Sarah Alagroobi

Sarah Alagroobi is a multidisciplinary artist and educator with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London. She explores notions of culture and identity of both Arab and Western contexts through colonial discourse, including notions of whitewashing and ‘othering’. Her practice mines personal and collective experiences that portray an agile simplicity in expression of place, borders and a sense of belonging. She is the founder of The Letters Project, an online platform that aims to showcase letters written by anonymous people, the project foregrounds social constructs within the Arab region by bringing forth cultural critique within contemporary society. She is also the co-curator of BANAT Collective, a creative community that discusses intersectionality, gender and identity politics in the Arab world. Her work has gathered the attention in leading design magazines ESTRO, ID and Close-Up and have been exhibited regionally and internationally at Somerset House, London, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Versus Art Project, Istanbul, Venice Biennale, Dutch Design Week, ME Collectors Room, Berlin and Warehouse421, Art Jameel, Art Dubai and Abu Dhabi Art.