The Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Recipient - Hamra Abbas
The Abraaj Capital Art Prize is the art prize for artists from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Uniquely rewarding proposals rather than completed works-of-art, winners are announced each October and go on to produce artworks which are unveiled the following March.
Each year five selected artists work with one international curator, culminating in an exhibition at Art Dubai and a printed catalogue.
The artworks go on to join the Abraaj Capital Art Collection.
Hamra Abbas was born in Kuwait in 1976 and lives and works between Islamabad and Boston. Abbas has a versatile practice that straddles a wide range of media. Drawing upon culturally loaded imagery and iconography, in an often playful manner, Abbas appropriates and transforms traditional motifs and styles to examine questions of conflict within society. She has held several international solo exhibitions that include Cityscape, OUTLET Independent Art Space, Istanbul (2010); Adventures of the Woman in Black, Green Cardamom (2008); God Grows on Trees, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin (2008) and Lessons on Love, Rohtas 2, Lahore (2006). Her work has also been included in the 9th Sharjah Biennial (2009); the International Incheon Women Artists Biennale (2009): Thessaloniki Biennale (2009); Guangzou Triennial (2008); Istanbul Biennial (2007) and Sydney Biennale (2006). In 2009 Abbas was awarded the Jury Prize at the 9th Sharjah Biennial and was shortlisted for the inaugural Jameel Prize. She is represented by Green Cardamom, London and OUTLET Independent Art Space, Istanbul.
Uniquely rewarding proposals rather than completed works-of-art, winners are announced each October and go on to produce artworks which are unveiled the following March.
Each year five selected artists work with one international curator, culminating in an exhibition at Art Dubai and a printed catalogue.
The artworks go on to join the Abraaj Capital Art Collection.
Hamra Abbas was born in Kuwait in 1976 and lives and works between Islamabad and Boston. Abbas has a versatile practice that straddles a wide range of media. Drawing upon culturally loaded imagery and iconography, in an often playful manner, Abbas appropriates and transforms traditional motifs and styles to examine questions of conflict within society. She has held several international solo exhibitions that include Cityscape, OUTLET Independent Art Space, Istanbul (2010); Adventures of the Woman in Black, Green Cardamom (2008); God Grows on Trees, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin (2008) and Lessons on Love, Rohtas 2, Lahore (2006). Her work has also been included in the 9th Sharjah Biennial (2009); the International Incheon Women Artists Biennale (2009): Thessaloniki Biennale (2009); Guangzou Triennial (2008); Istanbul Biennial (2007) and Sydney Biennale (2006). In 2009 Abbas was awarded the Jury Prize at the 9th Sharjah Biennial and was shortlisted for the inaugural Jameel Prize. She is represented by Green Cardamom, London and OUTLET Independent Art Space, Istanbul.
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