CV - Amani Al Thuwaini

Kuwaiti Ukrainian designer/artist
Born 1989 in Kharkiv, Ukraine 

  • Education

2022 - Central Saint Martins, London - Short course Digital textile design
2018 - University of the Arts London, Short course. Visual Merchandizing and display by Sarah Manning
2015-2017 - Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK. MFA Fine Art
2016 - The Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic. Erasmus exchange program
2016 - Kassandras hybrid space for Urban & Social experiments, Athens, Greece - Site specific project / Erasmus exchange program

2007- 2013 - Kuwait University, College of Architecture,
BA Architecture ; BA Graduation project: 2013 Labor compound,
Exhibited both in Kuwait Engineering society and Kuwait Architecture Student Association annual exhibitions.

  • Honors - Awards

2018 - International Designers workshop - V&A museum and the British Council, London
2017 - Shortlisted for BLOOOM Contemporary Art Award by WARSTEINER
2016 - Nominated for Art Jameel Prize
2013 - Best graduation Architecture project Award - Kuwait Engineering Society. - Residency grant - The British Council, Out of Kuwait residency program - Kuwait and London.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Exhibitions

2022
Eyes Wide Shut, Firetti contemporary - Dubai
Forbidden love in Arab Art, Dar Alfunoun - Kuwait

2021
Commissioned tufted artworks , ZAL store shop window - Kuwait.

2019
Solo - Sur-re/vival, Sadu house - Kuwait.
In my dream I was in Kuwait, Scoletta dell’Arte dei Teraoro e Battioro Venice - Italy.
Abolish 153 exhibition, Dar Al Athar Al Islamiya, Yarmouk Kuwait.

2018
Layers of Identity. Contemporary Art platform - Kuwait. Abolish 153 exhibition, FA Gallery, Kuwait
The Agency of visible women, Beecroft Gallery London Youth exhibition - Qurain festival, Al Adwani gallery, Kuwait

2017
Women at War, FA Gallery, Kuwait
GOLDSMITHS MFA DEGREE SHOW, Goldsmiths University of London Transition exhibition, Menier Gallery , London
Abolish article 153, The Hub, Kuwait
Fair Booth Trial, Carousel exhibition space, London
K'S PATH annual charity exhibition, Boushahri gallery, Kuwait

2016
New Matter, Den Gallery, Kuwait
FiliArt Exhibition, Oxford House, London
The Blue Hour - XX Bolivia Biennale, Centro de la Cultura Plurinacional Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Unveiling Marriage, Residency and Solo exhibition, Al Makan, Kuwait
Interim group show, Goldsmiths University of London
EXIT, National Technical Library, Prague
Slippery Surface, Hartslane Gallery, London
SADI, Sadu House, Kuwait
Abolish 153, FA Gallery, Kuwait
What's your location?, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait
Abolish 153, JAMM Gallery, Dubai
Women’s Work, Beecroft Art Gallery, London

2015
Christmas Art Fair, Chalton Gallery, London
What’s your location?, Porto Alegre , Centro Cultural Ceee Eirico Verissimo, Brazil
Abolish 153, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait
K’s Path Charity exhibition, Boushahri gallery, Kuwait
Benchmark, GUST, Kuwait

2014
Peace One Day, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait

2013
Out of Kuwait, Edge of Arabia, London
Per-Form, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait Calligrafitti, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait Graduation Projects exhibition, Kuwait University, Kuwait

2012
Peace One Day, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait Out of Kuwait, Modern Museum of Art, Kuwait

2011
NIKE opening event, 360 mall, Kuwait
Dewaniya winter school - exhibition, AL Qibliya School, Kuwait City

2009
REUSE 3.0, collaboration with Alia Farid Abdal, Avenues Mall, Kuwait

Artist Residencies

2018-2019
Abdulla AlSalem Cultural center AIR program, Kuwait

2016
-  Unveiling marriage- Part of SWIFT TANK program, Al Makan, Kuwait
-  Reinterpreting tradition- residency program, Sadu house, Kuwait

2013
Out of Kuwait- British Council, residency program lead by David Rayson, CAP, Kuwait

2012
Landscapes Expanded- British Council, Out of Kuwait lead by David Rayson and Alia Farid, Moma, Kuwait