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Manal Al-Dowayan has had a long time interest in art and photography. She had a non structured educational background in photography with several courses in different art schools in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and London. She has contributions and experience in both advertising and artistic photography. She has participated in exhibits in several countries, these include: London at the International Student House under the patronage of the Foreign Commonwealth, in Burgos Spain the "Looking Through the Glass" exhibit, in Boston, at the Gallery of Social and Political Art, In Oman, as part of the streets of Muscat exhibit called Circle 4 , in Bahrain , UAE, and Saudi Arabia as part of the "Common Ground" exhibit, she has also had two solo exhibits one hosted by Starcom Media Group in Dubai and the other at the Saudi Aramco Art Group. Her photographs have been featured in several magazines, calendars, and books. She has also won an international call for artists for the Imagining Ourselves Anthology managed by the International Museum of Women in San Francisco. In Dec 2005 she was selected to be part of a photography project funded by Nokia Dubai called "Fonetography" that led to a Christie's auction of her pictures for a local charity. One of her photographs (Pointing to the future) was exhibited in New York at the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She holds a masters degree in Systems Analysis and Design and works from her home town Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. |
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Edge Of Arabia - Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia. Exploring diverse and complex identities of 21st century life in Middle East, Opening October 16 until December 13, 2008. |
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