Mayasa Al-Sowaid

Country: 
Bahrain
General: 
  • Mayasa Sultan Al Sowaidi
  • B.S degree in Mathematics - University of Bahrain
  • Post graduate Diploma in Business Administration - University of Bahrain
  • MBA – New York Institute of Technology
  • Worked as Superintendent of IT Planning and Development in Central Bank of Bahrain
  • Doctorate Candidate in Grenoble Ecole De Management in France
  • Member of Bahrain Art Society

Workshops :

 

      Print – Making and Mixed Media with Ahmed Emam – Abcad - Dar Al Bareh Art Gallery  Feb 2013

      Silk Screen workshop with Ahmed Imam – Dar Al Bareh Art Gallery 2012

      Bridge into the night by Karen Ganderson- Bahrain National Museum 2010

      Mask work shop - Bahrain Museum 2010

 

Exhibition: 

Personal exhibitions

  • Food is Culture event – Art of Tea Exhibition - Bahrain National Museum – January 2016
  • King Fahd Causeway, sponsored by Sheikha Thajba bint Salman Bahrain, March 2013
  • Bahrain Art week in Paris - Grand Palais – September 2018
  • Group Exhibition – Bahrain - Bahrain Art Society - April 2018
  • Art BAB - Bahrain exhibitions Center - March2018
  • INDIA ART FAIR – New Delhi - February 2018
  • Bahrain (44) Exhibition of Fine Arts – January 2018
  • (She) Art Exhibition- Hend Gallery - Bahrain Dec 2017
  • The Bombay Art Society Exhibition – INDIA - Nov 2017
  • (I AM exhibition) in National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, Jordan ; London and North America in Washington, D.C in 2017
  • Bahrain (43) Exhibition of Fine Arts – Bahrain National Museum – January 2017
  • (Be Bahrain) Lancaster House, Asia House .London - December 2016
  • (She Exhibition ) Kuwait - October 2016
  • BAAB Exhibition ‘Bahraini Artist Across Borders’ in Victoria And Albert Museum in London – May 2016
  • Views Exhibition – Bahrain- March 2016
  • Bahrain (42) Exhibition of Fine Arts – Bahrain National Museum – January 2016
  • Exhibition of Kuwaiti Fine Arts with the participation of Artists from Gulf – Republic of Cyprus January 2016
  • International Art Symposium – December 2015 - Oman
  • Art Bahrain – October 2015
  • Art Forum (First Edition 2015) – June 2015 at Hend Gallery
  • Group Exhibition (Omer Al Rashid, Marwa Al Khalifa , Mayasa Al Sowaidi) “Outside the line” – Bahrain – Art Center – December 2014
  • Kuwait Forum for modern Art – Kuwait – November 2014
  • Bahrain (40) Exhibition of Fine Arts – Bahrain National Museum – January 2014
  • Tres Palmas group Exhibition in Hue Gallery - Bahrain – February 2014
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  • Group Exhibition “ Displacement “ – Al Bareh Art Gallery – Bahrain March 2013
  • Women’s Art Symposium (Cultural Dialogue) Masqat – Oman March 2013
  • Artist Leadership ProgramAbcad - Dar Al Bareh Art Gallery 2013
  • Gulf Festival for Contemporary ArtRiyadh – Kingdome of Saudi Arabia March 2013
  • Bahrain (39) Exhibition of Fine Arts – Bahrain National Museum - January 2013
  • Kharafi International Biennial for Contemporary Arab Art- Kuwait December 2012
  • Bahrain Female Artist Exhibition – Nadine Gallery December 2012
  • Inner gestures with Areej Rajab – writings about the colures October 2012
  • Third Gulf creativity forum– Kuwait - May 2012
  • Colorful Life Exhibition – Saudi Arabia – April 2012
  • Bahrain (38) Exhibition of Fine Arts – Bahrain National Museum - January 2012
  • Women for a Better Future Exhibition – Bahrain National Museum - March 2012
  • Nadine Art Gallery - May 2011
  • Bahrain Art Society Exhibition – Bahrain Art Center 2010
  • Beauty of Youth Exhibition – Seef Mall 2009
  • Art Exhibition in University of Bahrain – 2009
Prize: 

She was the Public Vote Prize Winner 2016 of Sovereign Middle East and North Africa, and has also been recognized with numerous other prizes and awards.

  • Public Vote Prize Winner 2016 of Sovereign Middle East and North Africa for a painting made of tea bags (The Tea Whisper)
  • Award of Kuwait forum for modern Art 2014 - November from Kuwait International Contemporary Art
  • Winner of the second Award of Dr. Soad Al Sebah in the third gulf forum in Kuwait 2012
  • Winner of the First Award in Nadine Gallery’s Annual Exhibition for Bahraini Female Artists BFA3 – 2013
11th Luxor International Painting Symposium