Term: November 2019
Supported by: STAL Gallery & Deutsch-Omanische Gesellschaft
Photo © Giulia Margot
Rawan AlMahrouqi is an aspiring multidisciplinary artist from Oman, who’s work focuses on the female experience in the Arabian Gulf, double standards, the thin line between tradition and religion and an overall social commentary. Her works tend to be neutral, asking questions without giving an opinion and often stating facts as they are to start a conversation, most of her inspiration is drawn from her Khaleeji (Arabian Gulf) culture and the experiences she has had growing up and living in it. Rawan works with various media such as photography, illustration, painting and light.
Rawan AlMahrouqi is part of the artist circle around the STAL Gallery in Oman’s capital Muscat, which supports young emerging artists from Oman and offers them opportunities for exhibitions, artistic education and exchange. Rawan curated own exhibition projects at STAL gallery as well. Other exhibition locations were Tunis (Tunisia), London (England) or Sharjah (UAE). She is also the founder of Makan Studios, the first local art school to provide a community for the arts in Muscat
Exhibitions:
April 2019
Duo Art Exhibition “Telling Tales”, Stal Gallery, Oman
January 2019
Assistant Curator for the Young Emerging Artist Prize 2018, Stal Gallery, Muscat
September 2018
Group Exhibition Annual Portrait Exhibition, Stal Gallery, Oman
September 2018
Group Exhibition Choftouhonna, Tunis International Feminist Art Festival
February 2018
Group Exhibition Ascendence, Stal Gallery, Muscat. Curated by Rawan AlMahrouqi
February 2018
Group Exhibition Ascendence, Stal Gallery, Muscat. Curated by Rawan AlMahrouqi
October 2017
Group Exhibition Portrait Exhibition, Stal Gallery, Muscat
August 2017
Group Exhibition “Glory in dis honor”, Elephant and Castle, London
August 2017
Group Exhibition “Transition”, Reconnecting Arts, Menier Gallery, London
October 2016
Group Exhibition “Reflection of the other”, Stal Gallery, Muscat
July 2016
Group Exhibition “Vantage Point 4”, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
January 2016
Group Exhibition “Loud Art” , Bait Al Zubair, Muscat
December 2015
Group Exhibition “Stal Gallery Young Emerging Artist Prize 2015” Stal Gallery, Muscat, (Won Best Presentation Award)
November 2015
Group Exhibition “Red Bull Canvas Cooler”, Stal Gallery, Muscat
May 2013
Group Exhibition “This is me”, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat
