CV
Latifa Saeed
b. 1985, Dubai, UAE
Lives and works in Dubai.
EDUCATION
2007 Zayed University, Bachelor of Arts, Dubai, UAE
EXHIBITIONS
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
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