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Rashed Al Shashai

Saudi Arabia (b.1977)

Saudi artist Rashed Al Shashai is one of Saudi Arabia’s leading contemporary artists, whose playful forms hold deeper meaning and insight on modern day human existence and the way in which society functions. As an artist and educator, Al Shashai served as director of the Tasami Centre for Visual Arts, and is a founding member of The Saudi Arabia Fine Arts society. 

Al Shashai’s work has been exhibited both locally and abroad, including Desert X AlUla in 2020, Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 2019 and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in 2017 among others.