CV Joud Fahmy

Born and lives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Education

2023- Masters in Contemporary Art Practice; Royal College of Art. London, UK (sponsored)
2022- Graduate Diploma Art & Design in Fine Art; Royal College of Art. London, UK
2018- Associate Degree in Arts; Santa Monica College. Santa Monica, CA

  • Exhibitions and Art fairs

2024- Notes from the Future Curated by Robin Footitt; ROSL Arts. London, UK
2023/2024- Sindbad: Land of Fragile Hearts curated by Ahad Alamoudi x Balad Al-Fann. Jeddah, KSA
2023- Mother Tongue Bodies, Bodies Beyond Words Curated by Naj Shirazi. MillBank. London, UK
2023/2024- Across & Over, RCA X HSBC. HSBC Headquarters. London, UK
2023- Morocco Fundraiser- Flouze for Tamaloukte. London, UK
2023- Savouring Shadows curated by Nadia Abatorab-Manikowska & Angela Blazanovic. Copeland Gallery. London, UK
2023- Aesthetics of Bliss curated by Yila Kim & Alice Zakharenko. 67 York Street Gallery. London, UK
2023- RCA 2023 Degree Show. Royal College of Art. London, UK
2023- Prince Charles Cinema. London, UK
2023- Auction, Heritage Charity London. London, UK
2023- CAP X Tate Modern Lates Museum. London, UK
2023- Kheit, the Arab British Centre and Leighton House Museum. London, UK
2022- Sindbad: Land of Fragile Hearts curated by Ahad Alamoudi. Jeddah, KSA
2022- Cast of Shadow; Royal College of Art. London, UK
2021- Sauce of Mango; Fetrh. Riyadh, KSA
2021- Art Dubai 2021; Dubai International Financial Centre. Dubai, UAE
2020- Shara 2020; Saudi Art Council. Jeddah, KSA

  • Grants

2023- Public Grant; By Mohammed AlFaraj. Jeddah, KSA
2020- MAAN GRANTS; Athr Foundation. Jeddah, KSA

  • Professional Development

2023- Nominated top Saudi students and graduates from the UK. Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia. KSA
2023- Co-producer on Kheit, led by Nour Hage; Leighton House and the Arab British Center. London; UK
2022- Student Representative; Royal College of Art. London; UK
2021- Exhibitions Inside Out; run by Samuel Da Costa and Emmanuel Debriffe. The Saudi Art Council. Jeddah, KSA
2021- Portfolio Development; MISK Art Institute. Riyadh, KSA
2021- Contemporary Art Summer School; Royal College of Art. London, UK (sponsored by Misk Institute)
2019- Contemporary Art; Central Saint Martin’s. London, UK

  • Work experience

2023/2024- Program Manager for the Visual Arts Residency AlUla; Royal Commision of AlUla x Athr Gallery. AlUla, KSA
2023- Internship “Press Archive Team”; MAD Studio by Manal ALDowyan. London, UK
2022- Curator & Exhibition Designer; Cast of Shadow; Royal College of Arts. London, UK
2021- Cultural Tour; Red Sea Film X Hafez Gallery. Jeddah, KSA
2019- Project Assistant; “Art For Al Balad” ,Christies x Hafez Gallery. Jeddah, KSA
2019/2022- Artist Liaison; Hafez Gallery. Jeddah, KSA
2018- Internship as a sculpture assistant for Professor Donald Hartman; Santa Monica college. Santa Monica, CA
2018- Art Librarian; Santa Monica College. Santa Monica, CA
2016- represented Saudi Arabia as a Judo Olympian in Rio De Janeiro

  • Awards

2023- Global Design Gradute Show 2023 in collaboration with GUCCI; Shortlisted for Installation/Sculpture Category

  • Residency

2024- Cité Internationale Des Arts Residency; Paris, FR. (sponsored by The Al-Mansouria Foundation)
2023- Baltic x Shape Emergent Residency; Shortlisted. United Kingdom, UK
2022- ISTIKSHAF; Goethe-Institute. Germany, DE
2019- Hayy learning: Navigating the contemporary art scene; Art Jameel. Jeddah, KSA

  • Membership

2023- MRSS; Royal Society of Sculptures. United Kingdom, UK

  • Commissions

2023- The Farook & Mariam Foundation. United Arab Emirates, UAE

  • Collection

2023- Leighton House and the Arab British Center. London; UK

  • Workshop

2023- Community Embroidery, the Arab British Centre and Leighton House Museum. London, UK

  • Bibliography

Latest Shape collaboration: Joud was shortlisted for the 2023 Emergent Bursary with BALTIC and Shape Arts.
https://www.shapearts.org.uk/news/joud-fahmy
Fault Magazine
https://fault-magazine.com/2022/11/joud-fahmy-x-fault/
Royal College of Arts- Case study: Contemporary Art Summer School.
https://www.rca.ac.uk/study/short-courses-2/case-study-contemporary-art-summer-school-26-july-13-august-2021/
Artsy- 10 Must-See Shows from Middle Eastern Galleries You Can View’, written by Lizzy Vartanian Collier.
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-must-see-middle-eastern-galleries-view-online
Ithraeyat Magazine- Childhood (Issue#9)
https://www.ithra.com/files/7516/0844/6401/IthraeyatMagazine_Issue9_Childhood_English.pdf