Shadi Al Atallah Arabia Saudita, b. 1994

Shadi Al‑Attallah was born in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, in 1994. He lives and works in London.

He graduated in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2021.

Shadi often works on a large scale with vigorous brushstrokes. His portraits and self‑portraits convey the tension of emotional conflicts through softened, blurred features and a certain theatricality in their staging. His work explores themes of gender, sexuality, identity, and spirituality.

Selected group exhibitions include All About Eve, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London; Gazing Bodies, CFHILL, Stockholm; London Art Fair, Guts Gallery, London; I’m Not Afraid of Ghosts, Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, Venice; Dreaming of Home, The Leslie‑Lohman Museum of Art, New York; Somatic Markings, Kasmin Gallery, New York; Them, Juxtapoz Magazine × Perrotin, Hong Kong (2022); Begin Again, Guts Gallery, London; Paintings on, and, with paper, Cob Gallery, London; The Head The Hand, Blank Projects, Cape Town; and Sharks, Swim Gallery, San Francisco.

He has held solo exhibitions at galleries such as Niru Ratnam; Steve Turner, Los Angeles; Guts Gallery, London (UK, 2023); J. Hammond Projects, London; and Cob Gallery, London.