ABOUT | dana

ABOUT:

Dana is a professional Qatari Graphic Communication designer, Artist, photographer and short film producer. By hobby she solve’s problems by passion and also by branding, collages, paintings and photography.Dana’s skills are challengeable creative regarding to her life style experience .These experiences give her a revelatory awareness of working in these environments as well as a design research methodology that she believes it holds a great potential in graphic-design-related fields. Her thesis research focused on visual communication problems on what the audience are attracted to solve their needs.Her Arts and Designs most focused on Qatar heritage ,traditions and culture and mostly Islamic Art.

My art signature mostly used is the rose pattern which called in Qatar" Alshalky " patterns which used in the old days in most fabrics and objects.

In the future, she’s interested in working in an environment that pushes her creatively and conceptually as a designer and Artist. But also allows her grow as a researcher and thinker to amaze and inspires the world.

Instagram: dana.a.art

Twitter: @Dana_Graphics

Education:

Academic Bridge program-QatarFoundation (2009-2010).
First year of international affairs-Qatar university (2010-2011).
Foundation Year of art and design-University of Leeds (2011-2012).
BA(Hons) Degree Graphic Communication Design-Cardiff Metropolitan University (2012-2016).

Countries Visited:

Kuwait , KSA, UAE, Bahrain,Syria,Jordan,Lebanon,Germany,Russia,Sweden. Denmark, France,London,Wales,USA,South Korea, Turkey,India,Spain Italy,Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria,Belgium.

Museums Visited:

Qatar:

Museum of Islamic Art (MIA).
Abdullah bin lehdan Al-mohannadi Museum.
Msheireb Museums.
Qatar National Museum.
Alkhor Museum.
Germany Gallary.

London:

Science museum.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Althani collection in the V&A.

Russia-Petersburg:

WinterPalace.
Hermitage Museum.
Church of the Saviour on Blood.
Peterhof Palace.
palace Square.
Kunstkamera.
Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

Turkey:

Museum of turkish and islamic arts.

Barcelona:

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Cardiff:

Cardiff National Museum.
Rajesthan gallery.
Cardiff Metropolitan university Exhibitions.

Bristol:

SS Great Britain ship Museum.

Berlin:

DDR Museum.
Egyptian Museum.
Pergamon Museum.
Ethnological Museum.
Charlottenburg Palace.

India-Rajesthan:

Hawa Mahal Museum (Jaipur).
Ahar Museum(Udaipur).
Albert Hall Museuam(Jaipur).
Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing(Jaipur).
Rambagh Palace.
Amber Fort (Jaipur).
City Palace (Jaipur).
Jantar Mantar (Jaipur).
City Palace (Udaipur).
Mehrangarh Fort.