Ebtisam Abdulaziz

Ebtisam Abdulaziz is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. She incorporates mathematics and the structures of systems to explore issues of identity and culture through installations, performance pieces and works on paper. Her works are evidence of a fascination with systemic ways to produce emotionally or intellectually meaningful forms of expression. Combining the scientific with the arbitrary, at times juxtaposing the two in order to force the viewer to question their assumptions about rules in the natural and formulaic world, Abdulaziz is methodical in her explorations. Her approach functions within the realm of Gestalt theory and the recognition that understanding something is greater than perceiving the sum of all of its parts. Abdulaziz has exhibited in Germany, Japan, France, and Benin. She is a member of the Emirates Fine Art Society and Tashkeel editorial team and was a panelist and artist-in-residence at the Emirates Foundation. She has participated in exhibitions and festivals in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and in cities across the U.S. Abdulaziz was named one of the 100 most powerful Arab women of 2013.