Midad · Haddad Studio × Lam Al-Qamariya
Midad is a partnership between Haddad Studio and Lam Al-Qamariya.
Artist and researcher, founder of Haddad Studio
A Saudi artist and researcher, and the founder of Haddad Studio, an artist-led studio and residency in the JAX area, Diriyah. His background spans landscape architecture, psychology, and marketing. He trained at Heartline Paris and co-founded Abaad Community.
Researcher, writer and experience designer, founder of Lam Al-Qamariya
A researcher, writer, and experience designer interested in knowledge, deep experience, and the questions that open a more honest path toward understanding the self and life. She founded Lam Al-Qamariya as a space for writing and research into human experience, exploring philosophies, beliefs, and inner patterns that shape our relationship with reality, our bodies, and one another.
curator, writer, and researcher
Hafsa Alkhudairi is a curator, writer, and researcher whose practice moves between the institutional and the intimate. She is currently Assistant Curator for the Saudi Pavilion at the 61st Biennale di Venezia and is a Wadi AlFann curator in the Royal Commission for AlUla. Her writing spans peer-reviewed publications, arts journalism, and creative fiction. She holds an MA from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Visual artist and trainer
A Saudi artist working in colour and abstraction since 2005, and a trainer since 2014.
Director and writer
Artist and academic
Artist and Art-Market Strategist
A Saudi multidisciplinary artist and strategist specialising in the art market, collecting, and collection building. Based in Riyadh, she studied at Sotheby's and Christie's and is a recipient of the GEA National Art Award.
Designer, Artist, and Certified Trainer
A designer and creative artist, and founder of Jeddah Urban Sketchers in 2019, the first internationally recognised Saudi urban-sketching group. Certified by Mastery Academy UK, he has trained more than 2,000 participants.
Artist and Researcher
An artist, researcher, and faculty member at the College of Education, King Saud University. Her work focuses on arts-based research, museum studies, and visual culture in Saudi Arabia.
Visual Artist & Color Consultant
She holds local and international certifications in visual arts and color analysis, including specialized credentials from Italy. Samia owns her own color consulting brand, offering specialized services in color analysis and application through an approach that seamlessly blends artistic creative style with practical utility.
Independent Curator and Writer
An independent Saudi curator and writer based in Riyadh. She holds a master's degree in Museum Studies from SOAS London and Effat University. She works with artists on practice development, professional identity, and portfolios.
Participants in the Development Track are supported by mentors with diverse expertise, offering guidance according to the needs and stage of each project.
The residency's mission, its thinking, how we learn and work, and what you leave with.
Learn more →Nineteen workshops in five chapters, each by name with its full description, followed by the exhibition chapter.
Learn more →For beginner and emerging artists, across many fields of practice.
Learn more →Past residents and collaborators, and their work.
Learn more →The space, its hours and packages, practical details and location.
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