CV - Aliyah Alawadhi
- 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
- EXPERIENCE
ASSOCIATE CURATOR, ZAYED NATIONAL MUSEUM, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE & TOURISM, ABU DHABI, UAE
FEBRUARY 2021-PRESENT
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, CULTURAL FOUNDATION, ABU DHABI, UAE
APRIL 2023-PRESENT
FELLOW, SALAMA BINT HAMDAN EMERGING ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP, ABU DHABI, UAE
JANUARY-DECEMBER 2021
MEMBER OF THE JAMEEL YOUTH ASSEMBLY, JAMEEL ARTS CENTER, DUBAI, UAE
FEBRUARY-NOVEMBER 2020
INTERN, SALAMA BINT HAMDAN FOUNDATION, ABU DHABI, UAE
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2020
TEACHER’S ASSISTANT, ZAYED UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ARTS & CREATIVE ENTERPRISES, ABU DHABI, UAE
SEPTEMBER 2019-MAY 2020
EDITOR, BANAT COLLECTIVE,UAE
2017-2019
INTERN, NATIONAL PAVILION UAE, LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, ITALY
AUGUST 2019
TOUR GUIDE, ABU DHABI ART FAIR, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND TOURISM, UAE
NOVEMBER 2018
DESIGNER ASSISTANT, LOUVRE ABU DHABI, UAE
OCTOBER 2018
- GRANTS & AWARDS
10TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT DESIGN COMPETITION, NATIONAL PAVILION UAE
AUGUST 2021
PROJECT REVIVAL FUND, WAREHOUSE 421, ABU DHABI, UAE
SEPTEMBER 2020
- EXHIBITIONS
2023
I, View, Videocity, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE and Bern, Switzerland
Off the Ground, Spacemium, Ulsan, South Korea
2022
While the Coffee Grounds Settle, Fathom Gallery, Washington DC, USA
Ybna Al3eid, Bayt Al Mamzar, Dubai, UAE
As We Gaze Upon Her, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2021
Made in the Emirates?¸ Sotheby’s DIFC, Dubai, UAE
East-East Vol. 1: The Curio Shop, HB Nezu, Tokyo, Japan
No sé si por cultura o seguridad. I portray softness mainly, Virtual Exhibition, hosted by Art Curator Grid
The Disappearing Art Show, Warehouse 46, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
ShowCACE 2020 Senior Exhibition, Gallery S, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE
This lark sips at every pond: women as artist and muse, Maisan15, Dubai, UAE
Levitating in the Salon, Virtual Exhibition, hosted by MIA Art Collection
2020
Pending Approval, Zayed University booth, Abu Dhabi Art Virtual Exhibition
Youth Takeover 2020, Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, UAE
Outside in, Inside Out, Bait 15, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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
UAE at the Crossroads, Sikka Art Fair, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Dubai, UAE
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
The Creative Act, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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