Ebtisam Abdulaziz (born 1975) is a contemporary Emirati artist and writer born and raised in Sharjah, UAE. She works with geometry and mathematics to address issues of belonging and identity through installations, performance art and other media.
Selected exhibitions
2014 NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2014 View From Inside - Fotofest
2014 32nd Emirates Fine Arts Society Annual Exhibition, UAE
2013 Autobiography, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE
2013 Biennale, Houston, USA
2013 Emirati Expressions, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 2013 The Beginning of Thinking is Geometric, Maraya Arts Centre, Sharjah, UAE 2013 Three Generations, Sotheby's, London UK. 2012 Arab Express, The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2012 25 years of Arab Creativity, L’institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France 2012 Inventing The World: The Artists as a Citizen, Benin Biennial, Kora Centre, Benin 2009 UAE Pavilions at 53rd Venice Biennale 2007 Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Sharjah Contemporary Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE 2005 Sharjah Biennial, UAE
Collection
Ebtisam's work is housed in several public and private collections including: Farook Collection Ministry of Culture, UAE Youth and Community Development, UAE Renault Collection, France Deutsche Bank AG, Germany