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Hayfa Algwaiz
Visual art
This residency project engages the ruins of Al-Qusur, through architecture and archaeology as points of inquiry. Focusing on the visible traces of past colonies in the mass and void of excavated forms, it uses painting and drawing as a way of understanding history and informing new ways of seeing place and time.
Hayfa Algwaiz
Hayfa Algwaiz (b. 1991) is an architect and painter based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
She has exhibited her work across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Her group exhibitions include: Athr Gallery (Riyadh, KSA), Hatch Gallery (Paris, FR), Thaer Select (Dubai, UAE), N.E.S.T Art Space (AlUla, KSA), Bait Shouaib (Jeddah, KSA), Ministry of Culture (Riyadh, KSA), Misk Art Institute (Riyadh, KSA), Naila Gallery (Riyadh, KSA), Al Riwaq Art Space (Manama, BAH), CCA Galleries (San Francisco and Oakland, USA), and Autodesk Gallery (San Francisco, USA). In 2025, she will also participate as an exhibiting artist in the Saudi Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka.
She has been selected for artist residencies at POUSH (Paris, FR), Bait Shouaib with Athr Foundation (Jeddah, KSA), and Dot Ateliers (Accra, GHAN). Her work has been recognized through awards and programs including the Misk Art Grant in 2023 (Misk Art Institute) and the 8th edition of Young Saudi Artists (Athr Foundation).