Watch as our CEO John Pagano and Chief Administrative Officer Ahmad Darwish talk about the shortlisted 60 beautiful art pieces submitted to us by exceptional Saudi artists from around the Kingdom as part of The Red Sea Art Competition.
We look forward to seeing the artwork of the final 16 winners displayed in our staff management hotel at our Coastal Village, opening later in 2021.
A big thank you to all who participated!
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Painting / Calligraphy Winners
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Photography Winners
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Wall-Installation Winners
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Coloring Winner
Abdulmajeed Alshehri
Abha
Art Title:
First group of the Red Sea Islands
Description:
Karmalah Calligraphy The first group of Red Sea islands is located at the northern end of the Saudi coast between the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba in the west, and the Gulf of Khuraybah to the east. The number of Saudi islands in the waters of the Red Sea is (1150), which constitutes (88%) of the total Saudi islands, which are distinguished by their sandy beaches and coral coasts, and they are concentrated in four main groups. The calligrapher adopted the larger islands as a main element of the calligraphy, in brown color as a sign of land, and other islands in blue as a sign of the sea.”
Materials Used:
Handmade paper Brown and blue Arabic ink
Qusay Awami
Dammam
Art Title:
Jeddah old houses
Description:
My passion to local heritage and old houses made me choose the subject culture and heritage. I expressed this choice by drawing the beautiful old Jeddah houses. I didn’t want to paint a single realistic house, instead i decided to make it different and unique approach to achieve this purpose, taking advantage of my art experience and my love to draw old houses. The result was an expressive painting of Jeddah wooden windows and doors as an entity in this work.
Materials Used:
I used paper collage of different types and colors of windows and doors and filled in between using oil colors on canvas.
Awatif Alsfwan
Jeddah
Art Title:
Jeddah
Description:
The work describes Jeddah's civilization between the past and the present. It is about the beauty of historical Jeddah, its good people and beautiful roads
Materials Used:
Batik art
Khadija Almehmadi
Jeddah
Art Title:
The Hijazi zaffa between the past and the present
Description:
The Hijazi zaffa between the past and the present In old Hijazi houses distinguished by Rawashin, weddings are held in the yard of the house or on the roof, and light chains are hung on the interior walls of the house and outside extending to the houses of neighbors. In the presence of family members, friends and loved ones, with folk songs, ululations and sounds of tambourines during the zaffah, and children carrying large candles. A picture of joy in the Western Region.
Materials Used:
Acrylic on Canvas
Alaa Mubarak Ghasib
Jeddah
Art Title:
Journey of art and inspiration
Description:
this painting is an abstract image of the map of the Red Sea Coast Project, which includes various geographical features such as mountains, volcanoes, valleys, desert, coast, sea and islands. It includes some of the abstract elements of the shapes and touches of creatures that live on the coast, including animals such as turtle, fish, starfish, shells, seagulls, plants such as coral reefs, and various geographical terrain.
Materials Used:
Made by acrylic colors, gold leaf and white cement on canvas, by using brushes and drawing knives.
Noura Albakr
Riyadh
Art Title:
Harmony
Description:
It is a large-scale painting illustrating the Saudi landscape filled with brilliantly colored background images, you can see the country’s (KSA) urban plans, seas, and Arabic calligraphy in the background. Populated by expressional figures both at rest and in motion. Depicting the figures at peace and enjoyment with all the progression surrounding them, being blessed with a rich heritage that encompasses values that stem from Local Traditions, Dance, Art and Poetry
Materials Used:
Acrylic on Canvas
Seema Al‑Abdulhai
Al-Qatif
Art Title:
Remains
Description:
The color of the sand dominates the artwork in addition to the colors of the sea, weeds and coral species in the sea.
Materials Used:
This artwork is produced using different materials on a canvas and wooden pieces of 80 * 80 cm each
Osama Abuassonon
Yanbu
Art Title:
The Red sea Lionfish
Description:
This photo shows the venomous marine fish known as lionfish while hunting for a late breakfast. The lionfish is native to the warm, tropical waters such as the red sea and has a distinctive brown and white bands. To defend itself against their predators, they have tentacles above their eyes and below the mouth hidden in long separated dorsal spines. An adult lionfish can reach up 45 cm in length. The photo was taken at 12 meters in Al-hasie shoreline located just south of Umluj City.”
