Artists
Maryam Al Qassimi
Maryam Al Qassimi lives and works in Sharjah, UAE. She graduated from the American University of Sharjah. Her work references various imagery and material found in the local community. It is a continu...
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Maryam Al Qassimi lives and works in Sharjah, UAE. She graduated from the American University of Sharjah. Her work references various imagery and material found in the local community. It is a continu...
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Sunoj D moved to Bangalore from Kerala to study at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (2003). He obtained MFA from Bangalore University (2006). His recent work is inspired by his move from a village to...
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Fats Patrol (Fathima) is an Indian-Canadian artist born and raised in the Middle East. Her work is a study of symbols and semiotics and our drive to make sense of the world through mythology, folklore...
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As part of the responsibilities of her current position, Abeer Tahlak supports the vision & agenda set in the UAE government to make the UAE the most innovative nation within both her roles as Directo...
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"Over the past 38 years my artistic endeavours have incorporated a variety f art forms including painting, sculpture, film, photography, drama and dance. Despite the variety of media used, the works (...
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Tashkeel Announces the three UAE-based Designers for 2015-16 Design Programme
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Not sure how to escape the summer heat? Come and join Tashkeel's summer camp!
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Using the traditional method of dry-point etching. This is a technique similar to etching but without the use of acids. Students will create a plate, which can then be printed multiple times. Although...
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We are a cultural foundation dedicated to advancing Arabic typography and design research in the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporas. Building cross-cultural creative networks is an importan...
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In 2007, Khajag graduated from Notre-Dame University with a BA in graphic design, emphasis on typography and moving image. In 2009, he completed Type and Media, and received his MDes in type design fr...
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The programme for the fifth Khatt Foundation Type Design Workshop at Tashkeel will cover the complex process of Arabic typeface design: from the creative inception phase, to drawing the letterforms, a...
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"I have been living in Dubai for 6 months and as an artist find it impossible not respond to my environment. Dubai the city, is an environment mostly built or under construction. It creates within bot...
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"There' no retirement for an artist, it's a way of life so there's no end in sight, only a path to follow..."I was brought up in Maharashtra, India and acquired a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from th...
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"Art doesn't have borders, it just has different identities. I started photography in college in 2004 and I discovered that it is the world I was looking for. It gave me an outlet to articulate my in...
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Joya El Ghaoui was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1995 but was raised in the U.A.E. She is currently in her third year studying Visual Communication at the American University of Sharjah, and is also mino...
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Participants will explore the world of fashion by creating paper garments.
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Participants will explore their imaginations and develop ideas about what kind of superhero they could or would want to be.
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The New Media Residency is an 11-month residency programme run in collaboration by Tashkeel and ISEA International. Running from Summer 2014 to April 2015 as part of Tashkeel's Guest Artist Programme,...
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The project ‘Home Truths’ brings together women from different walks of life, sharing a common thread that ties them together, their strength and identity. The body of work explores narratives, person...
Read moreJonny Farrow is an artist working with sound and objects at the intersections of sculpture, installation, transmission arts, printmaking, photography, and performance. His work investigates cultural, ...
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