DEEMA ALGHUNAIM

Deema Alghunaim was born in Kuwait in 1984. She obtained a Bachelor of Architecture from Kuwait University in 2008. In 2012, she co-curated “Kethra”; Kuwait’s first participation in the Venice Architecture Biennial. A shared interest in local culture and urban planning drove her to co-found ‘Madeenah’ in 2014. Madeenah is an interdisciplinary social enterprise and agency for urban development using cultural tours as a method for research and local knowledge production. Currently, she is a co-author and conductor of ‘Naktub’; an Arabic creative writing program for children.

Deema has had three solo exhibitions. ‘Tabouq’ in 2009, featured urban photography and modes of decay. ‘Madad: monitoring movement’ in 2012 was a display of a collection of writings, photographs, diagrams and videos made during her land travels around the Arabian Peninsula. ‘Blueprints’ in 2016 was a series of portraits and letters exploring the morphing qualities between text and painting. She continues to explore notions of landscape, language and sound through photography, painting, clay and creative writing. 

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