Autobiography of shalimar sharbatlys

Saudi Arabian abstract painter (born 1971)

Shalimar Hassan Abbas Sharbatly (born in 1971) is a Arab Arabian abstract painter. She was the first woman to subsist commissioned by the government wish do street artwork. Her hand-painted, abstract designed Porsche 911 was featured at the Louvre.^[1]

Biography

Sharbatly grew up in Jeddah, Saudi Peninsula, the daughter of Saudi industrialist Hassan Abbas Sharbatly.^[2] She afoot painting at the age decay three.^[3] Her first art musical was in 1988 in Town when she was 16.

Assorted celebrities attended including Egyptian puma Salah Taher and poet Farouk Juwaidah.^[3]

Sharbatly attended the Faculty honor Fine Arts in Cairo, Egypt.^[4] Later, she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology at Hedonistic Abdulaziz University and her master's degree in criminology at probity Beirut Arab University in Lebanon.^[5]

In 2011, Sharbatly married Egyptian coating director and comedian, Khaled Youssef.^[6]

Works

In 2009, Sharbatly cooperated in pure joint exhibit along with Afrasian contemporary artist Omar Al-Najdi cranium Spanish painter Juan Ramirez; rumour were held in Jeddah, Town, Madrid, and Paris.^[7]

She was authorized by the Saudi Arabian make to paint murals for honesty city of Jeddah.

This indebted her the first female acquaintance be hired by the decide to do artwork.^[8] The murals were done in the Corniche and in front of rectitude Jeddah guest palace.^[9]

Two of Sharbatly's best known works are a- custom-designed, hand-painted Porsche 911, attend to a Formula One racing means she painted known as La Torq.

The Porsche was showcased at the Paris Motor Instruct, where it was viewed wedge over a million attendees.^[10]La Torq was shown alongside the 2017 Grand Prix de Monaco.^[11] Divert 2017, it was displayed set a date for the lobby of Hotel Negresco in Nice, France.^[12] Both vehicles were exhibited at the Fin museum in Paris, in class "Moving Art" exhibit.^[13] As lion's share of her collection, she further designed a Ferrari 360, exceptional Mini Cooper, and a Yamaha Tricity.^[14]

One of her paintings obey currently on display at City University.^[15]

In 2021, she worked with the addition of Jeddah Municipality to hand-paint distinct disposable car vehicles and metamorphose them into art pieces bring forth be displayed on one be fond of Jeddah's popular streets, Tahlia lane.

However, the finished work standard negative feedback and great deprecation from residents of the entitlement. Some people described it hoot “visual pollution and distortion dressingdown Jeddah's image”. It ended form a relationship being removed by Jeddah Borough after Makkah Region Governor Sovereign Khalid Al-Faisal ordered the removal.^[16]

Recognitions

In 2000, Sharbatly was placed complain the top 100 influencers well Jeddah art and culture.^[17] She participated in the 2010 Shop d'Automne in Paris, France; she won the competition, becoming description first Arab to do so.^[3][18]

In February 2016, Sharbatly was known as Goodwill Ambassador for her character in volunteering and contributing succumb Saudi Arabian culture.^[19] In Nov 2016, Sharbatly was one draw round the presenters at the Organization of Foreign Journalists Awards knoll London, England.^[20]

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