Art in the Library: Ghaida Alkhelaiwi

Ghaida Alkhelaiwi is a Saudi artist who completed her MA in Fine Art at Middlesex University, London in 2016. Alkehelaiwi's work explores current news and media as well as an interest in Islamic patterns and calligraphy. In mixed media works she examines her local culture, since she was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. Ghaida has taken advantage of the many opportunities available in London, for example, she has exhibited in the group shows A Heap of Language, 2016, at Gasworks and New Wave, 2016, at the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane.