Shaima Shamsi | Slow Art Walk
Spend an afternoon with the artworks in Alserkal Avenue.
Aligned with alternative ways of being and understanding, Slow Art Walks invite visitors to take the time to slow down and reflect, not to rush to unpack. For the closing weekend of Alserkal Art Week, we will be joined by critical voices from the arts—both emerging and established—to welcome you to deepen your engagement with contemporary visual arts at Alserkal.
On November 21, Shaima Shamsi will lead a Slow Art Walk.
We'll meet in The Yard.
Bio
Shaima Shamsi is an artist born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and currently based in between Abu Dhabi & Bahrain.
Shamsi’s practice is deeply rooted in memory and movement. She explores the boundaries between liminality and duty that shapes an emotional architecture of belonging in her practise. Her distinct material language accumulates meaning to convey emotional weight and tension throughout her works.
Through installation, sculpture, video, painting, and drawing, she investigates the raw tensions between strict literalism and emotional fragility. Her works evoke abstract emotions tied to the experience of shifting geographies and unfolding timelines, examining how and when spaces transform into territories, shaping mutated identities.