Zayn Qahtani
Born in 1997, Bahrain
Lives and works in London.
Working across drawing, painting and sculpture, Zayn’s body of work is a diligent effort at archiving a personal, synesthetic archeological practise. Works feel discovered rather than created, alluding to a life beyond the maker.
This becomes apparent in Zayn’s use of materiality: papers crafted from Bahraini date palm trees, bioplastics made from sugarcane, and pigments borne from plants, crystals, metals and earth all intermingle to form animistic objects of encrypted divination and illusory storytelling.
Zayn has graduated with an MA in Sculpture at The Royal College of Art (UK). She has completed The Drawing Intensive at The Royal Drawing School (UK), and holds a BA Fashion Design from The Royal University for Women (BH).
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