Materials Used:
I have used a full frame camera Nikon D750 with 8-15 mm wide angle lens in an Ikelite Underwater Housing equipped with two underwater Sea & Sea Strobes
Camera settings:
Focal Length: 15mm
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/125s
Aperture : 1/22
Abdullah Aleisa
Riyadh
Art Title:
Silly Crab
Description:
Coral crab hiding inside the reef of the Red Sea in Yanbu. The photo was captured during a night dive in the seven sister's reef
Khaled Abdo Zaroq
Farasan Island
Art Title:
Mangrove forests
Description:
In the far eastern part of Farasan archipelago, nature embraces the road, with the turquoise waters, and mangrove forests by its sides, and the road leads you to another beauty (Zaiya beaches)
Materials Used:
phantom 4 pro
Rotana Mutlag
Riyadh
Art Title:
Saudi Women
Description:
The process of creating this series is structured beforehand. First, I take pictures of myself and friends in different poses, some wearing abaya others not. I directed poses based on unconscious and accustomed day to day unnoticed moments in a Saudi woman's life, such as eating under a niqab, or fixing her hijab. Others are of Saudi women in unforeseen settings. This artwork explores my heritage as a Saudi woman; in the concept of identity and culture through history. For me, this series is about letting go of a perceived idea and listening instead
Materials Used:
Acrylic on wood panels
Nour Gary
Jeddah
Art Title:
Gate Keepers
Description:
Nour creates repetitive key shaped symbols that weave together like a puzzle which represents the way shorelines intertwine and weave land with sea. The work was named Gate Keepers after the key module that opens up the boarders between the deepest depths and the highest soars. As the keys join, an eight-pointed star is created int the center as a void which represent mystery spots within Earth's unknown.
Materials Used:
The work is made of Individual hand cut clay pieces to make ceramics act like an interlaced screen which starts by taking the interplay of traditional Islamic geometry then breaking it down It involves a long process line of shaping, cutting, sanding and firing to get the exact precision for each key to be identical to the next. Then comes glazing which takes repetition and layering for the rich color hues to form.
Mohammed Baghanem
Jeddah
Art Title:
New Sun Over the Red Sea
Description:
This artwork grasps the eye of the viewer for a second, as there are mainly 5 areas of this specific piece that are different, but beautiful when combined as a single piece:
First, the sun, the main focus of this piece. Placed in the center of the design to signify the warmth of the Red Sea coast
The famous Red Sea coral reef, placed in the bottom left corner of the piece.
The historic architecture of the Hijaz region, placed on the bottom right corner.
The mountain landscape, is in the top right part of the piece.
Finally, the phrase, The Red Sea, Written in the Arabic font Al-Naskh to stay true to the authentic Saudi identity.” Note: the white background is just for display only the artwork itself is without background to emerge with the main environment of display
Materials Used:
The material I choose is Aluminum. Its famous for being a high-quality material and very light. It can last a very long time
Lamia Alhakbani
Riyadh
Art Title:
Red Sea Corals
Description:
Organic shapes that represent the underwater beauty of the Red Sea. With 3D led lit to emphasize the importance to Protect the coral reef
Materials Used:
Satin-steal 1 mm engraved and Acrylic 10 mm.
Abeer Alkhalifa
Al-Qassim
Art Title:
Mix Media
Description:
A group of fish inspired by the fantasies of the depth of the sea, with their colors and various shapes in a contemporary abstract way, combining multiple materials such as fabrics and wood, and using great artistic techniques with an exquisite and harmonious artistic vision
Materials Used:
Wood, Fabrics, Acrylic and threads
Mohammed Rushdi Bako
Jeddah
Art Title:
The Red Sea Crab
Description:
The Red Sea has the beauty of its creatures that live in it, and I chose Abu Maqas (or as people call it crabs) because its outer shell is considered as a masterpiece decorated with decorations, and because its shape is also distinguished by symmetry, which gives this creature more balance and beauty, and as there are also herbs and sand and water in the background of the drawing that symbolize To where this creature lives, showing shallow places.
Materials Used:
Semi-cardboard paper and watercolor cans were used, and the drawing was done with brush
We created The Red Sea Art Competition to find and shed light on the best Saudi artists in the Kingdom by showcasing the beauty of the Red Sea through their artwork. There are a wide variety of categories and art mediums in this competition for artists to choose from.
From November 29th, 2020 to January 24th, 2021 adults and kids were welcome to register and share their art with us to give their perspective of the Red Sea.
Sixteen winners will have their artwork displayed in our Coastal Village Hotel which will be opening later this year, in addition to monetary prizes.
Submissions are now closed, and winners have been announced.
Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our winners.
Open the door for Saudi artists to contribute to our luxury regenerative tourism destination.
Enrich the hospitality and luxury eco-tourism industry with Saudi artwork.
Build relationships with the local artist community.
Capture the beauty of The Red Sea area through art.
Provide a platform for local artists to showcase their artwork to our visitors and stakeholders.
