About
Jowhara AlSaud was born in Saudi Arabia in 1978 and now splits her time between New York and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As an undergraduate, she studied film theory at Wellesley College and went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts in 2004 from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts , Boston. AlSaud was runner-up for the 2008 Aperture Foundation Portfolio Prize and Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward 2010: Emerging Photographers finalist. has exhibited her work internationally in group and solo shows. Most recently at Winkleman Gallery, NY and Schneider Gallery, Chicago. She has also exhibited at international art fairs in New York, Miami, Chicago, Mexico, Dubai and Basel, Switzerland. Some of her upcoming exhibitions include solo shows in Kuwait and Amsterdam as well as group shows at the Berlin and Shanghai Biennales. Her work is part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, as well as private collections across Europe, the USA and the Middle East.
Jowhara AlSaud was born in Saudi Arabia in 1978 and now splits her time between New York and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As an undergraduate, she studied film theory at Wellesley College and went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts in 2004 from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts , Boston. AlSaud was runner-up for the 2008 Aperture Foundation Portfolio Prize and Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward 2010: Emerging Photographers finalist. has exhibited her work internationally in group and solo shows. Most recently at Winkleman Gallery, NY and Schneider Gallery, Chicago. She has also exhibited at international art fairs in New York, Miami, Chicago, Mexico, Dubai and Basel, Switzerland. Some of her upcoming exhibitions include solo shows in Kuwait and Amsterdam as well as group shows at the Berlin and Shanghai Biennales. Her work is part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, as well as private collections across Europe, the USA and the Middle East.
News
V&A
Two photographs now part of the Victoria & Albert Museum's collection.
IPA Finalist
2nd place in the Fine Arts (alternative) category of the International Photography Awards, 2010.
Blend\
Profiled in Blend\ Magazine online.
Asharq Al-Awsat
A review of Grey Borders/Grey Frontiers in a leading Saudi Newspaper
A review of A New Angle @ Schneider Gallery on view through July 3rd.
Flash Forward 2010
- Finalist in Magenta Foundation's annual Flash Forward Festival and upcoming publication.
American Reconstruction @ Winkleman Gallery
- A review by Joerg Colberg for Conscientious
Aperture Presents: Timeframes
- An Artist Talk with Jowhara AlSaud @ The New York Photo Festival, 2010
Featured in Beautiful/Decay, April, 2010
Featured in Resource Magazine, Spring 2010.
Featured in Contemporary Practice Magazine March 2010.
Photo-Op, 14th Annual Exhibition
- Honorable Mention. Photographic Center Northwest, 2009
Profiled in Campaign Magazine, Middle East, 2009
Featured in Next Level 17 - Persian Gulf Edition. 2009
Aperture Portfolio Prize
- Runner up for Aperture Portfolio Prize 2008
Hey, Hot Shot! (volume iv, edition ii)
– Honorable Mention. Jen Beckman Gallrey, 2008
