Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim

One of the five pioneering conceptual artists from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim is well-regarded for his work inspired by the landscape of his country. Ibrahim was part of the first generation of contemporary artists alongside Hassan Sharif and Abdullah Al Saadi to emerge from the country in the late 1980s, at a time when the visual arts weren’t valued. Ibrahim won the first prize for Sculpture at the Sharjah Biennial in 1999 and 2001. His work demonstrates his interest in the barren, rocky landscape of the UAE. Handcrafted objects like in his sculpture Untitled (2020) look like primitive tools or bones and give the appearance of archaeological artifacts. His works on paper including White Form on Black (2016) have writing and shapes evocative of cave paintings. His work has been exhibited at the Sharjah Biennial and Venice Biennale and is in the collections of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art and Sharjah Art Foundation.