About the Artist
Eman Alhashemi (b. Dubai, 1993) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores themes around imagined and exaggerated spaces through her work. She focuses on impossible tasks, repetition, mass production, value, and the tension between productivity and inefficiency. Her artwork often features transformative processes like melting, cracking, warping, and waiting. By engaging with concepts of waiting, slowness, and transformation, Al Hashemi critiques some modern expectations and unexpected aspects of time.
Eman had 2 solo exhibitions at Aisha Alabbar Gallery, square: not square (2022) and Superficial Transactions (2024). Additionally, she participated in a number of acclaimed exhibitions at home and abroad, including Abu Dhabi Art fair (2024),Dubai Calligraphy Biennale (2023) , Foundry Downtown, Dubai, UAE; RISD Grad Show 2023, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, USA (2023); Portrait of a Nation II: Beyond Narratives, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2022); RISD Ceramics Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI, USA (2021); Made in Tashkeel, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE (2021, 2019, 2016); Convergence: 36th Emirates Fine Arts Society Annual Exhibition, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE (2019); Youth Takeover, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE (2019); Emirati Traditional Games, Al Qattara Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2019); Sikka, House 40, Dubai, UAE (2019); Community and Critique: SEAF Cohort 5, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2018); Mini Print Prize Exhibition (Printmakers Council), Morley Gallery, London, UK (2017); Portrait of A Nation, Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF), me Collectors Room Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany (2017); Transition (Reconnecting Art), Menier Gallery, London, UK (2017); International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK (2017); Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE) IX, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Dungrave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC; UBC Okanagan Gallery, Kelowna, BC; SNAP, Edmonton, AB, Canada (2017); Two Parts, Lombard Street Gallery, Margate, UK (2016); 4th International Emerging Artist Award Gallery Show, TAG bxl, Brussels, Belgium (2016); Show at the Fair Award Exhibition, World Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE (2016); Portrait of a Nation, Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF), Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2016); International Emerging Artist Award - Qlocktwo Artist Edition Award, MB&F MAD Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2016); Immerse at THE BEACH Award Exhibition, The Beach, Dubai, UAE (2016); The 4th Wharepuke International Open Printmaking Show, Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, New Zealand (2015); 50 Years of Artists Prints, Bankside Gallery, London, UK (2015); National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK (2015); Making an Impression Book, Printmaker’s Council, London, UK (2015); EXIT Show 10, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE (2015); Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award Shortlisted, City Walk, Dubai, UAE (2015); and 12th Lessedra World Art Print Annual - Mini Print 2013, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (2013).
Eman was part of Cohort 5 of the Sheikha Salama Emerging Artists Fellowship (SEAF), Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Foundation (SHF), in partnership with Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Abu Dhabi, UAE (2018), in addition to being part of other residency programmes like Forsa School, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2019 - 20); Facebook’s Global Artist in Residence Program, Dubai, UAE (2017); and East Carolina University and University of Sharjah Exchange Program (2014). She is the recipient of the Printmaking Today Mini Print Editorial Prize, London, UK (2018) and the 4th International Emerging Artist Award, Dubai, UAE (2016). Her works are in various UAE and international collections, including Abu Dhabi Executive Office, ADMAF, Art Jameel Collection, and Victoria & Albert Museum.
Eman has a MFA in Ceramics at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA (2023). She has a BFA from the University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE (2016).