Fatma Fairooz Visual Artist
Fatma Fairooz Visual Artist
Bio: Fatma Fairooz is a Fourth year visual art student who is aspiring to become a local artist in the United Arab Emirates. Specializing in portraiture, She focuses mostly on showing women in various states, such as suppression, happiness and freedom. She also likes to introduce different subjects in her artworks as well, such as mythical creatures and animals. Recently, she has explored different aspects and styles of illustration and is working to become a freelance character designer and illustrator. Her long-term goal is to illustrate her own children’s book series. Fatma has been showcased in various venues including Dubai Ladies’ Club for the Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award, and exhibited in Mohammed bin Rashid Academic Medical Centre for the 41st National day. She also participated as an Illustrator in the Artist’s Alley in the first Middle East Film and Comic Convention. In 2013, She received the Sheikha Manal Young Artist award, placing 1st in the fine arts category for her painting “The Dawn of The Cap”. She also recently won The Gulf Capital - ADMAF Creativity Award,
The Artist’s Studio
Artist’s Statement: I can’t imagine myself not producing art. Art to me is like a sanctuary, a way to project my feelings and stories onto solid things. Art is a medium between others and me as it helps me to express and communicate with the world around me. I’ve been relying on this form of expression as long as I can remember, which indicates that Art will always be a part of my identity. The essence of the things that surround us is floating out there, so when I work, I always try to capture it and translate that into my strokes and style of art. My work can be often seen as a self-portrait, which is something I consider fascinating even if the artwork doesn’t resemble me. The most inspiring things to me are the littlest things about life. Also the quirkiest and the most unusual things are always motivating me to become the artist I want to be. Women also inspire me, as I believe each and every one of them has a song that deserves to be a painting.
My technique requires working with visual art in general, as I believe doing art traditionally is the most expressive and powerful form of expression. I start off sketchy and rusty, but I build up my layers quickly and carefully. My style varies depending on my mood, occasionally realistic, but illustrative at the same time. My work contributes to my country as the United Arab Emirates aspires to become a leading art place in the region. Every piece or thought that I put in my artwork contributes to the cultural heritage of the UAE. As a young artist, I believe that my generation is going to have an impact in changing what our society thinks of art as a career.
PAINTINGS
The Dawn of The Cap Oil on Canvas 2013
Merriyah Oil on Canvas 2012
Thorsten Oil on Masonite 2013
Katharina Oil on Canvas 2013
Amna Oil on Canvas 2012
Hana Oil on Canvas 2013
Toxic Acrylic & Pastel 2012
Shushed Acrylic on Canvas 2012
Omission: Abstract: My project portrays all four of my grandparents in four paintings. I’ve had a great granddaughter/ grandparent relationship with only three of them, and they’re still with us now. Their portraits show how I see them and how this special bond helped me to put the essence of who they are in their paintings. “Mahra” and “Al Hai” are my mother’s parents, and “Ghariba” and “Ishaq” are my father’s parents. My grandfather “Ishaq” passed away before I was born; he actually passed away a few days after my parents’ wedding. His passing is something I’ve always wondered about and somehow at the same time no one really talked to me about him. Omission is a word that means something is forgotten or excluded, and it is something that I felt happening to my late grandfather. I used the medium of oil and was influenced by Mohammed Keyvan and Frida Khalo in terms of symbolism and style.
Omission Series Oil on Canvas 2014
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Death Series Photography 2013
Death Series Photography 2013
Little Frida Photography 2012
Hana 2.0 Photography 2013
To The Wild Side Photography 2013
To the Wild Side Photography 2013
OTHER
Female Wire Sculpture Zinc Wire 2012
Male Wire Sculpture Zinc Wire 2012
Questioning Printmaking 2013
A Cup of Coffee Printmaking 2013
Mouse Ceramics 2014
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