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| By Raeda Ashour (left) and Ayman Mahawi |
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| By Wafa Karsha (left) and Wafa al-Mihdar |
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| By Hanaa Koshaim (left) and Samiah Khashoggi |
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| By Ibtissam Rufae (left) and Reem Nazir |
A group of nine Saudi female
artists better known as "Saudiaat" last week held their 4th
exhibition dubbed “Directions” at the Rochan Gallery in Jeddah.
Artist Samiah Mohammed Khashoggi,
an assistant professor at Dar Al Hekma College (DAH), founded the group in
2006.
Khashoggi started as a
representational artist and gradually steered her way toward stylized and
abstract art.
“My journey with art has been long
but inconsistent, often interrupted, but art has to be authentic and genuine.
It has to be an experience worth reflecting and this process takes time,”
Khashoggi told Saudi Gazette's Doha Ghouth this week.
The group's other eight members alongside
Khashoggi are Raeda Ashour, Effat Fadaq, Wafa Karsha, Ayman Mahawi, Maha Mufti,
Wafa al-Mihdar, Reem Nazir and Ibtissam Rufae.
Their avowed objective is mutual support in
their artistic careers and putting Saudi women's art on public view. A set of burgeoning
Saudi female artists, known as “Friends of Saudiaat,” seconds them.
Saudiaat showcased Saudi women works of art
under various labels on four occasions: "Identities Unveiled"
followed by "Expressions" in 2006, "Dialogues" in 2008, and
"Directions" from the 7th to the 17th of this
month.
The works of eight Saudiaat artists illustrated
here were on display in “Directions” 2012.
