b. 1988, United Arab Emirates

Afra Al Dhaheri Biography

Afra Al Dhaheri's work is rooted in her experiences growing up in Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE – a place of recent and rapid change. Working across various mediums including mixed media, sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, photography, and printmaking, she draws out notions of time and adaptation, rigor and fragility.

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With each experiment, there is a new phase, each new phenomenon or actualisation plucked from her unique vocabulary of references – repetition acts as a method for prolonging time as much as a tool through which to truly experience or realize each stage of a work.

Born in 1988 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Al Dhaheri obtained her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, USA in 2017 and had her residencies from The Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship, in partnership with the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014 and Porthmeor Studios, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK (2019).

Solo exhibitions include Split Ends, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2021) and Inevitable Ephemera, T + H Gallery, Boston, USA (2016). Selected group exhibitions include Beyond: Emerging Artists, Cromwell Place, London, UK (2021); Conscious Becoming, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium (2021); Beyond: Emerging Artist, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2020); From Within, Riyadh, KSA (2019); Avoid Bad Dreams, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2019); Barcelona to Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2018); E__mirati Expressions, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011 and 2015).

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Breathing space no. 2 by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork painting
Afra Al Dhaheri Breathing space no. 2, 2023 Acrylic on wood board
170 x 120 x 3.5 cm
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Breathing space by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork painting
Afra Al Dhaheri Breathing space, 2023 Acrylic on wood board
170 x 120 x 3.5 cm
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Don’t pull my hair (set of two) by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork sculpture
Afra Al Dhaheri Don’t pull my hair (set of two), 2023 Cotton rope on stained wood and concrete cinderblock
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Round and round we go by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork sculpture
Afra Al Dhaheri Round and round we go, 2023 Bobby pins and cotton rope on stained wood
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More afloat than grounded by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork sculpture, textile
Afra Al Dhaheri More afloat than grounded, 2023 Cotton mesh on wood
198 x 60 x 60 cm
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More afloat than grounded no. 2 by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork sculpture
Afra Al Dhaheri More afloat than grounded no. 2, 2023 Stained wood
300 x 90 x 90 cm
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Give you weight to the ground (Glass) by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork sculpture
Afra Al Dhaheri Give you weight to the ground (Glass), 2023 Glass, wood, and concrete cinderblock
45 x 19 x 33 cm
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Give you weight to the ground (spiral staircase) by Afra Al Dhaheri contemporary artwork sculpture, textile
Afra Al Dhaheri Give you weight to the ground (spiral staircase), 2023 Steel, stained wood, ratchet, cinderblock, and cotton ropes
500 x 180 cm
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