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Aisha Alhammadi (b. 2000, Abu Dhabi) is an Emirati artist whose work explores geometry, memory, and material transformation. Working primarily with marble, she creates sculptural works that reflect on silence, repetition, and the spiritual dimensions of form.
Her early interest in Islamic geometric systems introduced her to ideas of symmetry and sacred order. Over time, her focus has shifted toward geometry as a more open and evolving language. Rather than using it as decoration, she treats it as a means of inquiry. Her forms are shaped through acts of carving and reduction, where absence becomes a central part of what is being communicated.
Alhammadi’s practice draws on the rhythms of her environment. Architectural forms, domestic spaces, and spatial memories influence the textures and structures that emerge in her work. Through careful attention to material and time, she creates sculptural environments that offer space for contemplation.
She holds a BA in Art and Art History from NYU Abu Dhabi, with a minor in Film and New Media. Her capstone thesis, Transcending Symmetry (2024), investigated the breakdown of geometric form as a way of exploring rhythm, entropy, and spiritual presence.
Her work has been exhibited at the Abrahamic Family House (The Art That Keeps on Giving, 2025), Al Safa Art and Design Library (Narratives of Belonging, 2024), Al Shindagha Historic District (The House on a Two-way Street, 2025), and The Cube at NYU Abu Dhabi (Freej, 2022). She interned with the UAE National Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), contributed to light-based public commissions with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, and is a recipient of the UAE Ministry of Culture’s National Grant Program for Culture and Creativity.