Exhibitions
Studio SADI
Studio SADI artist in residence is a program which allows artists to develop their skills through workshops, lectures, interaction with the weaving community, and archive exploration, all at Alsadu House. The program lasts 6 months for the artist to develop their body of work taking inspiration from the historic heritage of hand crafts, especially Alsadu. A solo exhibition is held at the end of their residency to showcase the art pieces conceived.
Dana Al Jouder
Land:// connect
Studio Sadi’s annual 2021 resident artist was Dana Al Jouder, a multidisciplinary artist who worked across the mediums of printmaking, performance art, sculpture, and writing. Her artwork had been exhibited in shows from various cities such as London, New York, Berlin, Dubai, Budapest, Naples, and Kuwait. Dana’s showcase with Sadu House was her second solo exhibition. “Land:// connect” featured her contemporary artwork through several mediums and styles inspired by both Sadu and the culture attached to it.
Al Jouder’s exhibition questioned how we validate the loss of our cultural identity in favor of outsourced modernity. The answers to modern woes were found in the past, and by observing the traditional methods of Sadu weaving and the Bedouin lifestyle, a resolution occurred.
Artist Statement: “The exhibition hopes to express ways of preserving architecture and artifact through the following: utilizing the earth for what resources it bears whether by natural building construction or plant dye, abstracting complex natural forms into a primal visual language, and playing with shapes and colours in order to enhance the beauty of the desert landscape.” - Dana AlJouder.
Hanadi Al Marzouq
Traces of Nostalgia
Studio SADI aims to create a bridge between the traditional Sadu weavings of Kuwait and the local contemporary art scene. It’s 2022 resident artist, Hanadi Al Marzouq is a product designer and alumni of Parsons School of Design in New York where she received her MFA in Product Design. She also holds an AA in Industrial design from the Seattle Art institute.
Her first solo exhibition “Traces of Nostalgia” rethinks the phenomena of collective memory and lost heritage as a result of the oil legacy. What if our heritage crafts and their narratives were recontextualized to fit today’s world? How would these alternative narratives allow us to revive our collective memory of a fading past?
Using an array of media, including textiles, video, and installation art, Al Marzouq invites the viewer to reflect on the importance of preserving our heritage as it slowly dissipates; an indirect call-to-action for an awakening.
