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ADEL AL QURAISHI ADEL AL QURAISHI

ADEL AL QURAISHI, Saudi Arabia (1968)

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Adel Al Quraishi was born in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, in 1968. From a very young age, he showed an interest in photography and dabbled with various types of cameras and techniques. In 1991, through...

Adel Al Quraishi was born in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, in 1968. From a very young age, he showed an interest in photography and dabbled with various types of cameras and techniques. In 1991, through the mentorship and guidance of his friend Brazilian photographer Humberto da Silveira, he began to pursue photography seriously.

Even though Al Quraishi mastered landscape photography, his passion lays in portraiture and capturing people as his subjects. He believes there is depth to a portrait that is beyond what the eye first sees, a difficult challenge he enjoys placing on himself.

He works with both large format analog and digital Canon cameras. One of his more iconic works is the commissioned project by the current governor of Medina H.R.H. Prince Faisal bin Salman Al Saud, to capture the portraits of the last remaining existing guardians of the Prophet's Mosque (Al-Masjid Al Nabawi). He was the only man allowed to capture these eight guardians, three of whom passed away.  They were exhibited in the group exhibition Letters and Illumination (2014) in Medina.

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016

Adel Al Quraishi, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2015

The Guardians, Leighton House Museum - The Park Gallery, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

Hafez Gallery at Shara 2019, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2018

MNWR at Warehouse 421, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Shara Art Fair, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
3 Directions, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
MNWR مَنوَر, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Tribe Contemporary Photography from the Arab World, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, USA

2017

Shara Art Fair, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
START Doha Art Fair 2017, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2016

Shara Art Fair 2016, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Bab Jeddah at L'Art Pur Gallery, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2015

Hafez Gallery at Shara Art Fair حافظ جاليري في معرض شارة, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2014

Letters and Illumination, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Collections

The British Museum, United Kingdom
Ramzi & Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Basmoca, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Press
Madinah’s history showcased in ‘Letters and Illumination’ expo
YUSUF MOHAMMED
arabnews.com, English, 2014
Art for Al Balad: A Charity Auction
christies.com, English, 2019
الأغوات»... ذاكرة بصرية لجماليات المسجد النبوي القديم»
عبير مشخص
aawsat.com, Arabic, 2020
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