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' يأتي كثير من المبدعين إلى الفن من مهن أخرى أشهرها الطب والهندسة، لكن عبدالناصر غارم جاء من العسكرية، ليصبح واحدًا من أبرز الفنانين التشكيليين السعوديين المعاصرين، ومن أكثرهم حضورًا في المشهد الفني المحلي والدولي. وارتبط اسم غارم بمشروعات فنيّة نقلت العمل التشكيلي من إطار العرض إلى مساحة التجربة الحيّة، وأسهمت في ترسيخ حضوره وحضور الفن المفاهيمي السعودي في منصات عالمية؛ إذ دخلت أعماله المتحف البريطاني ومتحف فيكتوريا وألبرت في لندن، ومتحف مقاطعة لوس أنجلوس للفنون. يقع مرسمه "غارم استديو" بحي أم الحمام في الرياض، وهو فيلا قديمة أعاد الفنان ترميمها ليجعل منها محترفًا فنيًّا، ومكتبة ضخمة، وفضاءً لاختبار الأفكار الجديدة. في المدخل، أحواض طحالب مضاءة بضوء أزرق، وأنابيب دقيقة متصلة بأجهزة تنظيم، توحي بأننا في معمل بيولوجي. سألناه عن ذلك، فقال: "أخوض هنا تجربة جديدة بالتعاون مع باحثين من إحدى الجامعات، ولا أعرف تحديدًا إلى أين سيقودني هذا المسار". وتندرج هذه التجربة في إطار جهد يتقاطع مع ما يُعرف بالفن البيولوجي (Bio-Art)، حيث تُستخدم الكائنات الحية بوصفها جزءًا من المادة الفنية نفسها. من هذا المدخل يمكن قراءة تجربة غارم، فهي انتقال دائم بين وسائط المعرفة، وميلٌ إلى دفع العمل الفني نحو مناطق تماسٍّ مع حقول مختلفة، مثل الاجتماع والسياسة والعلم، بدلًا من الاكتفاء بإطار جمالي مغلق. لقراءة المقالة كاملة على موقع مجلة القافلة بقلم عبدالله العقيبي. #مجلة_القافلة #فنون

#نشرة_الفنانين_السعوديين | عبدالناصر غارم هل يمكن أن يكون الفن وسيلة لفهم ما نعيشه دون أن نشعر؟ في أعماله، لا يقدّم عبدالناصر تفسيرًا مباشرًا، بل يعيد ترتيب ما نعرفه…حتى نراه بشكل مختلف. 📖 اقرأ النشرة كاملة على منصة فن المملكة 🔗 الرابط في البايو !

⁨ غلاف العدد الجديد من مجلة القافلة (مارس-أبريل 2026م)، ويظهر فيه عمل الفنان السعودي عبدالناصر غارم “برج الفنون”، الذي يقع في المسار الرياضي بمدينة الرياض، حيث يحول غارم برجًا، كان يستخدم سابقًا لنقل الطاقة، إلى علامة فنية تعيد قراءة العنصر الصناعي داخل المشهد الحضري.  (تصوير: عبدالمجيد الروضان). #مجلة_القافلة⁩

Loved By Me — live session 🤍 Really grateful to work with such talented musicians, producers, and artists. Thank you to everyone who helped bring this to life✨ Singer/songwriter: @sellebabiker Directed and Produced by @r2w2f Creative director: @itsashria Cinematographer: @khawad_ Camera assistant & BTS: @tamt2m @mugtabamusic on piano @willy_will___ on guitar @baderabougoda on synths @a7med_musa on bass @moealzain_drummer on drums Mixed and Mastered by @brovahstudio Edited: @sswayzz Coloring: @khalid_fath Typography: @tajedean Endless thanks to @gharemstudio for letting us create in this beautiful space.

Meet @sellebabikir , our new intern at Gharem Studio ☀️ Selma Babikir is an American-Sudanese singer-songwriter whose music captures reflection, emotion, and growth. Born and raised in Missouri, she draws inspiration from both her American and Sudanese upbringing, exploring the spaces between memory, identity, and self-expression. Rooted primarily in alternative R&B, Selma writes and performs all her own music, blending soulful melodies with honest, introspective storytelling. 📸 : @hanenmajdi 🙏🏼

🌀Suhailah Abdelaziz @su3hailah is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Riyadh. Since 2023, she has been creating hand-dyed textile pieces @thirdculturechild_ that blend ritual, intuition, and playfulness. Working with natural fabrics and indigo, Suhailah folds, binds and layers her materials slowly, allowing patterns to emerge through repetition and care. The circle is a recurring motif in her work; a symbol of wholeness, harmony, and endless becoming in her path. Her practice dwells in the space between cultures and identities, quiet meditation on transformation, memory, and belonging. Film by @_3oksh Cinematography: @supboni Music: @_taz1 Color Grading: @khalid_fath Operations: @gofrantariiq Credits Design: @muhamed.jpg

Meet (@su3hailah )our new intern at Gharem Studio.✨ Suhailah Abdelaziz (b. 2000) is an American-Moroccan multidisciplinary artist and designer whose work explores identity, memory, and cultural hybridity. Raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, her practice is rooted in textile processes blending traditional dyeing, found materials, and language to construct symbolic spaces that reflect belonging, nostalgia, and transformation. She is the founder of (@thirdculturechild_ ), a textile studio known for its one-of-one textile pieces and fabric installations. Suhailah recently graduated from (@psu_ruh )with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Linguistics. At Gharem Studio, she is applying her background across research, creative writing, PR communications, and cross-disciplinary collaboration supporting artistic direction, editing, and project development. Thanks to @haithamshoots 📸

