Mohammad Sharaf, 'Allowed', 2013 (Silkscreen on craft paper, 70 x 50 cm)
Ayyam Projects is pleased to announce the 3 winners of KUNOOZ , its first Pan-GCC Shabab Ayyam New Media Competition. Having received over 100 entries, submissions were carefully judged on their creativity, concept and originality.The competition was open to residents or citizens of the GCC of Arabic origin, this competition provides an unprecedented opportunity for emerging artists born in 1975 or after who have not yet held a solo exhibition and are not yet represented by a gallery.The three winners are:
Mohammad Sharaf | Kuwait
Walid Al Wawi | Palestine (UAE Resident)
Mohammed AlKouh | Kuwait
All three winners will be awarded a joint exhibition with Ayyam Gallery in the coming year. Locations and dates to be determined with the artists and will be announced later. As a continuation of its groundbreaking Shabab Ayyam Project, an incubator programme that has catapulted the careers of nearly a dozen young painters since 2007 such as Mohannad Orabi, Elias Izoli, and Oussama Diab, and the 2011 Shabab Ayyam Photography Competition, which discovered the talents of Lara Zankoul, Lara Atallah and Mohamad Badr, Kunooz will further support Ayyam Gallery’s dedication to promoting burgeoning artistic talent in the Middle East.
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