Eman Al Hashemi
- Nationality
- Emirati
- Based
- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Born
- 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Practice
- Ceramics, printmaking, painting and installation
Biography
Eman Al Hashemi (b. 1993, Dubai, United Arab Emirates) is an Emirati artist based in Sharjah. She works across ceramics, printmaking, painting and installation. Her clay works combine urban motifs such as suns, streetlights, buildings and roundabouts into hybrid structures.
Her processes are slow, handmade and labour-intensive, and waiting and repetition serve as both subject and method. She looks at time, labour and automation, and at how value is made and worn away in fast-changing cities. The Horizon We Inherit (2026) asks what is lost when UAE cities are reshaped by expansion and redevelopment. Her works of 2026 include Two Suns and The Sun and the Roundabout.
Al Hashemi holds a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Sharjah (2016). She took an MFA in Ceramics at the Rhode Island School of Design (2023). Aisha Al Abbar Gallery, Dubai, gave her solo shows in 2022 and 2024, and Iris Projects, Abu Dhabi, in 2026. She has shown at Warehouse421 (2018) and at Jameel Arts Centre and the Sharjah Art Museum (both 2019). She was a Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellow from 2017 to 2018.
CV
Education
- 2023MFA, Ceramics, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
- 2016BA, Fine Arts, University of Sharjah, Sharjah
- 2014Exchange Program, East Carolina University and University of Sharjah
Solo exhibitions
- 2026The Horizon We Inherit, Iris Projects, Abu Dhabi
- 2024Superficial Transactions, Aisha Al Abbar Gallery, Dubai
- 2022Square: not square, Aisha Al Abbar Gallery, Dubai
Group exhibitions and biennials
- 2025(Dis)connected, Marmar Lab, Abu Dhabi
- 2024Narratives of Belonging, Al Safa Art and Design Library, Dubai
- 2023Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
- 2023Ceramics Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence
- 2023Dubai Calligraphy Biennale, The Foundry, Dubai
- 2023Sustainable Tomorrow, Zayed University, Dubai
- 2022Portrait of a Nation II: Beyond Narratives, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
- 2021RISD Ceramics Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence
- 2021Made in Tashkeel, Tashkeel, Dubai
- 2019Convergence: 36th Emirates Fine Arts Society Annual Exhibition, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah
- 2019Youth Takeover, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
- 2018Community and Critique: SEAF Cohort 5, Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi
- 2018Abu Dhabi Cultural Summit, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
- 2016Portrait of a Nation, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
Art fairs
- 2024Sikka Art Fair, Dubai (fair)
- 2024Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi (fair, with Aisha Al Abbar Gallery)
Awards and grants
- 2024Teaching Artist Fellowship, Manarat Al Saadiyat Art Studio, Abu Dhabi
- 2019Forsa School (2019 to 2020), Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
- 2018Mini Print Editorial Prize, Printmaking Today, London
- 2017Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship (2017 to 2018), Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi
- 2017Facebook Artist in Residence Program commission, Dubai
- 20164th International Emerging Artist Award (Four Categories), Dubai
Public collections
- Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy Les Roches, Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF), Abu Dhabi
- Art Jameel Collection
- Executive Affairs Authority
- UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Documents
The same biography, statement and CV as print-ready PDFs, for press and exhibition files.



