Latifa Saeed
b. 1985, Dubai, UAE
Lives and works in Dubai.
Latifa is a Dubai-based multidisciplinary artist who graduated from Zayed University with a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Sciences in 2007. She obtained the Emerging Artist Fellowship by the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation in partnership with Rhode Island School of Design in 2019 in the city of Abu Dhabi. In 2021 Latifa received a Grant from the Misk Art Institute in Riyadh and participated in the group show “Under Construction” at The Prince Faisal bin Fahd Fine Arts Hall in Riyadh. Latifa was also a finalist of the Richard Mille Art Prize hosted by the Louvre Abu Dhabi ‘Art Here’ in 2021 and also participated in their group show “Memory, Time, Territory.” Latifa was recently the first Emirati artist to showcase her work in Almaty, Kazakhstan with a solo exhibition “Black Silhouette” curated by the renowned art historian, critic, and author, Valeria Ibraeva.
لطيفة سعيد
ولدت عام 1985 في دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة
تعيش وتعمل في دبي
لطيفة هي فنانة متعددة التخصصات مقرها دبي، تخرجت من جامعة زايد بدرجة البكالوريوس في الفنون والعلوم في عام 2007. حصلت على منحة الفنان الناشئ من مؤسسة سلامة بنت حمدان آل نهيان بالشراكة مع مدرسة رود آيلاند للتصميم في عام 2019 في مدينة أبوظبي. وفي العام 2021 حصلت لطيفة على منحة من معهد مسك للفنون بالرياض وشاركت في المعرض الجماعي "قيد الإنشاء" بقاعة الأمير فيصل بن فهد للفنون التشكيلية بالرياض. كما كانت لطيفة واحدة من المرشحين النهائيين لجائزة ريتشارد ميل للفن التي استضافتها متحف اللوفر أبوظبي "فن هنا" في عام 2021، وشاركت أيضًا في معرض جماعي بعنوان "الذاكرة والزمن والمناطق". وكانت لطيفة أول فنانة إماراتية تعرض أعمالها في ألماتي، كازاخستان بعنوان "ظِلٌ داكنٌ" و تم العرض لهذا المعرض الفردي من قبل الكاتبة الشهيرة فاليريا إبرايفا في عام 2023
EDUCATION
2007 Zayed University, Bachelor of Arts, Dubai, UAE
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Dust Devil I [Earth], REALIITY house, curated by Dr. Ahmad Al Attar at SIKKA Art & Design Festival, Al Shindaga. Lead curator Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum, Dubai, UAE
2025 Burj Rashid, Dubai Al Safa Library, curated by Kamla Al Olama, Dubai, UAE
2024 Cartier Emarati Women’s Day, curated by Reem Fadda, Etihad Museum, Dubai UAE
2024 Dust Devils, Notes from another shore exhibition at Durbar Hall Art Gallery. Presented by RIZQ Art initiative in association with Kerela Lalitkala Akademi, Kochi, India
2024 Dust Devils, Beyond Emerging Artists’ Exhibition, Curated by Morad Montazami at Marignana Arte Gallery, Venice Biennale, Italy.
2023 Beyond Emerging Artists, curated by Morad Montazami, Art Abu Dhabi, UAE
2023 MANAR, curated by Reem Fadda and Alia Lootah, Public Art exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2023 Unwritten, Unspoken & Told, curated by Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum, The Foundry Down Town Dubai, UAE
2023 Time & Identity, The Temporal Landscape of Emarati Art, curated by Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum, Al Safa Art & Design Library, Dubai, UAE
2023 A Black Silhouette, Solo exhibition curated by Valeria Ibraeva, Almaty Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2021 Art Here, Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Prize in collaboration with Richard Mille, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2021 Under Construction, MISK Art Fund, Riyadh, KSA
2021 House of Artisans permanent exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2020 Tanween by Tashkeel, Dubai Design Week, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE
2019 Community and Critique: SEAF Cohort 6 Final Exhibition, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2018 UAE Design Stories: The next generation from the Emirates, Milan Design Week, Milano, Italy
2017 Middle East: Design Now, London Design Week, London, UK
2015 Made in Tashkeel, Tashkeel gallery, Dubai, UAE
2015 Tanween by Tashkeel, Design Days Dubai, UAE
2014 City Scape, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE
2014 Middle East revealed, curated by Wallpaper*, Dray walk gallery, London, UK
2014 Tanween by Tashkeel, Design Days Dubai, UAE
2012 Her verses, Women’s Museum, Dubai, UAE
2010 Made in Tashkeel, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE
2009 Emarati Expressions, Galley One, Emirates Palace hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2008 Vibrations within, Tashkeel gallery Dubai, UAE
2006 Perceptions, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE
COMMISSIONS
2025 Alsarmadi, permanent public artwork commissioned by RTA, Road and Transport Authority, Dubai, UAE.
2024 Diminishing Landscapes, The Lana, Dorchester Collection, Dubai, UAE
2023 “We the UAE” 2031 Vision inauguration, Prime Minister’s Office, UAE
2023 Braided, Addidas Germany for Addidas Originals flagship store, Dubai, UAE
2022 Takamul, Presidential Court, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2020 Diminishing Landscapes, Private collection, Al Ain, UAE
2018 Braided, Edition Hotel Abu Dhabi, UAE
2018 Left Impressions, Art Jameel, Dubai, UAE
2017 Earth Pulse, Dubai Culture, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2016 Left Impressions, Tashkeel for Dubai Design week, Dubai, UAE
2016 Chasing Light, 1971 Design Space, Sharjah, UAE
2015 Earth Hives, MERAAS, Dubai, UAE
2015 Her Verses, Sikka Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
GRANTS
2021 Under Construction, MISK Art Grant, KSA
PUBLICATIONS
2024 “Meet your makers”, The Monocle
2023 A Black Silhouette, Latifa Saeed by Valeria Ibraeva, ROI Media
2023 Woman Made Great Women Designers by Jane Hall, Phaidon
PROGRAMMES
2019 The Salama Bint Hamdan, Emerging Artists Fellowship, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2016 Hygroscopic Aggregate structures, Domaine de Boisbuchet, France
2015 Tanween Design Programme, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE
2013 Tanween Design Programme, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE