A DAY IN ABU DHABI

10:30 AM

Ahmed Al Areef studio visit

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Ahmad Saeed Al Areef Al Dhaheri, (b.1988) is an Emirati multidisciplinary artist. He acquired his Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from the College of Arts and Science at the American University of Sharjah (2012). The artist then pursued his Masters in Art History and Museum Management at Paris-Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi (2017).

Over the past decade, Al Areef’s multidisciplinary artistry has become synonymous with conceptual photography and he has recently broadened his scope of artistic mediums to include digital art, video installations, photo manipulation, oil on canvas and illustration, specifically ink on paper. He embeds historical symbols through contemporary mediums to represent and convey the significance of past cultures and heritages.

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