Sulafa Mohammed UAE, b. 1982

Sulafa Mohammed (b. 1982, Dubai, UAE) is an Emirati artist working with textile techniques and crocheting. Her practice draws inspiration from strategies of archiving and documentation, where she aspires to record her immediate surroundings and encounters, giving new life to the seemingly insignificant and overlooked characteristics of her daily activities.
 
Sulafa’s work has been part of 'On the Move', XVA Gallery, UAE (2024); ‘WIE Kollektiv: Where I End’, Backhaus Projects, Germany (2023); ‘Common Imprint’, Berlin Summer University, Germany (2023); ‘Naqd Critique Sessions’, Dubai, UAE (2023); ‘Made in Tashkeel 2023’, Tashkeel, UAE (2023); The Institute Crits (Online), The Institute of Emerging Art, UAE (2023). She was a resident at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation from April to October 2024. Sulafa has hosted performances of her work in Dubai, UAE (2024). She has attended art courses in Germany and the UAE, and lives and works in Dubai, UAE.