Jowhara Al Saud

BIOGRAPHY

Jowhara Al Saud, Knots Untitled 2

Born in 1978 in Saudi Arabia and currently transits between New York City and Jeddah.  She has exhibited her work internationally in group and solo shows, most recently in a group show at Edge of Arabia, Jeddah, Cuadro Gallery, Dubai. Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait. Foley Gallery, NYC. As well as a solo exhibition at Athr Gallery, Jeddah. She has also exhibited at international art fairs in Miami, New York, Chicago, Palm Beach, Paris, Mexico, Rotterdam, Dubai and Art Basel, Switzerland. Her work is part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, The Greenbox Museum, Amsterdam, as well as many private collections across Europe, the US and the Middle East.

Her upcoming projects include solo exhibitions at Rose Issa Projects, London, and Katara, Qatar. As well as group exhibitions at l'institut du monde arabe, Paris, and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.


Education

2001-2004 Tufts & the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, MFA in Mixed Media.

    Medford/Boston, Massachusetts

2000- 2001 The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Post baccalaureate Diploma in Mixed Media Boston, Massachusetts

1996-2000  Wellesley College, BA in Film Theory. Wellesley, Massachusetts

   
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 2012

(upcoming) Knots – Katara, Qatar.
(upcoming) Jowhara AlSaud & Maha Malluh - 2 person exhibition with Athr Gallery. Solo Projects. Basel Switzerland.
(upcoming) Knots – MENASA Art Fair with Athr Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
(upcoming) It ’ll Never Be Known How This Has To Be Told – Rose Issa Projects, London.

2011:   Your Friends and Neighbors – Athr Gallery, Jeddah KSA
2010:   Jowhara AlSaud – Zoom Art Fair, with Witzenhausen Gallery, Miami
           Jowhara AlSaud – Witzenhausen Gallery New York.
           Your Friends & Neighbors – Sultan Gallery, Kuwait
           Your Friends & Neighbors – Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam.

2009:   Altered States - Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA. Two person show with Curtis Mann.

2008:   Out of Line – The Schneider Gallery. Chicago.

2002:   Sticks and Stones - The Artist Foundation, Boston, MA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012:   (upcoming) Contemporary Arab Photography – Victoria & Albert Museum. London, UK.

            (upcoming) 25 Years of Arab Creativity - Institut du Monde Arabe. Paris,   France.

            Method to the Madness – Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
            We Need to Talk - Edge of Arabia, Jeddah, KSA.
            Penetration – Foley Gallery, New York, NY