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Suzy Sikorski in Al Madam, Sharjah. Taken by Fatima Albudoor.
Mid East Art founder Suzy Sikorski reflects on her unforgettable memories documenting artist’s stories in the region since embarking on a Fulbright Scholarship in 2016. With insights behind her drive to archive a close-knit community of Emirati artists, along with her recent photography skills and visual anecdotes that encompass her lifelong journey to cover Middle Eastern Art.
Read moreThe vivid narratives of Suzy Sikorski’s lengthy photography adventures and artist studio sessions. Both a witness and active player in these memories, Suzy weaves her way into these beautifully captured stills.
Read moreDigging into the 2017 archives of the first time I interviewed Ammar Al Attar, we trace the Emirati photographer’s evolution of his four-year-long archival Cinema in the UAE Project. How do we remember what’s lost and give importance to the unwanted and overlooked? Read on!
Read moreFeaturing an intro text by Suzy Sikorski on the origins of the UAE art scene that was included in the Imago Mundi Project she co-curated for the UAE and Bahrain in 2016.
Read moreAn essay on the Palestinian photographer Ahlam Shibli in Tribe Photography magazine. Shibli’s hyper-visual images draw deeper attention to everyday life, and shift our understanding of marginalized communities as they are depicted in media images, closing the distance between documentary and spontaneous intimacy, and between critical detachment and compassionate engagement.
Read moreAli Cha’aban in front of “The Broken Dream”, silkscreen on Persian carpet, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist.
Meet Ali Cha’aban, a Lebanese born, Jeddah based artist who is tackling what it means to be Arab in today’s world. His works are triggering new debates relevant to global politics and social realities, explored through his interactive installations, street and fashion photography. Mid East Art sits down with the artist to discuss his unique inspirations and where he's going.
Read moreThe International Exchange Office at the American University of Sharjah interviews Suzy on her early inspirations to study art in the Middle East and her junior year studying at AUS in Fall 2014.
Read moreLatif Al Ani, whose role as ‘Father of Iraqi Photography’ encompasses three decades of documentation, from the 1950s through 1970s. His work captures the belle époque of the cosmopolitan and modern Iraq during these years.
Read moreMid East Art unveils never before seen footage and an interview text of the late Saleh Al Ustad, one of the pioneer fine art photographers of the UAE and Gulf region. This feature documents Saleh’s history from Missouri to Southern California in the early 1980s and the establishment of a fine art scene in the UAE.
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Suzy was ranked on the list as part of a group of women in the UAE who are championing the arts —from artists and curators to gallerists and the founders of collectives for young and emerging artists from the region.
Read moreThis is a personal story of how some of the leading Emirati artists have worked to fashion a path through an often fast-moving and potentially bewildering landscape of change. Senses of identity and belonging, of heritage and inheritance, loom large under conditions of constant transformation. In a place that is as young as the UAE, artists find themselves grappling with the recent past as they look towards the future.
Read moreIn one of the most groundbreaking international shows for an artist from the UAE, Abdulqader Al Rais achieved his first international retrospective at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris earlier this September, writes Suzy Sikorski
Read moreSeven graduating female architecture students at the American University of Sharjah are challenging the timeless elements of this work out of their love for Renaissance.
Read moreOne of the early pioneer painters and sculptors of the UAE sits down with me to discuss his life and work. From his formative years in Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE, Abdul Raheem Salem recalls the beginnings of the first arts society in the UAE and some of the first exhibitions and important people that marked his career.
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Image courtesy of Suzy Sikorski.
Celebrating Halloween with friends. Image courtesy of Suzy Sikorski. Photograph courtesy of the Ustad family.
mage courtesy of Suzy Sikorski. Photograph courtesy of the Ustad family.
Image courtesy of Suzy Sikorski.
mage courtesy of Suzy Sikorski. Photograph courtesy of the Ustad family.
Image taken by Suzy Sikorski, Photograph courtesy of the Emirates Fine Art Society
This week the Emirati arts community mourns the passing of Saleh Al Ustad, a beloved photographer and dear friend to many in the creative scene. Read a small post dedicated to my meetings with Saleh throughout the year. May You Rest in Peace our dear Saleh.
Read moreDrawing connections with the older Kuwaiti art scene, Amira discusses the inspiration for her 16 year career as an artist. She channels her creative impulses from her artistic lineage and global travels onto her works.
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Exhibition of Photography by Linda Shuaib in 21st November, 1987
Exhibition of Photography by Linda Shuaib in 21st November, 1987
Exhibition of Photography by Linda Shuaib in 21st November, 1987
Exhibition of Paintings by Shakir Hassan Al Said in 28th October, 1989
Featuring photos from Sultan Gallery's exhibitions during the late 1980s: Photographer Linda Shuaib and painter Shakir Hassan Al Said.
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Courtesy of Suzy Sikorski.
One of the first artists from the UAE, Abdul Qader recounts his early years in Kuwait and quest to capture his environment once returning to Dubai.
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Courtesy of Sultan Gallery, Kuwait.
Courtesy of Sultan Gallery, Kuwait.
Courtesy of Sultan Gallery, Kuwait.
Courtesy of Sultan Gallery, 1969.
This week’s focus is on Kuwait during the late 1960s which commemorates a gallery and art scene that became the foundations for arts education and development in the Gulf.
Read moreJust in time for her Degree Show at Goldsmiths, Kuwaiti/Ukrainian artist Amani discusses the evolution of the dowry in her work "Codes of Conduct."
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