Shaqayeq Arabi is a painter, sculptor, and installation artist.
Arabi’s work finds its point of departure in image, sound, and smell, as well as the sensitivity of the surrounding environment. In sketching, composing, and connecting accumulated fragments, Arabi traces her reminiscences, creating a tangible and touchable reality out of the emotions and sensations.
She received her Bachelor's in Graphic Design from Al-Zahra University, Tehran, a BFA from the University of Valenciennes, France, and an MFA from Sorbonne University, Paris.
EXHIBITIONS
2026 - “Echos ”, with Fereydoun Ave, Shiva Zahed Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2025 - “Improvisation ”, Gallery Isabelle, Dubai, UAE
2025 - “Reconstructed Landscape”, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2023 - “Migrating Garden”, NADA house, New York, USA
2023 - “The Delicate Things That Girls Do”, Signs & Symbols, New York, USA
2022 - “The Sea Was Far Away And The Sky Further”, Farjam Foundation, Dubai, UAE
2022 - “In The Space Between Rocks”, Group show, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2020 - “And There Were Gardens”, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2020 - “Dancing on Stilts”, Signs & Symbols, New York, USA
2018 - “Fragments, notes & lines” with Fereydoun Ave & Ali Razavi, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2017 - “Elsewhere”, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2017 - “Roots” with Fereydoun Ave, Dastan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2016 - “Visual Dialogues” with Fereydoun Ave, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2016 - “Image of the Self”, Group show, Aaran Projects, Tehran, Iran
2015 - “Cy Twombly and the Line Calligraphic”, Group show, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2015 - “SUSPENDED”, Aaran Projects, Tehran, Iran
2015 - “Bits and Pieces: Collages and Assemblages” with Fereydoun Ave, Shirin Gallery, New York, USA
2015 - “Study of an Upturned Ziggurat”, Dept. of Signs & Symbols, Brooklyn, USA
2015 - “Assemblages/Tehran/Spring 2015”, Dastan’s Basement, Tehran, Iran
2014 - “Roots” with Fereydoun Ave, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2012 - “Memories within”, AB Gallery, Switzerland
2012 - “Sinking Ships” with Dariush Zandi, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2010 - “Rolled Canvas”, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010 - “13 Artists for the New Day”, Group exhibition, Aun Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009 - “Scraps” with Dariush Zandi, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2007 - “Kucheh Osko, Pelak 33”, Group show, Artist’s house, Tehran, Iran
2007 - “Dubai Dubai”, Group show, Total Arts at the Courtyard, Dubai, UAE
2006 - “A piece of …..”, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2004 - Group exhibition, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
1999 - “Melted Plastics”, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1999 - Sculpture biennale, Tehran Contemporary Museum of Art, Tehran, Iran
1996-1998 - Painting exhibitions, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran