Art on a Postcard International Women’s Day Auction - Curated by Vanessa Murrell

About

Zayn Qahtani is a multidisciplinary working between London and Bahrain. Qahtani’s body of work is a diligent effort at archiving a personal archaeological practice - works feel discovered rather than created, alluding to a life beyond the maker. This becomes apparent in Zayn’s use of materiality: papers crafted from date palm trees in Bahrain, bioplastics that come from sugarcane, and pigments borne from plants, crystals, metals and earth all intermingle to form objects and images that seem to be animated with a life of their own. 

Education 

Zayn is currently on the MA Sculpture programme at The Royal College of Art, London, UK (2024). She has completed The Drawing Intensive at The Royal Drawing School, London, UK (2022), and holds a BA in Fashion Design from The Royal University for Women, BH (2019).   

Select Exhibitions/Awards 

Selected Exhibitions include ‘Angels In Purgatory’, a solo show at VITRINE, London, UK (2023). Recent group exhibitions include work with institutions such as Guts Gallery, London, UK (2024); LAMPO Milano, Milan, Italy (2023); Leeds University Galleries (2023); Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium (2023); Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (2023). She has been resident at PLOP Residency, London, UK (2023); and An Effort Art Residency, London, UK (2023). Her work is held in public collections such as Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon (2023); Soho House, London & Oxfordshire, (2022); and The Ned, Doha, Qatar (2022). 

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