Lulwah Al Homoud
Born in 1967 in Riyadh, Lulwah Al Homoud is an established international award winning artist and curator who received the first place for Visual Art at the inaugural annual Saudi Arabia National Culture Awards in 2021. She also received the Rawabi Holding Award in London in 2020 for fostering cultural ties between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Al Homoud began her career in London after finishing her MA degree in art and design from Central Saint Martins in 2000 and achieving global recognition for her style. Her work is among the permanent collection of international museums such as LACMA, the British Museum, Five Continents Museum, Jeju Museum, and the Green Box Museum, as well as in many renowned international art institutions, including the Written Art Foundation in Germany, Barjeel Art Foundation in the UAE and RAK Art Foundation, Bahrain.
Al Homoud has had nine solo exhibitions during her career and her work has been featured in many art fairs. She was recently a participant in the first edition of the Noor Riyadh Festival and has represented Saudi Arabia at the London Design Biennial in 2018 and at the Hermitage Museum in Russia with other international artists in 2019. She is also the founder of LAHAF Art Foundation based in Riyadh.
Calligraphy is central to Al Hamoud’s work, which explores the complexities of linguistic, mathematical and visual systems of communication. Her Artistic practice is inspired by islamic art and geometry, as well as western artists like Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Mondria
This version of the article was published on Selections Print issue #63