Iraqi artist Faisel Laibi Sahi’s art show takes place in Dubai
Faisel Laibi Sahi’s painting “Baghdad Cafe” at the Khawla Art Gallery.
Dubai (IraqiNews.com) – The Khawla Art Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is now displaying paintings by one of Iraq’s leading painters, Faisel Laibi Sahi. The solo art show, titled “Baghdad… Baghdad”, is now on display at the Dubai Design District from November 7 to November 27, 2022.
Considered one of the Middle East’s top contemporary artists, Sahi often uses his signature style of contemporary realism in his paintings that are shown at the Khawla Art Gallery.
Sahi’s artwork is today viewed as a democratic tool that promotes understanding and unity while also supporting Iraqi values and celebrating an idealistic future Iraqi society that accepts diversity and peacefully coexists with opposition.
Sahi has staged several solo art exhibitions since 1966 including in Iraq, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy.
Born in Basra, southern Iraq in 1947, Sahi was brought up in a household that valued arts. In order to pursue his artistic interest, Sahi moved to Baghdad in 1964 and enrolled at the Institute of Fine Arts. He moved to Paris, France in 1974 to attend the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he met his wife, Aisha Khalaf. In 1991, Sahi and his wife moved to London.
A privately owned organization, Khawla Art and Culture, is founded by Sheikha Khawla Bint Ahmed Khalifa Al-Suwaidi, the wife of H.H. Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the National Security Advisor of the United Arab Emirates.