Alia Zaal Emirati, b. 1989
Biography
Alia Zaal is a multidisciplinary artist from the UAE who explores memory, history and the changing urban and natural environment of her surroundings. Exploring the connection between vision and perception, her work often tracks the interplay between digital and analogue.
Her paintings are based on personal photographs - of interiors, landscapes and scenes extracted from her visual diary. The transformation of images from one medium to another is seen as an allegory of the perceptions and lenses through which memories pass.
Alia Zaal (b.1989) holds a BA in Fine Arts (Univ. of Sharjah) and an MA in Art History and Museum Studies (Sorbonne University). Alia Zaal’s artwork has appeared in exhibitions across the world, from the UAE to Bangladesh, Germany, Spain, Venice, New York, Bethlehem and beyond. Her paintings have been acquired by the Embassy of the UAE in Washington DC and the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and form part of private collections such as that of the Barjeel Art Foundation. In 2010, she won 2nd Prize at the Bangladesh 14th Asian Art Biennal.
In 2022, Alia Zaal participated in the "Pathways" exhibition organized by Hunna Art in collaboration with Raffles The Palm Dubai. Currently, she is having her first solo exhibition, "I Saw Time Passing (I)" at Foundry Downtown (Dubai), which will be followed by a second solo show in Spring 2023 in Vétheuil (France).
Works
Exhibitions
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I Saw Time Passing (I)
At Foundry Downtown (Dubai) 2 Mar - 30 Apr 2022Alia Zaal is a multidisciplinary artist from the UAE who explores memory, history and the changing urban and natural environment of her surroundings. Exploring the connection between vision and perception, her work often tracks the interplay between digital and analogue.Read more
Her paintings are based on personal photographs - of interiors, landscapes and scenes extracted from her visual diary. The transformation of images from one medium to another is seen as an allegory of the perceptions and lenses through which memories pass.
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Pathways
At Raffles The Palm Dubai 28 Jan - 23 Mar 2022In “My Palm Fronds Breathe (̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶)̶”, Alymamah Rashed explores the sensation of the spirit’s yearning to reside in a celestial home of eternity. This series of new drawings, paintings...Read more
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