Maitha Hamdan
Maitha Hamdan is a conceptual artist who explores her art through different mediums such as performances and art installation. Maitha has found that dealing with fabric and textiles is the common foundation of her artworks and performances. They narrate and tell the stories faced within social boundaries and religion. Maitha is also a filmmaker and performer who writes creatively in the Arabic language.
Maitha is a graduate fellow Artist at Shaikha Salama Bint Hamdan Foundation program “Salama Emerging Artists Fellowship Program 2019” Cohort 7 and a part of Azyami Program by Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council 2019.
Maitha is a recipient of the Cultural Foundation Art Residency 2021.
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