Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim

Sculpture

22 Sept

Written By Jules Richardson

Location

Khor Fakkan, Unite Arab Emirates

Mediums

mixed media, wood, paint, resin, cardboard, papier-mâché, twine, tarp

Artist Info

Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim represented the UAE at the 2022 Venice Biennale with a large-scale installation titled Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset. The exhibition presented a new body of work created for the National Pavilion UAE, curated by Maya Allison, Executive Director of The New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery.

In March 2018, Elements, a survey of works spanning three decades of his practice, was presented at the Sharjah Art Foundation, curated by Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi.

Ibrahim's recent solo exhibitions include Elevation at Abu Dhabi Art with Lawrie Shabibi (2023); The Armory Show with Lawrie Shabibi, New York (2022); Embryonic Coat, (2022), Memory Drum (2020) and The Space between the Eyelid and the Eyeball (2019) at Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, as well as a series of solo shows at Cuadro Gallery, Dubai (2018, 2016, 2015, 2013).

Ibrahim’s public works include: Al Ain Oasis, commissioned by Abu Dhabi Art for Artist Commissions in Cultural Sites, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2023); Falling Stones Garden, commissioned by the Royal Commission for Al Ula and Desert X, Al Ula, Saudi Arabia (2020); Grocery, commissioned by Ghadan 21, Government of Abu Dhabi as part of the For Abu Dhabi initiative, Madinat Zayed Market, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2019); Untitled, commissioned by Aldar Properties PJSC in partnership with Abu Dhabi Art Reem Central Park, Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2019); Kids Garden (2019), commissioned by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2019); and Bait Al Hurma, commissioned by the Sharjah Art Foundation as part of the exhibition Elements, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah (2018).

- lawrieshabibi.com