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)
2022
on inhale (2017) in portrait of a nation ii: beyond naratives, 2022.
exhibition 'inspired by' series presented by lead partner: mubadala, abu dhabi

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

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


HIGHLIGHT
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

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

“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

solo interview

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