Fatma FairoozVisual Artist

Fatma FairoozVisual 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,

TheArtist’sStudio

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 CapOil on Canvas2013

MerriyahOil on Canvas

2012

ThorstenOil on Masonite2013

KatharinaOil on Canvas

2013

AmnaOil on Canvas2012

HanaOil on Canvas

2013

ToxicAcrylic & Pastel2012

ShushedAcrylic 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 SeriesOil on Canvas2014

PHOTOGRAPHY

The Death SeriesPhotography2013

Death SeriesPhotography

2013

Little FridaPhotography2012

Hana 2.0Photography

2013

To The Wild SidePhotography2013

To the Wild SidePhotography

2013

OTHER

Female Wire SculptureZinc Wire2012

Male Wire SculptureZinc Wire

2012

QuestioningPrintmaking2013

A Cup of CoffeePrintmaking

2013

MouseCeramics2014

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