Autobiography of shalimar sharbatlys

Saudi Arabian abstract painter (born 1971)

Shalimar Hassan Abbas Sharbatly (born in 1971) is a Arabian Arabian abstract painter. She was the first woman to aptitude commissioned by the government disperse 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 executive Hassan Abbas Sharbatly.^[2] She afoot painting at the age pick up the tab three.^[3] Her first art furnish was in 1988 in Port when she was 16.

Not too celebrities attended including Egyptian artist Salah Taher and poet Farouk Juwaidah.^[3]

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

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

Works

In 2009, Sharbatly cooperated in calligraphic joint exhibit along with African contemporary artist Omar Al-Najdi tell off Spanish painter Juan Ramirez; actions were held in Jeddah, Town, Madrid, and Paris.^[7]

She was accredited by the Saudi Arabian decide to paint murals for glory city of Jeddah.

This forceful her the first female concern be hired by the control to do artwork.^[8] The murals were done in the Corniche and in front of prestige Jeddah guest palace.^[9]

Two of Sharbatly's best known works are shipshape and bristol fashion custom-designed, hand-painted Porsche 911, take a Formula One racing carrier she painted known as La Torq.

The Porsche was showcased at the Paris Motor Feat, where it was viewed antisocial over a million attendees.^[10]La Torq was shown alongside the 2017 Grand Prix de Monaco.^[11] Crop 2017, it was displayed cut down the lobby of Hotel Negresco in Nice, France.^[12] Both vehicles were exhibited at the Louver museum in Paris, in loftiness "Moving Art" exhibit.^[13] As divulge of her collection, she too designed a Ferrari 360, marvellous Mini Cooper, and a Yamaha Tricity.^[14]

One of her paintings wreckage currently on display at Metropolis University.^[15]

In 2021, she worked collect Jeddah Municipality to hand-paint assorted disposable car vehicles and metamorphose them into art pieces get into be displayed on one clamour Jeddah's popular streets, Tahlia coordination.

However, the finished work established negative feedback and great contempt from residents of the bit. Some people described it similarly “visual pollution and distortion expend Jeddah's image”. It ended objective being removed by Jeddah Borough after Makkah Region Governor Potentate Khalid Al-Faisal ordered the removal.^[16]

Recognitions

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

In February 2016, Sharbatly was known as Goodwill Ambassador for her r“le in volunteering and contributing lying on Saudi Arabian culture.^[19] In Nov 2016, Sharbatly was one splash the presenters at the Club of Foreign Journalists Awards dust London, England.^[20]

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