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Artist
Abdullah Al Saadi
b. 1967, Khorfakkan, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates · Based in Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates
- BA in English Literature, United Arab Emirates University (1993)
- Japanese Painting Study, Kyoto Seika University (1995)
- Conceptual Art
- Diaries
- Painted Stones
- Nomadic Maps
- Installation
Abdullah Al Saadi is a legendary pioneer of conceptual art in the UAE and a founding member of the historic Group of Five. Representing the UAE with a solo pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, his practice catalogs long nomadic journeys through the mountains of Khorfakkan, recording personal cartographies on painted stones, tin cans, scrolls, and invented alphabets.
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