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Artist Talk with Rabab Tantawy: On Building a Sustainable Career in the Arts
May 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Join us at for an artist talk featuring Rabab Tantawy @rababtantawy, an Egyptian artist based in Dubai to discuss how to build a sustainable career in the arts!
Date: May 12th, 2026
Time: 7-8pm
Location: Photodom Studio
Over the past decade, she developed a visual language that reinterprets the Nubian figures that have appeared in her paintings since 2012. Through painting, murals, and sculpture, Tantawy moves between figuration and abstraction, exploring how human presence can be expressed.
Her works have been exhibited widely, including at Sikka Art & Design Festival, Dubai; 1971 Design Space, Sharjah and at NYU’s The Gallatin Galleries, NYC, USA. Her works have been collected by Rennie Museum Collection (curated by Wendy Chang); the private collection of F1 driver, Daniel Riccardo; the private collection of Maxine Davidson; and the private collection of Zak Brown, Mclaren Team Principal.
Brand collaborations include McLaren Racing, livery design, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (2021); Levis – We Are DXB (2021); Karl Lagerfield capsule launch (2022); and for Peugeot (2023). She has created murals for the Al Quoz Creative Zone (Aramtec mural, Dubai Public Art Initiative, 2025); Bluewaters Art Festival (2025); Sikka platform mural (2024); World Art Dubai (2021) and Mother of the Nation (2021). Her installation work was done for UAE National Day at Dubai Design District (2019); World Art Dubai (2018); Tanweer Festival (2024); and Sikka Art & Design Festival (2025).
Tantawy has also led and conceptualised Studio Thirteen @studiothirteen_dxb , a creative hub where artists, enthusiasts and the community come together to learn, share, and celebrate art.