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