Amna Al Baker Qatari, b. 1996

Amna Al Baker is a Qatari multidisciplinary artist. Her work focuses on themes of identity and womanhood, fueled by a desire to give space to the unseen experiences of being a woman in her place and time.

Amna’s recent practice is based on creating parallels between the natural world and the female experience. Her work aims to materialize the internal wilderness navigated by women, specifically in the Arab world, as they come of age and forge alternative paths. Her practice is an experimental one, in which she lets the medium choose her. Self-discovery is at the heart of her practice as she collects objects, photographs and writing to build her ideas on.

 

Currently based in Doha, AlBaker holds a BSc from Northwestern University in Qatar (2018). She has participated to a number of exhibitions including Intaj: Film, Television and Theatre (2022), Abstraction: Subverting Reality (Fire Station, Doha, 2021) and Currently (2021).

AlBaker’s work is part of several private and public collections, including The Ned Doha. In 2021, she taught a hand-drawn animation workshop at Doha Fire Station and has worked with The Doha Film Institute and numerous local businesses and organisations in Doha including Tamader Alsultan’s eponymous clothing label, Nelly’s Bakery and X Styling. Her illustrations have been published in print and digital, including Unootha, Dardishi and Sumou.