2022
first on-screen talk: tashkeel talk
watch the recording of the talk w/ hiba from tashkeel on youtube
the process of: do, undo, and repeat(ing)
, (2022, september 6)
hosted+part of tashkeel talk series
2022
on inhale (2017) in portrait of a nation ii: beyond naratives, 2022.
exhibition 'inspired by' series presented by lead partner: mubadala, abu dhabi
courtesy of admaf
2018
"...a lot of my work questions notions of control
, even though it might not be initially obvious," she says. "I am interested in the ebb and flow of how to process things but also decision and control."
solo on forget (,) to remember, (2018) emirati artist sara al haddad: 'i feel like my work is the comma', 2018
anna seaman, the national, october 23, 2018 (online+print)
2017
"There is a good dose of poetry in [Sara Al Haddad] the Dubai-based artist's works which engages as much with materials as it does with exposing her own emotions and anxieties." — Dazed Digital
photo courtesy of national pavilion of uae, 2017HIGHLIGHT francesca gavin, dazed digital, may 10, 2017. "the artists to discover at the venice biennale: internet-based identity, emotions exposed with yarn and otherworldly theatre at the sinking city’s art have."
(online)
featured artwork: as you try to forget me
2017
on inhale (2017) in portrait of a nation ii: beyond naratives, 2022.
exhibition 'inspired by' series presented by lead partner: mubadala, abu dhabi
courtesy of admaf
2017
artist interview with tea with culture hosts, hind mezaina and wael hattar
(stream on soundcloud)
2016
"Sara has no problem with using her work to let us know exactly how she’s feeling." — Simon Coates
interview simon coates, harper's bazaar art arabia, spring 2016 issue 22
the artist: into orbit (pdf)
2013
"The deliberately untidy needlework with plenty of knots and loose ends, which often makes the words barely legible, is a metaphor for the fragile and confusing thoughts and feelings..." — Jyoti Kalsi
solo
interview+review on bursting at the seams, (2012)
“exploring feelings with intricate needlework,” 2013
jyoti kalsi, gulf news: weekend review. january 4, 2013 (print) and titled (online):“healed by a baring of the soul: sara al haddad uses intricate needlework to communicate her innermost feelings.”
cited artworks: filling holes and untitled
2012
mclaughlin-duane, rebecca. “linking past and present.” the national, 2 dec. 2012, pp. 1, 7. photo by jaime puebla
photo by jaime pueblasolo interview
rebecca mclaughlin-duane, the national, december 2012, pages 1 and 7 “linking past and present,” (in print) and titled (online): “sara al haddad links past and present at ductac”
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the residency’s solo exhibition i know, i knew (2013) housed a series of objects with a shared material source: a mattress, deconstructed and encoded in the individual pieces throughout the gallery space
* the interview was conducted during the early stages of the residency at DUCTAC and referenced at-the-time direction+concepts for the exhibited artworks, hence the discrepancies