Roudhah Al Mazrouei UAE, b. 2003

Overview
Roudhah Al Mazrouei
Roudhah Al Mazrouei’s work blends tradition and modernity, using materials like rocks from the Hajar Mountains and charcoal sikham to create narratives that honor the cultural and ecological heritage of the UAE. Focusing on themes of identity, memory, and heritage, particularly from the Siji region, her art reflects the resilience and adaptability of the Bedouin way of life. By reimagining natural elements, Al Mazrouei celebrates the region’s ecological diversity and challenges stereotypes of arid landscapes, portraying them not as barren, but as vibrant and interconnected archives of knowledge. Through her work, she captures the enduring spirit of the land and its people in a rapidly modernizing world.
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Biography
Roudhah Al Mazrouei

Roudhah Al Mazrouei, born in Al Ain in 2003, is an Emirati visual artist whose work is deeply rooted in cultural memory formation, ecological symbiosis, and archival preservation. She holds a BA in Art & Art History from New York University Abu Dhabi and is currently pursuing her MFA at the Royal College of Art.

 

Select group exhibitions include: Resonances: Memory, Land and Transformation at the Hockney Gallery in London (2024), Narratives of Belonging at Al Safa Art and Design Library in Dubai (2024), In Context at Manarat Al Saadiyat (2024), Personal Structures at Palazzo Mora as part of the Venice Biennale (2024), Making Medium at NYUAD Project Space (2024), Seen/Scene at Rizq Art Initiative (2024), Sikka Art Fair at Al Shindagha in Dubai (2024), Transcendence at COP28 (2024), Hathee Ana at the Women’s Pavilion in Expo City Dubai (2023), Urban Fabric at Abu Dhabi Art (2022), Emaratiya at The Cube, NYUAD (2022), In the Love of Sultan at the Emirates Fine Arts Society in Sharjah (2022), Impermanence at Abu Dhabi Art (2021) and the Khaleeji Art Museum's Emirati Womanhood Show in Dubai (2021), Abu Dhabi International Hunting & Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) (2019) and the Ras AlKhaimah Fine Arts Festival (RAKFAF) (2018).

 

Al Mazrouei is the recipient of several prestigious awards in recognition of her artistic achievements. In 2024, she was honored with the NYU Founders Day Award and was selected as the Spectrum Photographer in Residence. She also received the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award in 2023, and in 2022, she was named the recipient of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award. In 2021, Al Mazrouei won First Place at the Abu Dhabi Art Pavilion Prize.

 

Her work is part of a number of significant private and public collections.

 

Al Mazrouei currently lives and works in London.

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