Fatema Al Mazrouie

Fatema Al Mazrouie is an established Emirati artists who has made her mark on the regional art scene in recent years. A graduate in Visual Arts and Design from Zayed University, Fatema’s artistic career began at the Salwa Zeidan Gallery in 2008. Over the last decade, she has participated in most of the gallery group shows including annual participations at Abu Dhabi Art and Art Dubai including other international art fairs.

Her first auctioned painting was at Sotheby’s in 2010. In 2013 she was chosen as the gallery’s featured Signature artist at Abu Dhabi Art where several of her works were acquired by the Zayed National Museum.

In 2014 she was selected to join the Lepsien Art Foundation residency in Germany - one of the most prestigious art residency programs in the world. She also participated in three international group exhibitions which took place in London and was part of a line-up of 50 Emirati artists whose works were showcased at the Art Foundation Paris, France.

Regionally, her works have been become a staple in several private collections including the Salama bint Hamdan Foundation. She was one of the main artists featured in the “Portrait of the Nation” exhibit organized by ADMAF in 2016. Her most notable solo show - a unique tribute to the late Sheikh Zayed, “Man who built a Nation” – was showcased at the salwa Zeidan gallery in 2016.

Fatema’s artworks represent an integrated, dimensional world in which several components are aligned using a combination of textile materials originally used in the Emirates during the 1940s and '50s. These traditional elements and models are deeply rooted in the UAE cultural milieu, most of which are no longer used in the modern world, yet together contribute to the creation of intriguing mesmerizing artworks.