About Artist
 
ISRAA MAHMOOD AL BALUSHI
 
Isra Mahmood Al Balushi is an award- winning Omani visual artist, who’s work been showcased locally as well as around the GCC.
Isra has completed her studies in Urban Planning and Architectural Design back in 2019 and is currently working as a Creative Designer in Brand & Communications at a telecommunications company.
She has been exploring with photography since 2018 and her multimedia work often explores the unique relationships between urbanism, art, and culture; often documenting the urban identity of her surroundings she hopes to give an intimate insight into the existing spaces & their connections to people and the fluidity that exists in-between.
 
AWARDS: 
 
The Young Emerging Artist’s Prize 2022, Midterm exhibition “We are center of the Union: Reflection on self-portraits”, August 2022. The finalists for the inaugural Annual Stal Gallery Young Emerging Artist Prize, 2022 Edition.
 
The Young Emerging Artist’s Prize 2022, Anual exhibition, March 8, 2023. The finalists for the inaugural Annual Stal Gallery Young Emerging Artist Prize, 2022 Edition.
 
ART STATEMENT
Shamsatoon (Lady of the Sun)
Installation, 2022
 
My great-grandmother always used to say that when a woman wears gold, she brings blessings to the place she’s in, and so, she always made sure we wore golden durr (earrings). – In Arab and Balochi cultures alike, we believe gold to have the spiritual power to bring happiness, peace and stability to those who wear it.
 
As she’s long gone, I still live by the words she has passed on and I wear gold ornaments to mirror back all the light and harmony she has blessed us with, to the world around me.