Hana Al-Saadi
About:
Hana Al-Saadi is an artist and educator based in Doha. She obtained her BFA in Painting and Printmaking from VCUarts Qatar and went on to pursue her MFA in Sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Through her interdisciplinary practice, spanning sculpture, painting, and sound, Al-Saadi employs satire to explore themes surrounding the feminine body, tradition, materiality, and domestic space, while contemplating the evolving landscape of technology and its influence. Her body of work is rooted in concepts that examine the fluidity of form and the intersection of societal and personal narratives. By finding loopholes within conventional boundaries, she confronts the inherent paradoxes embedded in established societal conventions.
Central to Al-Saadi’s practice is an exploration of dualities, blurring the lines between the living and the nonliving. This approach has led her to merge oppositions, specifically by objectifying the living and personifying the object. Within her studio practice, Al-Saadi morphs objects into living flesh, molds fragments into form, experiments with industrial materials, and incorporates online screenshots. These diverse processes culminate in a complex sculptural landscape that reflects on forecasted and performed identities, informed by normative discourse.
Al-Saadi has exhibited her work locally and internationally for over a decade, including presentations at Wusum Gallery, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha), the Fire Station (Doha), the International Studio & Curatorial Program (New York), Cosmoscow (Moscow), Saatchi Gallery (London), and the Yuz Museum (Shanghai), among others.
Hana Al-Saadi is an artist and educator based in Doha. She obtained her BFA in Painting and Printmaking from VCUarts Qatar and went on to pursue her MFA in Sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Through her interdisciplinary practice, spanning sculpture, painting, and sound, Al-Saadi employs satire to explore themes surrounding the feminine body, tradition, materiality, and domestic space, while contemplating the evolving landscape of technology and its influence. Her body of work is rooted in concepts that examine the fluidity of form and the intersection of societal and personal narratives. By finding loopholes within conventional boundaries, she confronts the inherent paradoxes embedded in established societal conventions.
Central to Al-Saadi’s practice is an exploration of dualities, blurring the lines between the living and the nonliving. This approach has led her to merge oppositions, specifically by objectifying the living and personifying the object. Within her studio practice, Al-Saadi morphs objects into living flesh, molds fragments into form, experiments with industrial materials, and incorporates online screenshots. These diverse processes culminate in a complex sculptural landscape that reflects on forecasted and performed identities, informed by normative discourse.
Al-Saadi has exhibited her work locally and internationally for over a decade, including presentations at Wusum Gallery, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha), the Fire Station (Doha), the International Studio & Curatorial Program (New York), Cosmoscow (Moscow), Saatchi Gallery (London), and the Yuz Museum (Shanghai), among others.