Artist Profiles

Crude Expression-Inside the work of Fadi Yazigi "I get up. I cook. I sleep. I paint," says Fadi Yazigi, equating his life to the natural reflex of breathing. "Art has no...

Frame by frame-The scenic compositions of Ammar Al-Beik "Where is the newness?" asks Ammar Al-Beik. "Fairuz, Old Damascene houses, Nizar Qabbani... they are all...

Silent Elegance-The distinctive world of Safwan Dahoul "'Who is this woman you're always painting?' people often ask me... especially my wife," says Safwan Dahoul with an...

Lina Ogaily Sami, born in 1973, is the daughter of two Iraqi architects who helped pave the way to her artistic career. She grew up in Kuwait and later moved to England where she pursued her...

It gives Linda Robertson a lot of pleasure being able to share my work with people as she is a New Artist. Linda Robertson started painting a month ago and has progressed to a professional level...

For Robert Haworth, a self taught thirty four year old artist, art is the only thing that makes him feels happy. Through his art he has always expressed himself creatively. Through...

Joanne Brooker's creative talent and painting skills have established her as one of the world’s most exciting and original artists specializing in portraiture and caricature. Under...

Shivani Mathur is a talented young painter. She is of Indian origin and currently lives in Dubai, UAE. Shivani’s paintings have a life of their own. They are rich, vivid, elegant and...

Mary Daniel has been working in her business since the age of 17. At her first year of Faculty of Law until her current age of 26 she has been creating Arabian Art. With 10 years experience...

Does Dubai take itself a little too seriously? Here to shake things up a bit is professional cartoonist Joanne Brooker, fresh from her work as an editorial illustrator for Australian newspapers....

Painting for me is part of my spiritual growth. I'm a video producer for the United Nations, filming humanitarian issues which need to be addressed to try and give unheard people a voice in...

Appreciation, pursuit, and expression of beauty define my work. I have an unpretentious view towards life and art. I barely know any other way. As a result, there are no sacred cows. This...

Being an Indian, born and brought up in Dubai, and having studied in the UK, I have a varied cultural experience of the East and the West, which has shaped the way I think and conduct my...

Arthi Srinivasan was born in Mumbai, India and grew up in the UAE. She is a self-taught artist who was influenced through private lessons with some locally well-known artists residing in...

Born 1952 at Barwani, a small town surrounded by Satpura Mountains in tribal district, Khargone, M.P. brought up in the disintegrating family of farmers which was in transition to service class....

 " My pictures come from the deepness of my heart as a woman. I never  try to explain my arts as every picture speaks for itself - without words, but with colours . My art finds its...

  Valerie Grove is a Dubai-based artist who moved to the emirate in May.  She has previously lived in the Middle East and also spent many years in Japan where she first started...

When you think about caricatures, you always thought of drawings with oversized heads, above normal nose, and hips as small as your fingertips. However, the artist behind the caricature of Dubai...