Taqwa Alnaqbi (b. Khorfakkan UAE, 1994) is an Emirati artist whose works incorporates handmade papers and mixed media. Her works are inspired by personal experiences that come from her surroundings, which she savors and celebrates through her art. In the Grandmother’s Dress series, Taqwa incorporated fibers from her grandmother’s dresses into the handmade papers process, and embroidered her grandmother's drawings onto the paper with Talli threads as a mean to preserve memories of her grandmother and to celebrate the UAE’s intangible cultural heritage of embroidery practice.
Taqwa received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at College of Fine Arts and Design in University of Sharjah in 2016 and completed the Salama Emerging Artists Fellowship in 2018. She participated in a number of regional exhibitions, most recently included Time and Identity Exhibition, Al Safa Arts and Design Library, Dubai, UAE, 2023, Sikka Art & Design Festival, Sikka Art Fair, Alfahidi Area, Dubai, UAE, 2022; 37th Annual Exhibition, Emirates Fine Arts Society, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE, 2021; Beyond: Emerging Artists, Art Abu Dhabi, Manarat Alsaadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2018; Community and Critique: SEAF, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2018; 35th Annual Exhibition, Emirates Fine Arts Society, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE, 2018; Transition, Reconnecting Art, Menior Gallery, London, UK, 2017. Is Old Gold? Exhibition, DUCTAC, Dubai, UAE, 2017; Art Nomad - Made in the Emirates Exhibition, Berlin, Germany, 2016; Visions Of The Future, Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2016; Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award, City Walk Dubai, Dubai, UAE, 2016; Exit 11, College of Fine Arts and Design, Sharjah, UAE, 2016; Budapest Art Market in Hungary, 2015.