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A Saudi Artist With A Hearing Impairment Creates The Most Breathtaking Artwork
A Saudi Artist With A Hearing Impairment Creates The Most Breathtaking Artwork
Saudi Arabia’s art scene has been flourishing in the past years, with many young Saudi artists creating their path in the field, finding their voice, amplifying their stories and making a name for themselves.
One artist worth noting is the artist Nujood Al-Otaibi, who works as a teaching assistant and incorporates her passion for art and design in it. Nujood suffered from hearing loss around the age of five, which started gradually from birth, up until time she finished higher education, where she was almost entirely dependent on hearing aids.
A Saudi Artist With A Hearing Impairment Creates The Most Breathtaking Artwork
Nujood mentioned in one of her interviews that she started her journey in art at the age of 3, inspired by her father’s paintings and the time she spent with him at his studio
Nujood Awarded A Career-Enhancing Residency Programme
On June the 6th, BAT launched Studio 13, where a Nujood got awarded a career-enhancing residency programme in the latest phase of the Driven by Change initiative, which is an initiative that focuses on underrepresented creatives across the globe.
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During this residency, Nujood will have access to the a fully funded studio space housed in Studio 13 in Dubai, led by Rabab Tantawy, the artist who designed the McLaren F1 Team’s car livery at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2021!
This studio space aims to provide a creative hub for artists like Nujood to display their work, and develop their artistic skills.
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Attitudes towards people with disabilities are changing, thanks to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 reform plan to uphold the rights of people with disability and empower them to participate in shaping the country’s economic and social future 🇸🇦
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