Hanan Bahamdan
Hanan Abdullah Bahamdan ({{Langx|ar|حنان باحمدان}}; born 1966) is a Saudi visual artist, known for her portraits.
Biography
Hanan Abdullah Bahamdan was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1966.{{Cite web |title=Hanan Bahamdan |url=https://www.greenboxmuseum.com/sa-hananbahamdan.html |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Greenbox Dictionary of Saudi Arabian Artists.}}{{Cite web |title=HANAN BAHAMDAN (B. 1966), UNTITLED Available For Immediate Sale At Sotheby's |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/private-sales/_hanan-bahamdan-untitled-6023 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Sotheby's}} Her father, Abdullah Bahamdan, previously served as chairman of the Saudi National Bank; her brother is the businessman and equestrian Kamal Bahamdan.{{Cite news |last=Derhally |first=Massoud A. |date=2007-11-28 |title=Saudi artist's successful sale helps weaken barriers for fellow females |work=Chicago Tribune}}{{Cite web |title=Hanan Bahamdan |url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/lists/arabian-business-power-500-2013-493796-htmlitemid494417 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Arabian Business |language=en-US}}
Bahamdan began painting in her early 20s. She first studied art and exhibited her work in Riyadh, holding her inaugural show at her own home in 1991. She earned a bachelor's in business administration from King Saud University.
She later moved to Egypt and London to work and study, spending two years under the mentorship of the Egyptian pastel artist Mohamed Sabry. She has a diploma in portraiture from London's Heatherley School of Fine Art.{{Cite web |last=Meyer |first=Henry |date=2010-05-06 |title=Saudi artists set for boom as king supports global drive |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/saudi-artists-set-for-boom-as-king-supports-global-drive/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}
Bahamdan is primarily known for her portraits.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Hanan Bahamdan |url=https://swanachronicles.com/en/artists/hanan-bahamdan/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Swana Chronicles |language=en-US}} Arab News describes her work as "filled with a sense of suppressed agitation or latent distress through the disconcerted expressions of her subjects."{{Cite web |last=Mossalli |first=Marriam |date=2010-11-24 |title=Arab artists bare themselves |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/361248 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Arab News |language=en}} She often depicts those who go overlooked, as in Mannci ("The Forgotten"), her 2007 portrait of a working-class Egyptian man, which was the first piece by a female Saudi artist to be auctioned by Sotheby's.{{Cite web |last=Kamel |first=Deena |date=2021-06-07 |title=How Saudi Arabia's women are pushing into the workforce and transforming the economy |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/how-saudi-arabia-s-women-are-pushing-into-the-workforce-and-transforming-the-economy-1.1236956 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=The National |language=en}} This body of work is documented in the 2009 book Art of Forgotten Faces.{{Cite web |title=Art of Forgotten Faces |url=https://alwaraqoon.com/portfolio_page/art-of-forgotten-faces/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Al Waraqoon |language=en-US}}
Her work is held in various private collections as well as by Saudi Arabia's General Presidency for Youth Welfare and Ministry of Labor.
Selected exhibitions
- Atelier of Fine Arts, Jeddah, 2001
- The Plastic Arts Gallery at the Cairo Opera House, Cairo, 2005{{Cite news |date=2005-09-15 |title=Saudi female artist opens exhibition in Cairo |work=Saudi Press Agency}}
- Hewar Art Gallery, Riyadh, 2009{{Cite web |last=Branca |first=Elizabeth |date=2018-12-18 |title=Work in progress: essential galleries of Riyadh’s blossoming art scene |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/work-in-progress-essential-galleries-of-riyadhs-blossoming-art-scene |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Lonely Planet |language=en}}
References
External links
- [https://www.instagram.com/art.hananbahamdan/ Hanan Bahamdan] on Instagram
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