Saeed AlMadani

Saeed AlMadani is an Emirati artist. He has a Master’s degree in printmaking from the Royal College of Art in London.

Saeed’s practice draws on elements of conceptual, minimalist, scientific and abstract strategies, where he explores the relationship between identity and place, and the process of writing and non-representational art in articulating attachments and in (de)constructing identities. His work also questions how objects and performance combined allow for the construction of meaning, obsession and a sense of place.

Selected exhibitions include Intimaa: Belonging, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (2020), March Project, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah (2019); Nom, Guest Projects, London (2018); Portrait of a Nation, Me Collectors Room, Berlin (2017); and Emirati Expressions, Manarat al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi (2015). His work is part of private and public collections such as Royal College of Art Print Collection and ADMAF. He delivered artist talks locally and internationally on topics concerning time, space and place, as well as printmaking in the expanded field.

In 2014, Saeed completed the Sheikha Salama Foundation and Rhode Island School of Design Emerging Artist Fellowship. He was the recipient of the Abraaj Innovation Scholarship Award and the Salama Emerging Artist Scholarship.