Sculpture Network Start’19, Rotunda Gallery, American University in Dubai, UAE
2018 Homeland, Funoon Gallery, Zayed University Abu Dhabi campus, UAE
2017 Group Exhibition, The French Alliance, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2017 The Creative Act, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Aliyah Alawadhi b. 1996, UAE

Aliyah Alawadhi
b. 1996, UAE