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2026

Kawader Research Fellow | al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art (NYUAD)

​Conducted research on UAE cultural memory, ecological heritage, and nomadic material traditions.

Solo Booth | Taymour Grahne Projects, Art Dubai

Public Art Commissions:

  • Tassa | Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial 

Publication | ARTMargins (under review)

"Nomadism as Method: Walking, Trace, and Terrain-Based Historiography in the Gulf" on Abdullah Al Saadi.

Publication | Gulf Education and Public Policy (under review)

"Wall Without Classrooms" on informal Gulf art education.

Group Exhibitions:

  • As if the Ground Remembers | Haricot Gallery, London

  • Five Painters | Taymour Grahne Projects

  • Reassemblage | General Assembly, London

  • Goodeye Residency Group Show | Saatchi Gallery, London

Residencies:

  • 421 Arts Campus, MiZa

  • Colstoun Arts, Scotland, UK

2025

Public Art Commission | Sharjah Islamic Festival

Ash and Order.

MFA in Arts & Humanities | Royal College of Art, London

Graduated and served as Vice-President of the Curatorial Society.

Group Exhibitions:

  • Like Gold | Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India

  • Group Booth | Taymour Grahne Projects, Abu Dhabi Art

  • Imaginary Museum | Rizq Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi

Residency | MamarLab

MiZa, Abu Dhabi

2024

BA in Art & Art History | NYU Abu Dhabi

Graduated with a 3.9 GPA; completed BA Capstone Mountain Pearl.

Public Art Commission | Dubai Gold Souq, Deira

Reverie

Researcher / Archivist | al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art

Documented regional art archives in Abu Dhabi.

Group Exhibitions:

  • Personal Structures | Palazzo Mora, Venice Biennale

  • Resonances | Hockney Gallery, London

  • Narratives of Belonging | Al Safa Library, Dubai

  • In Context | Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi

Consultant & Strategist | Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation

Developed communications for the UAE Pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025.

Awards & Honors:

  • Rhodes Scholarship Finalist

  • Emirati Woman Achiever (startAD / Tamkeen)

  • Founders' Day Award (NYU Abu Dhabi)

Exhibition Operations | UAE Pavilion, Venice Biennale

Managed operations for artist Abdullah Al Saadi’s pavilion.

Residencies:

  • 42 Gorst Studios, London

  • Goodeye Projects, London

2023

Program Facilitator | NYU Abu Dhabi Career Center

Facilitated public arts programming and operations.

Public Art Commission | Sikka Festival, AlShindingha Museum

Co-created with Ratha Studio, Sikham.

Academic Award | Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award

Recognized for Distinguished Academic Performance.

Group Exhibitions:

  • Transcendence | COP28, Dubai

  • Hathee Ana | Women's Pavilion, Expo City Dubai

2022

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award (2022)

Awarded for Public Art commission: Urban Fabric at Rabdan Marina, Abu Dhabi.

Education & Public Programming | 421 Arts Campus, Abu Dhabi

Managed community workshops and educational events.

1st Place Winner | Abu Dhabi Art Pavilion Prize (2021)

Won top award for architectural project Impermanence.

©2017 BY ROUDHAH HAMAD.

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