Monira Al Qadiri Artist Talk

Monira Al Qadiri: Artist Talk, Petro-eulogies: Approaching Oil as Art

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

6:00-7:30pm Artist Talk

Location Dudley Recital Hall (Across Fine Arts Courtyard from Blaffer Art Museum)

FREE and open to the public

Join us for the Artist Talk: Monira Al Qadiri, presented in conjunction with, Refined Vision the artist’s exhibition at the Blaffer.

Parking: Free parking for this event is available via the six complimentary marked lot spots directly in front of the museum entrance and at the Elgin Street Garage parking (4224 Elgin Street). To take advantage of complimentary Elgin Street Garage parking, please first park in the garage, obtain your machine ticket, and bring the museum front desk upon arrival.

About the Artist: Monira Al Qadiri (b. 1983) is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. In 2010, she received a Ph.D. in inter-media art from Tokyo University of the Arts, where her research was focused on the aesthetics of sadness in the Middle-East stemming from poetry, music, art and religious practices. Her work explores unconventional gender identities, petro-cultures and their possible futures, as well as the legacies of corruption. She is currently based in Berlin.

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Above image courtesy of the artist.