PLAYFUL DISRUPTION June 20 - August 20, 2025 7 - 9 pm Abdullah Al Jahdhami is a Saudi artist who shifted from mechanical engineering to the world of art and visual culture. His work explores nostalgia as a tool for reconstructing identity by integrating childhood memories, media archives, and found objects collected online. In his upcoming solo exhibition, PLAYFUL DISRUPTION at @galeriebrigitteschenk , Abdullah examines how collective and personal memories ranging from dubbed anime to war propaganda shape who we are. What began as a search into the day he was born evolved into a journey of reclaiming a fragmented identity through images, toys, and household items found across digital platforms. Through playful yet critical compositions, he revisits the blurred boundary between media, memory, and politics. His work invites us to reflect: What part of our identity is truly ours, and what part has been imposed on us? For Press release and artwork images, please contact: Galerie Brigitte Schenk Albertusstr. 26 50667 Cologne Tel. 0221 9250901 Fax. 0221 9250902 #ContemporaryArt #Saudi #Cologne

Sports Boulevard Arts Tower by Abdulnasser Gharem Photography by Abdul Majeed Al Rodhan @majeed86 Abdulnasser Gharem’s „Arts Tower“ is one of the prominent landmarks within the Sports Boulevard project at the Promenade destination in Riyadh, specifically at the intersection of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Road and Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Awwal Road. “The contemporary scene in the Kingdom is witnessing a conscious shift toward diversifying the economy and investing in cultural infrastructure. The Arts Tower profoundly embodies this transformation. By repurposing a symbol of energy infrastructure and turning it into a beacon of artistic expression, Gharem highlights the evolving role of culture and art in Saudi Arabia’s development journey. This act shows that culture, just like energy, is a fundamental infrastructure worth investing in. It stands as living proof of the Kingdom’s commitment to nurturing its cultural landscape, making arts and creativity an inseparable part of its identity just as oil and energy were in the past.” Nato Thompson, author and curator As in many places, the electricity pylons that characterized the land- and cityscape in the recent past are disappearing in and around Riyadh and the power lines are running underground. The use of electricity by humans only dates back to the middle of the 19th century (a relatively short period of time) and is the most important transformative invention for mankind - without it, nothing would be possible today in the digital age. The skeletons of the pylons resemble dinosaur skeletons. When Abdulnasser Gharem was commissioned to design a public sculpture for the Sports Boulevard project, some of the old pylons were still there, without any function, which inspired him to create this 84 m high artwork with colored, transparent panels. It visually and physically preserves one of the most important moments for modern cultural consciousness since the invention of fire. @natothompson @gharemstudio @abdulnassergharem @sportsblvdsa

Notable moments of 2024✨ Design by @a.elnaim

We sincerely thank @artlaboratoryberlin for their invaluable contribution to organizing the workshop and making it a resounding success at Gharem Studio. Your efforts, dedication, and commitment have left a lasting impact, and we truly appreciate your support. SEMINARS @christiandelutz co-founder and co-director of Art Laboratory Berlin, has curated over 50 exhibitions with workshops, conferences, and publications, focusing on the interface of art, science and technology in the 21st century. @rappregine historian and curator, co-director of Art Laboratory Berlin, and guest professor for Art & Science at Art Academy Muenster. She researches, teaches, curates, and publishes on Hybrid Art. In their SEMINARS de Lutz and Rapp will present and discuss Art Laboratory Berlin - art and science research, collabo-rations, and productions; will explore BioArt as an international movement, with its history, artist-scientist collabora-tions, DIY (Do It Yourself) Bio Labs, and the creation of community-driven art-science initiatives; will theoretically discuss BioArt within the frameworks of ecology, the climate crisis, and technoscience; will examine artistic approaches about the biological, technological, and ecological interconnections shaping our planet. The French-German project “Out of Balance” offers a unique opportunity to participate in the creation of a BioArt Lab during a 10-day series of workshops. The German and French cultural institutes (Goethe-Institut Saudi-Arabien/Alliance Française of Saudi Arabia) are bringing to life Riyadh’s first BioArt Laboratory in cooperation with Gharem studio techniques of artistic work with biological organisms are taught in workshops, lectures and seminars. @goetheinstitut_saudiarabien Alliance Francaise ksa @abdulnassergharem

We sincerely thank @helenanikonole for her invaluable contribution to organizing the workshop and making it a resounding success at Gharem Studio. Helena Nikonole New media artist and curator, currently working between Berlin and Istanbul, Helena’s work spans hybrid art, bio-semiotics, and AI. She explores utopian post-human futures and critically examines today’s technological dystopias. WORKSHOP: Speculative Species Evolution Helena combines DIY-bio with AI tools to imagine future species adapted to the Anthropocene. Participants will use DIY microscopes and AI software to create speculative evolutionary pathway. The French-German project “Out of Balance” offers a unique opportunity to participate in the creation of a BioArt Lab during a 10-day series of workshops. The German and French cultural institutes (Goethe-Institut Saudi-Arabien/Alliance Française of Saudi Arabia) are bringing to life Riyadh’s first BioArt Laboratory in cooperation with Gharem studio techniques of artistic work with biological organisms are taught in workshops, lectures and seminars. @goetheinstitut_saudiarabien @alliancefrancaise_ksa @abdulnassergharem