About
Exhibitions
2024 - “Seeing Riyadh”, Misk Art, MAW, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2023 - “Azeema”, Misk Art, hosted by Authority for Culture and Antiquities, Art Center, Bahrain.
2022 - “Azeema”, Misk Art, MAW, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2022 - “Amakin”, 9th edition of 21,39 Jeddah Arts, The Saudi Art Council (SAC), Jeddah, and Ithra, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
2020 - “IMPRINT: RE-IMAGINING IDENTITY”, Misk Art, Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Fine Arts Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2018 - “For your Inconsideration”, Bait Al Salmaniya, Manama, Bahrain
2018 - Phonart Saudi “Every Possible Angle”, Misk Art, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2018 - Art Jameel “Saudi Seen” Exhibition, Project Space Art Jameel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2017 - “DO YOU TRUST ME?”, Bin Matar House, Muharraq, Bahrain.
2016 - Phonart Saudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2015 - Art Jameel Award Shortlist Exhibition “Transitions”, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Press / Published
2024 - حوار مصور عن السياحة الثقافية - نشرة سياق, an interview about cultural tourism by Saudi Society For Comparative Literature.
2023 - “التخفف نومًا: رحلة اليابان”, a book published by Dar Athar.
2023 - 'Saudi the Superhero'…Unordinary Film Competes for Septimius Awards, Asharq Al-Awsat
2022 - Saudi artists showcase creations at Ithra exhibition ‘Amakin’, Arab News.
2021 - “من ريو دي جانيرو إلى حزم الجلاميد”, a book published by Dar Athar.
2020 - Imprint | An exhibition of film, photography and digital arts is taking place at the Misk Art Institute of Riyadh, Jdeed Magazine.
2020 - Misk photography and digital art exhibition re-imagines GCC identity, Arab News.
2018 - ‘Saudi Seen’: A new generation of image-makers presents the Kingdom in all its diversity, Saudi Gazette.
2018 - Art Jameel photo exhibit shows Saudi Arabia seen from the inside, The National.
2018 - Photography exhibit offers rare glimpse into Saudi society, Gulf News.
2017 - “هرطقة الشعر والنثر” , a poetry ebook.
2014 - Road to The North, self-published photobook.
2011 - Young Saudi Lenses, participating photographer.
Bader Awwad AlBalawi is a photographer. writer, and filmmaker based on Khobar, Saudi Arabia. His work focuses on travel and street with the sense of documentation and observation of people in different contexts. After his graduation in 2007. he worked as a petroleum engineer in Saudi Aramco for more than severn years. in 2015, he co-founded Marsala Studio delivering visual content as a photographer and director for major Saudi and International companies. He also received an MBA from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in 2018.
Bader is a keen traveler and art collector. He is interested in the subject of Art and Culture in which he wrote several articles about. His focus as an artist is to communicate his observations, epically in the context of transition and transformation, to the public through his art works, embracing the different perspectives of the Saudi Arabian society. In 2014, he published his first photobook, “Road to the North: 85 Scenes You May Spot on Your Way to the Northwest Saudi Arabia”.
Albalawi work has been displayed in many exhibitions around the region including: Transitions, Art Jameel Award Shortlist Exhibition, Jeddah (2015), DO YOU TRUST ME?, Bin Matar House, Muharraq (2017), Saudi Seen, Art Jameel, Dubai (2018), For your Inconsidration, Bait Al Salmaniya, Manama (2018), Imprint: Re-imaging Identity, Misk Art, Riyadh (2020), Amakin, SAC, Jeddah and Dhahran (2022), and Azeema, Misk Art, Riyadh (2022), and Bahrain (2023). .