LULUA ALYAHYA
Lulua Alyahya, Crossroads, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 120cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Stardom, Oil on canvas, 13cm x 18cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Twilight Gazelle, Oil on canvas, 35cm x 25cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Taupe, Oil on canvas, 24cm x18cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Finger Gun/Portal, Oil on canvas, 30cm x 40cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Bird smoking a cigar, Oil on paper, 29.7cm x 21cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Pussy Cat, Oil on paper, 29.7cm x 21cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Pacification, Oil on canvas, 24cm x 18cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Untitled, Oil on canvas, 13cm x 18cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Drawing 1, pencil on paper, 14.8cm x 21cm, 2021
Lulua Alyahya, Drawing 2, pencil on paper, 14.8cm x 21cm, 2021
BIOGRAPHY
Lulua Alyahya’s paintings encompass imagery and references drawn from different worlds, carefully interwoven to pose open-ended narratives. The outcome can be a resolved inquiry or inversely a surrender to confusion. Alyahya’s work dwells on culturally familiar notions of masculinity, beauty, and coming of age. Her protagonists are often idle and melancholic, situated against dreamlike, nondescript backgrounds.
Lulua Alyahya
Born 1998, Washington D.C. USA
Lives and works in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Slade School of Fine Art, 2020
Exhibitions
Pygostyle, The Residence Gallery, London, 2022
Roundabout, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, 2021
Spacetoons, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, 2021
Right Back at You, The Function Suite, London, 2020
SpaceshipDungeonZoo, Alvaro Barrington’s Studios, London, 2019
Bad Art Presents ‘FANDOM’, Bones & Pearl Studios, London, 2019
A Year of Nostalgia - Selected Winter 2018 artist for a year long exhibition and events program taking place in two villages in rural Lincolnshire, 2018
Widening the Gaze, Slade Research Centre, London, 2018
Awards
Cass Art Painting Prize (2020)
Saudi Ministry of Education Full Merit Scholarship (2017)
Publications
Marfa Journal - Issue #16 (2021)
Nurture Mag - Issue #1 (2021)